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 Feb 12 2005, 11:07 PM
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Freelance Elf  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714  |
I remember asking about this sort of thing a good long while ago (two years'ish) and someone pointed me to a machinegun, of all things. It apparently had belts on both sides and both fed into the top of the weapon. Of course, Darwin ate the page I had a link to it on, and I don't remember a damned thing about the name of it, or anything else particularly usefull. I just recall going "wow, a machinegun that thinks it needs to be belt fed twice as much," and filed the tidbit away as potentially usefull when describing a dual-clip weapon for SR. |
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Feb 12 2005, 11:09 PM
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Mostly Harmless Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 937 Joined: 26-February 02 From: 44.662,-63.469 Member No.: 176 |
I think it's more like the "Weredigo's" term. ;)
Might have been the FN Minimi (US M249). It can feed from a belt or a box magazine, but you can't really select between the two on the fly. It's one or the other. Probably not, since you mention two top-fed belts. Or it could be the M242 "Bushmaster" chain gun on the M2 Bradley IFV (or the Navy's ship-based Mk38; same gun). It has a selectable feed between HEI and APDS types of ammunition. It is automatic, but it's not man-portable. Other than that, I can't think of anything. |
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Feb 12 2005, 11:33 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Found it.
Apparently, at the time (and even today, I guess) the over-the-top killiness of the thing was more impressive to everyone than it's dual-belt feed. I mean, I know I'm scared of someone just freakin' throwing one of those bullets at me, much less actually firing it. But I remembered the image of the dual-belt, and made a mental note to never see what one looked like from a slightly different angle, should it come up. There's something intimidating about a machinegun that thinks one belt of ammo just isn't enough to kill you dead that made it stick into my memory. |
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Feb 12 2005, 11:39 PM
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Mostly Harmless Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 937 Joined: 26-February 02 From: 44.662,-63.469 Member No.: 176 |
Oh fuck yes. Forgot about that one. Even skipped right over it in the book I was looking through. Never went anywhere beyond prototype, AFAIK.
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Feb 12 2005, 11:43 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
:eek: Holy crap!
I remembered a gun Raygun forgot! Someone write this down! |
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Feb 13 2005, 01:54 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Noted.
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