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Gun Analogy by Dareth · 2008-09-15 06:25 · Score: 1 · on The Best Gaming Laptop Money Can Buy

Sure you can buy the most powerful handgun, .50 Auto Express. But don't expect it to be more powerful than even a moderate caliber rifle.

Re:Blame by pipingguy · 2007-05-12 21:15 · Score: 1 · on Blame Your Mistakes on Technology

HK P7?

Re:Only 10 years? by Neurotoxic666 · 2005-07-13 11:21 · Score: 1 · on 'MP3' Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary

and it *still* likes to rock 'n roll!

Mine likes to lock 'n load... :P

Re:The name says it all by drinkypoo · 2004-01-30 17:41 · Score: 1 · on Robots for No Man's Land

General Electric GAU-8/A "Avenger" is the primary armament of the Fairchild Republic YA-10A "Thunderbolt II". It is a 30mm cannon which (according to some guy) fires 2100 rounds per minute, for 35 rounds per second. Compare this to the FAMAS bullpup assault rifle, which has a fairly high rate of fire, at 1100 rounds per minute (a little over 18 per second.) That same page asserts that it used to have a mode in which it fired 4200 rounds per minute (70/second) but that they discontinued that mode, probably since you'd run out of ammo in about 15 seconds of firing that way. The GAU-8 is one of the meanest guns around, it tears tanks in half... good stuff, if you're the one behind the trigger anyway. Otherwise you're not going to be having much fun :(

Re:What really worries me... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-01 22:47 · Score: 0 · on Memory Hole Un-Redacts Redacted DOJ Memo

Hey, I resemble that remark!

In all seriousness, if the proverbial fecal matter strikes the air circulation apparatus, I plan to hole up at a friend's place out in semi-rural Tennessee. This dude has a gun safe you could fit 3-4 normal-sized adults, 2 average Americans, or 10-12 Ethiopians in. He can't fit all his guns in it.

Among his firearms are:

AR-50 rifle in .50cal BMG, with a scope that looks like it belongs in an astronomical observatory. It's sighted in for 750 yards, and he can put 5 rounds in a 10" circle at that range.
Steyr AUG-P rifle in 5.56mm NATO
Armalite AR-15 rifle in 5.56mm NATO
Carbon-15 pistol, in 5.56mm NATO
Isreali FN-FAL variant, heavy-barrel model with bipod, in 7.62mm NATO
Standard FN-FAL, actually an Austrian STG-58, in 7.62mm NATO.
Makarov CZ-52 pistol in 7.62mm Tokarev - IIRC, this one's high muzzle velocity plus small-diameter round mean that, with certain brands of ammo, it can penetrate the bullet-resistant vests worn by law enforcement.
Colt Commander, with 4-14" barrel and laser sight, in .45ACP

Those were just the ones that sprang to mind as I typed this. He has numerous other rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers...and several thousand rounds of ammo in each caliber for which he has a firearm. Some of his .50cal ammo is "armor-piercing discarding-sabot" or some such - his term is "blue tips for blue tops", referring to the blue-helmeted UN troops he expects to see patrolling the US in his lifetime. He also has some standard armor-piercing stuff (yes, it's still legal in TN, so long as you don't commit a crime while you have it in your possession). We've tested that out on a 7/8" thick piece of boilerplate steel in front of an 8" thick wood block. It penetrated through both and split a large rock behind them (about 2 feet in diameter) in half. Most of his rifles have very powerful optical scopes, infrared-enhanced (night vision) scopes, or laser sights. All of his handguns have grip-mounted laser sights.

And his place is basically a great big hill, easily defensible :)

I have a solution by mao+che+minh · 2003-09-02 14:54 · Score: 5, Funny · on Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed

So, 150 spammers huh? I think I'll opt for the HK MP5. Each magazine can hold 32 bullets, which means I'll need 19 fully loaded magazines, or 192 bullets. I figure that I will need this much ammunition because in my zest filled murderous glee I am likely to waste at least four bullets on each spammer, since the intense joy that I will have while firing said bullets in their direction will cause me to miss at least 75% of the time. I think I will also make use of the 10mm automatic cartridges, which deliver up to twice the muzzle energy of the standard 9mm shell (I aim for optimal terminal effect).

Make no mistake, my aim will prove true. I should have this whole "spam" ordeal cleared up by late September.

*as a side note, it wouldn't hurt to sign up and learn how your enemy thinks, and how he employs his tactics. Before you gun him down like a dog in the street, that is.

Other tech from the battlefield to the enterprise. by IvyMike · 2003-06-01 09:04 · Score: 5, Interesting · on The Soldier is the Network

I can think of some other technologies that I would have liked to have available at work, some days.

Re:Bill of Rights? by timothy · 2003-05-21 03:53 · Score: 1 · on Washington State Restricts Anti-Cop Videogames

You wrote: Conversely, guns are hardly any remote form of artistic expression, while the nature of video games implies that they should enjoy the same protections as art and individual expression as a whole."

Without getting into the larger argument right not, I'd like to object to that statement about 'artistic expression.' Other purposes aside, guns have been used for the basis of artistic design for hundreds of years.

First, guns can be beautifully designed, whether they're specifically decorated or not. There's no accounting for taste, and no two people's aesthetics will match up completely, but as an example, I find the Steyr Scout rifle a good-looking gun. I imagine that most people do not ... so what? :) But that there is artistic expression involved in the design of guns is hard to deny, even when that expression is in the form of "make it look utterly plain and utilitarian."

Intentional decoration is another thing entirely -- there are elaborately inlaid, etched, colored, and otherwise jazzed-up guns (that site is randomly grabbed from google) that make scrimshaw look like chickenscratch (Well, except for the ones that incorporate scrimshaw :)) They're not my thing, but they do take a lot of talent and time.

(Oh, and the Washington law is disgusting to me, btw ... 1) I agree with you that videogames can be a legitimate means of expression, and 2) I don't like to see a privileged class, protected by law because of their profession to a greater degree than any other citizen.)

timothy

Re:Well, I would agree with most of that there... by Bnonn · 2002-04-10 20:33 · Score: 2, Informative · on Space Wars

Until you learn that you have to not only take the 'dangerous end' of the weapon away from the enemy, but you have to take your trigger hand off of the grip and trigger to reload it. It takes two hands and more time. Also its nearly impossible to reload easily while laying down to fire, and soldiers do that A LOT. Also a bullpup exposes more head and shoulders around a corner when firing.

So these bullpup guns are bad, and the M16 type design is good? Okay...but when why is the FN-P90, a bullpup design, replacing the MP5 (an M16-type weapon) in the US Airforce (don't know about Army)?

I actually don't see why you'd need to point the muzzle away from your target during reloading. Depending how you hold the weapon, it seems that it would be sometimes easier to reload while pointing forward, and sometimes more difficult, than the M16. Likewise, assuming a good design, I don't see why you'd need two hands, or more time. Lying down to fire (sorry, in the rest of the world we understand the distinction between a verb and a past participle) would seem to be easier, since you've got no magazine hanging out the bottom and can streamline the gun against your shoulder. And once again, assuming a decent design, I can't see why you'd need to expose more head and shoulders when firing around a corner. You don't have to hold the weapon against your shoulder to fire.

I've seen these things used very competently by actors. I'd be surprised if real soldiers had more difficulty with them, despite more strenous and difficult circumstances.

You also forgot to mention that bullpup designs have longer muzzles, greater magazine capacity and are generally more lightweight. For example, compare the P90 to the M16. The P90 weighs 3.0 kg loaded, has a 50-round magazine and a muzzle velocity of 715 m/s unless subsonic rounds are required, where a 304 m/s bullet can be used. It has a cyclic rate of fire of 900 rpm and its 5.56 mm rounds can piece level-3 body armour at 200 m with a maximum range of 400 m. It's also extremely easy to clean (four minutes), has a built-in supressor and laser site.

The M16 weighs 3.99 kg loaded, has a 30-round magazine and a muzzle velocity of 853 m/s. Its cyclic rate of fire is 800 rpm and its 5.56 mm rounds have a maximum range of 360 m despite its greater muzzle velocity (I couldn't find the effective range in the time I felt like spending). As is also fairly obvious, the M16 is a very long and bulky weapon (a metre long), while the P90 is compact and streamlined and precisely half the length.

I was under the impression that these weapons were used under different circumstances. One is a rifle, the other a submachinegun. Nonetheless, you could check your facts before applying gross generalisations. Your entire post comes across "patriotic" rubbish demonstrating an arrogant Usian viewpoint that might is right. Everyone knows the US has the most advanced military force in the world, and most people realise that this does not always guarantee victory. Why are you getting so uptight trying to prove it does? Is a country's worth measured by its firepower?

Noooooo.... by Sycraft-fu · 2001-06-17 13:39 · Score: 3 · on Review: Tomb Raider

That little deal is actually part of the pistol. The gun she's using is called the Heckler and Koch USP Match pistol. You can see a picture (and information) here. They are .45 pistols so unless the studio got an armourer to redo them, they are .45s. The unit on the front is a barel weight.

For a little information behind the gun: The gun is a deravitive of the H&K Mark 23, the gun of the US Special Operations. The MK23, while cool is really expensive so H&K decided to make a series of guns built on similar principles, but cheapher hence the USP series. The USP series has 3 normal guns, a 9mm, a .40, and a .45, 3 compact guns also 9/.40/.45 and 2 special guns the tactical and the match. The USP tactical is a .45 designed to look and feel like the MK23 and is a little more accurate than the normal USPs as well as having a threaded barrel for a silencer. The USP Match is a .45 pistol that is designed for enhanced accuracy. It's quite a bit larger and heavier than the normal USP .45 (about a half pound more), but for that you get an increase in accuracy.

I don't know why they chose the USP Match guns for her in the movie, they are designed for target shooting not for running around, the MK23 is more suited to that. I guess they just thought they looked cool. That, and they also have a bit better recoil suppression than the rest of the series (though they all have good RS).