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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadow64" data-source="post: 726808" data-attributes="member: 6868">Ooops - me and my ignorance thought that if something was an automatic that it always fires on autofire, guess not.  I will have to amend the weapon so that it is *only* effective as an autofire weapon.  That was one of the inherent balancing points i had in mind - that even if you wanted to take out one person you still had to flood an area with lead to hit him.  Or, take a hint from the info i have and allow to firing rates, one for mano-e-mano (i feel for the poor sap that is the sole target for this thing) or for area effect.  Free action to switch between the two.  Maybe 50 rounds for a single square and 100 rounds to cover the 15'x15' area.  I really wouldn't want to have to detail out using upwards of 4000(!) rounds per minute.  The damage/save dcs/area of effect would just be to much.Now - I did find a datasheet from some old arms guide that it got printed in.  Apparently a weapon of this type (man carriable) never got made because when they first started working on it (1970-1971) the batteries were to bulky.  But apparently it may be making a comback as a weapon for tanks as an anti-personal/anti-missle weapon.Anyway, here is what it says:DataCartridge: 5.56mm x 45 (Guess i will have to change the ammo type, the info i had covered the hard mounted version for helicoptors)Operation: Battery Powered, Gatling-type actionFeed: Linked BeltFiring Modes: Automatic: One of two selected rates between 400 and 4000 rounds/min (yowza! for anything over a 1000 rounds/min i'd say you would need a tripod!)WeightsComplete System (including 1,000 rounds):38.6kg/85lbsGun:12.25kg/27lbsLengthsOverall: 1,041mm/~3.5ftGun: 686mm/~2.25ftWidth (incl. ammo case): 444mm/~1.5ft.Mechanical FeaturesRecoil Force: @4000 per min: 45.5kp/~100lbs (i'm guessing on this one, i have no clue what kp means.  kilometers/sqaure inch?)Reliability:25,000 rounds/stoppage (i assume this means it can throw 25,000 rounds out before a problem will happen.)Barrel Life: 100,000 rounds (that's a lot of D20 modern combat!)Firing CharacteristicsMuzzle Velocity: 99.1 meters/secMuzzle Energy: 178m/kpRate of Fire: 400-4,000 rounds/minManufacturer: General Electric (i read somewhere that General Dynamics are going to be the ones ressurecting this for the tanks.  But it does sound like good ol' GE (the same people who make our fridges and TV's) were the people behind this thing.  makes ya feel kind warm doesn't it?)</blockquote>

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