I came up with a .30 cal machine gun, but instead of being belt fed, it has a wheel with 8 box clips, each with 40 rounds. You have to pull on the op rod to turn the wheel and click in a new clip and cock it. Do you think this would be practical? and it would probably jam a lot less than belt fed browning .30s right?
My other idea is kind of the same but instead of manually cocking it, the recycled gas from one round makes the wheel turn, and cocks a round from the next clip, and the wheel keeps spinning fast using one bullet at a time from each clip. But that would probably jam easy and cause aiming issues right?
2007-09-19 11:04:52 · 6 answers · asked by Dan 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I was designing it as a WWII weapon
2007-09-19 11:17:17 · update #1
I hate anime, it shall under no circumstances be used in anime.
2007-09-19 11:31:26 · update #2
Honestly, it sounds like it would jam much more than a Browning 30 - which really doesn't jam that often if it's set up correctly. The more moving parts there are the more complicated it's going to be. In your design, each magazine would have to index at exactly the right spot. This would require a lot of precision to manufacture and would be very complex.
If you want maximum capacity, beltfed is the way to go.
There are also hopper style systems that do not use a belt, but I'm not very familiar with them.
2007-09-19 15:30:27 · answer #1 · answered by Bloom Automatic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you want to target with the .30 cal machine gun and where you want to mount it. For instance your concept could work like metal storm. Metal storm works by using bricks set off by electricity. Then it basically becomes a shotgun. Your idea would be a smaller version with multiple bursts. It could be used against houses, light and unarmored vehicals and groups of people. The ammo requirements would mean it would have to be mounted on a vehical. Although it probably would be easier to use a grenade launcher, but for fiction such as anime it would be impressive.
2007-09-19 11:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole thing is kinda outdated especially the browning 30 cal
2007-09-19 11:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by vladoviking 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a picture in my head of what I think you're describing and it would be wholly impractical! The second one even worse than the first!! It would be too heavy and cumbersome to be man portable and reloading would be a nightmare under field conditions...
2007-09-19 12:02:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dillon Minigun is better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOxAbC_H48
2007-09-19 14:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by KD7ONE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
already have all gun designs needed , new technology , vacuum bomb, bio warfare , concentrate on that LOL
2007-09-19 11:25:08 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty Powers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋