Real super hyper elite snipers use their rifles as single-shot weapons, because keeping the ammunition in the magazine might change its temperature, thus affecting the ballistics. I think a version with just 3 barrels wouldn't be an overkill even for a tank or an IFV, and with an electric motor you could easily vary the rate-of-fire for your needs. The actual mechanism has significantly fewer parts inside than the Gatling, and a it wouldn't need a delinker:Ī nice bonus is that the barrel is stationary in the moment of firing, therefore it should be relatively accurate. Rather self-explanatory: take the Hotchkiss revolving cannon, redesign it to for a rifle cartridge, and then add a belt-feeding device and an electric motor to it. >externally powered Hotchkiss revolving machine gun >at BBQ with friends >wave dicks about who's grill is better >moves onto BBQ guns >fags whip out stag handled 1911s or SAA clones >I end the conversation by quick drawing my revolver and quietly blasting a squirrel >only those who were looking at me noticed I popped a squirrel without disturbing the others with loud noise >add it's meat to my grill >only my BBQ gun can actively participate in the BBQing process Maybe a trapper but they probably won't need to worry about the noise a standard. Probably only would appeal to a farmer with a rat problem who also wants to have fun, but not enough to warrant an exterminator or letting loose a bunch of dogs. 17s whatever rim fire >nagant revolver style action for that cylinder to barrel seal >threaded barrel comes standard >raised sights or no sights just pic rail >.22 version used with colibris or other subsonic to create the greatest one handed rat blaster >rim fire revolver with swappable barrels and cylinders like ruger single 6 and dan wesson revolvers >various. It's doable with mortars (at any range) and possible with howitzers and small naval rifles (127mm-155mm) at the end of their effective ranges, but you can forget about it for 'high velocity' field guns (including most tank cannon) or other artillery 203mm and larger. Long story short, for a CRAM to knock out an artillery shell they have to hit the incoming projectile with a high percentage of its potential energy with several modifiers I cannot for the life of me remember.
However, with conventional artillery shells this is a lot harder to achieve - given the thickness of the shell wall required to not sympathetically detonate the busting charge with the propellant. With Cruise Missiles and Rockets, both 1 and 2 are relatively easy to cause if the CRAM actually hits them, since Cruise Missiles and Rockets tend to be extremely thin-skinned and have massive warheads. They can be, but it's not as simple as one may think.ĬRAM systems are going for one of two types of kill:ġ) Hard Kill via boring into the projectile and detonating the bursting charge/warhead early.Ģ) Causing significant enough damage to the projectile to either damage its airframe or induce ballistic shock and throw its trajectory off the target.