Which of these two is a chain gun?
[A] Notice that it has one barrel?
or...
Notice that it has six barrels?
My peeve: Incorrect usage of the term "chain gun."
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This bothers me as well!
A) is a 30mm Hughes M230 Chain Gun as is commonly found hanging underneath the Apache.
B) is the Minigun's little brother in 5.56mm, the XM-214 "microgun" - which is NOT a chain gun, but a Gatling gun.
A) is a 30mm Hughes M230 Chain Gun as is commonly found hanging underneath the Apache.
B) is the Minigun's little brother in 5.56mm, the XM-214 "microgun" - which is NOT a chain gun, but a Gatling gun.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Rabble rabble rabble rabble!jackssmirkingrevenge wrote: B) is the Minigun's little brother in 5.56mm, the XM-214 "microgun" - which is NOT a chain gun, but a Gatling gun.
Gatling gun. Not chain gun. Does this mean that Doom got it wrong?
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Feel free to argue with Alliant Techsystems Inc. 
it's Chain Gun <sup>TM</sup>
it's Chain Gun <sup>TM</sup>hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Feel free to argue with Alliant Techsystems Inc.
JSR,
The old Dillon video called "Machine Gun Magic" showed the internals of a 30mm Chain Gun in motion. It had a double row roller chain actuating what looked like an M16 bolt on steroids. I've not seen that vid anywhere online.... Is is on sale at Dillon in DVD version now....
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Oh, I'm not arguing. I'm just a little disheartened that our first beloved first-person-shooter DOOM would mislead so many impressionable youths.jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Feel free to argue with Alliant Techsystems Inc.
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Oh God... It never dawned on me that DOOM is probably the source for the confusion of so many. What's worse, is that John Carmack is a person I exchange email with on a regular basis (we share some interests). I suddenly have this urge to email him like, "John, WTF were you thinking!? Why did you call it a chain gun you arse!"McCoytheGreater wrote:Oh, I'm not arguing. I'm just a little disheartened that our first beloved first-person-shooter DOOM would mislead so many impressionable youths.
What? There were factual inaccuracies in a video game?!
Blasphemous! Now who's gonna raise the next generation of young, innocent children?
Blasphemous! Now who's gonna raise the next generation of young, innocent children?
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.
Add me on msn!!! insomniac-55@hotmail.com
Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.
Add me on msn!!! insomniac-55@hotmail.com
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I think it's already happening with Medal of Honor and Call of Duty. Luckily the weapons on there are fairly accurate.Insomniac wrote:What? There were factual inaccuracies in a video game?!
Blasphemous! Now who's gonna raise the next generation of young, innocent children?
Definatley 'A' the six barrels would make that some kind of minigun/gattling gun style weapon.
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