planeflyer21 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Looks like the Army wants to don the new Humvee replacement with the chaingun that's on the Apache helicopter, doing away with the Ma Deuce. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/08/30/army-recon-targets-apache-helicopter-cannon-for-humvee-replacement.html Know what that means? Surplus .50 cal barrels for home projects again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 30mm seems a little excessive for a standard setup. GAU 19 seems a better fit. Goes back to the light tank discussion....why bother when you have a fast and maneuverable truck with a gun that big on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I wouldn't think they would install the 30mm on a majority of them , too expensive to maintain & operate . I can see some set up that way ,but not most . Besides , with this commie admin. , they would not give them up , the extra barrel will be given or sold to his buddies in the middle east , any extra's would be de-milled . That would be like a Apache on wheels , pretty badass when you think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 The Bradley's 25mm chain gun might be a good compromise. Blue, fill us in on your opinion on the 25 mm. Hope it is better than your opinion of the Bradley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 25mike is a beast. It will sink just about anything shy of a MBT. Brad has a pretty slow ROF though and a truck like that should have better suppression capabilities. It's also a pretty big round that will really limit magazine capacity. I understand upgrading the ancient M2s, but I dint see a reason for a bigger round. It would be useful in certain situations, like Ukraine with APCs all over the place, but 50 is plenty big for most situations. Maybe better to design a platform that makes swapping guns easier for different missions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Have they ever tried to make a chain gun in .50 cal. round ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beantown Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 44 minutes ago, survivalshop said: Have they ever tried to make a chain gun in .50 cal. round ? Isn't that what the GAU-19 is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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