Mini-gun on a Humvee?

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

It's not a GAU-8...

Thats the Avenger from the A-10 isn't it? Could it theoretically be given a ground mount?

[kato13]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Thats the Avenger from the A-10 isn't it? Could it theoretically be given a ground mount?

I considered trying to work out an Engineering/Urban Warfare vehicle using one until I saw the size.

http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/wiki..._VW_Type_1.jpg

To me it seems like any type of aiming system would be very problematic. I have seen some anecdotal evidence of an attempt to mount one on an LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) where it would have been used as a shore support weapon.

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wiki link to modified weapon GAU-13. It does suggest the possibility of mounting a four barreled version on some type of LAV.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Wow, I hadn't realised just how big it was Maybe a VW flinging catapult would be a better option.....

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Maybe a VW flinging catapult would be a better option.....

Now we're thinking! Pack it full of dynamite and you've got some serious firepower!

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Wow, I hadn't realised just how big it was Maybe a VW flinging catapult would be a better option.....

Antenna has rules for a cow-flinging trebuchet on his site; it shouldn't be too hard to power-up his version to be able to fling a VW.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Antenna has rules for a cow-flinging trebuchet on his site; it shouldn't be too hard to power-up his version to be able to fling a VW.

Harder than you'd think. Just ask those lovely people over at Scrapheap Challenge, in particular The Barley Pickers.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Harder than you'd think. Just ask those lovely people over at Scrapheap Challenge, in particular The Barley Pickers.

Proper job!

[Legbreaker]

Absolutely brutalised itself!

[Legbreaker]

And now, after years of suspense, we give you the Barley Pickers and their "Car Flinger"!
To give you an idea of scale, the A frame is made from telegraph poles, and the car they're throwing is a Mini.
It was built by four men in twenty hours.





The, umm, "safety chain" snagged and it couldn't handle the stresses...

[Tegyrius]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Thats the Avenger from the A-10 isn't it? Could it theoretically be given a ground mount?

Theoretically.



- C.

[Panther Al]

Originally Posted by Tegyrius

Theoretically.



- C.

*mmmm*


Tasty Avenger.

I still say putting one of those on a M1 Chassis in the AD role will make about every pilot ever born change his or her drawers the moment they hear about it.

[rcaf_777]

There is also

Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or Counter-RAM, is a system used to detect and/or destroy incoming artillery, rockets and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning.

C-RAM is effectively a land version of weapons such as the Phalanx CIWS radar controlled rapid-fire gun for close in protection of vessels from missiles.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-RAM

I know it was developed in 2005, but give the age of Phalanx CIWS I think something could seen in TW 2000 timeline

I think you could see the GAU-8/A Avenger mounted on a make shift frame of some short durring TW 2000, perhaps a Abrams or Bradley?

[kato13]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

I think you could see the GAU-8/A Avenger mounted on a make shift frame of some short durring TW 2000, perhaps a Abrams or Bradley?

The GAU-8 is Huge



As far as I know the only land mobile concept that was ever conceived (attempted?) was a system consisting of 2 CONEX containers (one gun one ammo) placed on a LCAC. It was to be used to blast away at shore defenses during an amphibious assault.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

There was a podded 3-barreled version tested experimentally on the USAF's failed "A-16" program when they made one of their seemingly endless attempts to dispose of the A-10. It failed; the pod vibrated the aircraft so severely it caused the radar to go into reset mode.

[Panther Al]

And, to make things really interesting, there is a photo floating about of a M60 (M48?) mocked up with the GAU-8 as a possible contender during the Sgt. York trials.

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by kato13

The GAU-8 is Huge

Well going off the Specs the total system lenght is 19 ft 10.5 in and the hull lenght of the M1 Abrams is 26.02 ft, removing the Ammo drum and mounting it on seperate trailer would furter reduce the lenght. I think is possible to mount the gun on the tank and run a ammo feed through the turret and out the trailer. The turret would never rotate agian, but you moving the gun by moving the hull. This of course would require alot of work from a bunch of speicalists, but I can see this being used in Europe where damage A-10 and M1's could matted together. It could also happen in states using Hulls and GAU-8/A Avenger parts after the nuclear exchanges, I could espeically see this as the case in states where GE would be envoled in making both weapons systems and would have techincal knowledge.

[Panther Al]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

Well going off the Specs the total system lenght is 19 ft 10.5 in and the hull lenght of the M1 Abrams is 26.02 ft, removing the Ammo drum and mounting it on seperate trailer would furter reduce the lenght. I think is possible to mount the gun on the tank and run a ammo feed through the turret and out the trailer. The turret would never rotate agian, but you moving the gun by moving the hull. This of course would require alot of work from a bunch of speicalists, but I can see this being used in Europe where damage A-10 and M1's could matted together. It could also happen in states using Hulls and GAU-8/A Avenger parts after the nuclear exchanges, I could espeically see this as the case in states where GE would be envoled in making both weapons systems and would have techincal knowledge.

Yes and no...

In a slapdash system, made up of parts left over from ruined machines? Agreed 100%. However, if the time was taken to build brand new, a lot of those issues can be addressed. A lot of the length isn't fixed: A lot of that length is in the ammo feed and storage. The drum alone is 72" long and 36" in diameter, and the barrel is 90.5". So, the barrel length isn't the issue: its the drum. Good news is that its fed via a flexible chute, so it can be redirected. Turn the drum sidewise, place it in the bustle of the Abrams, then mount the gun where the 120 is - its half the length of the cannon after all, and bobs your uncle. The only question is where to stick the 2 77hp electric motors, but I can think of a couple places where they can be tucked.