Volley Guns?

[Matt W]

A volley gun might be useful in some specific scenarios.

If you have a problem with Blue Undead, for instance, then a volley gun with 9 barrels might be appreciated. Likewise, a multi-barrelled shotgun would be a good weapon for dealing with those mutant giant crows eating crops in a farmer's field

[cosmicfish]

The instances where a volley gun will be worthwhile are extremely rare, especially in consideration of other uses for those resources. Remember, building an N-barreled volley gun means NOT building N regular guns that can do everything the volley gun does plus much, much more. You basically need a situation where your manpower is very small but your industrial resources are very high for this to pay off.

[LT. Ox]

Originally Posted by cosmicfish

The instances where a volley gun will be worthwhile are extremely rare, especially in consideration of other uses for those resources. Remember, building an N-barreled volley gun means NOT building N regular guns that can do everything the volley gun does plus much, much more. You basically need a situation where your manpower is very small but your industrial resources are very high for this to pay off.

Every situation I can come up with ends by using an IED or claymore to better effect.

[Matt W]

BIG volley guns might be useful as field artillery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse

It occurs to me that the KFS "Trade Rifle" has a notoriously short service life (planned obsolescence). I wonder if anyone uses the old ones as volley guns?

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by LT. Ox

Every situation I can come up with ends by using an IED or claymore to better effect.

These are a tool for static defence. If you use them in the style of 18th cent warfare with closely packed formations and massed cavalry charges.

So if you have troops guarding a bridge, on the walls of the fort, etc.

Especially if you go big, not the regular .69 or .75 caliber, the 1 and 2 inch small cannon in the same configuration firing shot.

See also Calliope Gun.

[WallShadow]

As the KFS "trade muskets" fire out their rifling, they become useful as volleygun components with one change to the program: each barrel is to be loaded with "Buck and (conical) Ball"