Just a Really Cool Video

[Eddie]

I shot this in August at a demonstration on Ft. Benning. In light of kalos72s recent questions about MTOEs and capabilities, I thought he might get a kick out of it at the least.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUVWU0-khY4

[cavtroop]

Man, I miss my Bradleys....

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by cavtroop

Man, I miss my Bradleys....

Bradleys were fun, except for the cram-yourself-in die-in-place seat behind the driver -- where I kept getting put, since I was the physically smallest troop in the squad...

[Targan]

Thanks Ed, cool vid. I have a question. When the two Stryker vehicles are firing hull-down in their prepared positions during the first quarter of the vid, why does it sound like the .50 cal on the left hand Stryker has a slightly lower rate of fire than the Stryker on the right? Or is it just an acoustical illusion?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Targan

Thanks Ed, cool vid. I have a question. When the two Stryker vehicles are firing hull-down in their prepared positions during the first quarter of the vid, why does it sound like the .50 cal on the left hand Stryker has a slightly lower rate of fire than the Stryker on the right? Or is it just an acoustical illusion?

Maybe the headspace and timing were set slightly different? Or does the Stryker use QCB guns?

[Legbreaker]

They sounded the same speed to me, but the pitch was slightly different. My guess is the acoustics were a little different due to the shape and location of the firing positions, along with range from the microphone to the firing weapons. That would certainly give the illusion of different RPMs.

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

They sounded the same speed to me, but the pitch was slightly different. My guess is the acoustics were a little different due to the shape and location of the firing positions, along with range from the microphone to the firing weapons. That would certainly give the illusion of different RPMs.

Both, most likely, but more so of this. Still, it's probably slightly different. After all, a weapon technically has a range for a cyclic rate usually something like 450-650 rpms, or 700-900 rpms, etc. Machining differences, care and maintenance, and sometimes just blind personality of the guns.

Frex, we received two brand new M2s upon our return (still in packing grease and plastic, mind you), took them to the range, and one wouldn't fire except single-shot. No viable explanation except it was a bad gun.

[cavtroop]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Bradleys were fun, except for the cram-yourself-in die-in-place seat behind the driver -- where I kept getting put, since I was the physically smallest troop in the squad...

I was the gunner, no problem there That hell-hole sucked though!

[Abbott Shaull]

Rode in bradley at our basic/ait graduation, never had to get in one again...