The Anti Everything Gun

[oceansands]

AHHHHHH ...... good 'ole "sea whizzz"! Marines and sailors have to go below deck when one is being fired.

 

[Floppy_D]

+1 to whoever said it was a trick to maintain. It's a love-hate relationship.

 

[Creature]

AHHHHHH ...... good 'ole "sea whizzz"! Marines and sailors have to go below deck when one is being fired.

I know this to be not true.

In fact, only a few weeks ago, the skipper of my ship ordered a evening "pacfire" (Pre-Action Calibration Firing) just to provide a "beautiful demonstration" of the Phalanx's muzzle flash for the crew and our embarked Marines. Needless to say, it was quite impressive to hear the long belch of the gun....and to see the blue and orange muzzle blast reaching out about 2-3 feet from the rotating muzzle of the gatling gun.

 

[pinstripe]

Do you think a man could possibly pick one of these up in, lets say, .22 cal.?

 

[ConfuseUs]

Imagine a giant fart that shakes your bones. That loud.

I guess we have covered both ends: First there was the Burp Gun, and now we have the Fart Gun!

 

[Rey B]

Hell a PAC-fire is only a hundred rounds, for real fun you need a tow target. My system was serial #200 mounted on the Puller (FFG-23). Our motto "If it flies it dies!"

 

[mpmarty]

Yeah, we had "if it flies it dies" on our Patriots too.