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Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - Ken Valentine - 05-09-2011

IanSF Wrote:This was the subject of a 'Mythbusters' episode, using progressively higher velocity/calibre rounds and it took a gatling gun, firing tracer rounds to ignite the tank.

A Gatling gun? They were declared obsolete in 1911, before there was any such thing as tracers.

Quote:It's a shame Mythbusters haven't been asked to debunk this one (or not as the case may be). It would make an interesting show.

Now that would be interesting.

Ken V.

P.S. Here's a photo of a Gatling gun:

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - GCBurner - 05-09-2011

The D-Day Invasion opening scene to Saving Private Ryan was pretty realistic.
The TV series Justified is fairly accurate as far as the gun handling goes.

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - IanSF - 05-09-2011

Ken Valentine Wrote:A Gatling gun? They were declared obsolete in 1911, before there was any such thing as tracers.

I can only quote what they said on the show. The gun certainly looked like a modern day version of the old Civil War weapon you've posted. They were probably using some sort of light weight rotary cannon or minigun.

Looked a bit like one of these:
[Image: minigun.jpg]

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - Ken Valentine - 05-10-2011

GCBurner Wrote:The D-Day Invasion opening scene to Saving Private Ryan was pretty realistic.

It was.

Except for the sound of the bullets.

In the movie thay made a whizzing sound. Real bullets are supersonic and make a "mini" sonic boom, so instead of a "VEEEeep" sound it would have been a sharp CRACK! Like a whip . . . only LOUDER.

Ken V.

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - Ken Valentine - 05-10-2011

That makes sense.

Thanks.

Ken V.

IanSF Wrote:I can only quote what they said on the show. The gun certainly looked like a modern day version of the old Civil War weapon you've posted. They were probably using some sort of light weight rotary cannon or minigun.

Looked a bit like one of these:

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - KRW - 05-10-2011

Ken Valentine Wrote:It was.

Except for the sound of the bullets.

In the movie thay made a whizzing sound. Real bullets are supersonic and make a "mini" sonic boom, so instead of a "VEEEeep" sound it would have been a sharp CRACK! Like a whip . . . only LOUDER.

Ken V.

Let's not forget the "schmuck" sound when it hits flesh.

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - KRW - 05-10-2011

IanSF Wrote:I can only quote what they said on the show. The gun certainly looked like a modern day version of the old Civil War weapon you've posted. They were probably using some sort of light weight rotary cannon or minigun.

Looked a bit like one of these:

I don't have the time to look it up, but they may have used a mini gun. It's basically a smaller version of a Gatling gun. They look a bit like those.

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - t4terrific - 05-10-2011

KRW Wrote:I don't have the time to look it up, but they may have used a mini gun. It's basically a smaller version of a Gatling gun. They look a bit like those.

I think they use an electric motor instead of a hand crank.

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - Mick C. - 05-21-2011

The Australian Vietnam war film, THE ODD ANGRY SHOT, had very realistic small unit and patrolling tactics. The Australian SAS guys use hand signals, send up head counts, check their pace counts, whisper or avoid speaking, etc.

Best film/s for accurate warfare / fighting / shootin' - GCBurner - 05-23-2011

Ken Valentine Wrote:It was.

Except for the sound of the bullets.

In the movie thay made a whizzing sound. Real bullets are supersonic and make a "mini" sonic boom, so instead of a "VEEEeep" sound it would have been a sharp CRACK! Like a whip . . . only LOUDER.

Ken V.

Movies and TV always get the sound of gunshots wrong, with or without "silencers". As it happens, I've heard a bullet flying by overhead a time or two, and it's a very distinctive sound.