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 Valentine Wrote:A Gatling gun? They were declared obsolete in 1911, before there was any such thing as tracers.
GCBurner Wrote:The D-Day Invasion opening scene to Saving Private Ryan was pretty realistic.It was.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.