EoTech?

[Strangeday]

 

[DARKARCHER]

looks like one

 

[VinceL]

very nice looking... wonder if you can test fire one at your local range... : )

 

[wild1]

Gopher gun?

 

[Ishootguns]

Strangeday when you get set up down south are you going to get one of those?
Dave

 

[teclaydon]

Here y'go...

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_50cal-GAU-19_MG.htm

 

[esquif]

20 mm ??

 

[Strangeday]

.50BMG...GAU 19/A

order me one please!

 

[USP]

sounds like a guarantee pleaser for crowd control when "Earth Day" revelers get out of control again....

 

[seekah]

The hood looks rather large though, unless its just the camera angle.

 

[Mikjk]

it could be one of the early models... it looks a lot like my original EOTech.

 

[Big_Red]

I've seen Eotechs mounted on 7.62 minguns a couple times in Iraq.

 

[cancer]

I suppose the size of the dot doesn't really matter much when you're shooting one of those.

 

[esquif]

one man road block

 

[Luckyorwhat]

Cool looking, but though I like guns, that's just stupid. If .50 holes aren't enough for suicide craft, go to a better caliber. If higher rate of fired is wanted, why not just use the simple and expedient multiple Browning mounds?

I mean Jesus, did they have a call for more .50's when the Japanese started kamikaziing in the Pacific? Hell no, they knew they needed real cannons to actually stop a craft in its tracks.

 

[mebiuspower]

I mean Jesus, did they have a call for more .50's when the Japanese started kamikaziing in the Pacific? Hell no, they knew they needed real cannons to actually stop a craft in its tracks.

You mean hell yes?

 

[Mike K]

Eotech has some snazzy new models that are calibrated for 7.62 and .50.

 

[Hoser-eh]

Def!

 

[Luckyorwhat]

You mean hell yes?

No way man, if you've got a suicide craft coming towards you you need to stop it cold. .50's were marginal back in early WW2, and that was with 8 of them firing all at once at unprotected Japanese planes.

For example the fate of task force Z early on made the point abundantly clear that if you have to do real life-and-death shooting you want 30mm, 40mm or more. My understanding is that small guns are popular in peace time because they're cheap, small, and easy. But they're cheap for a reason. And that's comparing to 1 and 2 pounders, let alone puny .50's.

I don't know why I care, lol, it's just that it's kind of infuriating to see history repeating itself I guess. I mean, if PomPoms aren't considered the best value for stopping suicide craft what the hell chance does a Gatling .50 have?

When the international shtf Rheinmetall and Bofors are going to have more orders then they'll know what to do with. Sure a .50 could be mounted with less disruption and cost, but the actual value is going to be slight. An actual cannon, OTOH, would be useful in many ways. Hell, if they can't spare the mass of a decent cannon, then why not a 40mm AGL? I dunno, .50 gatling just seems like eye candy and either too much or too little gun for most targets.

Not to mention the lack of protection for the gunner. The next time a vessel goes into an inlet and a swarm of Iranian speed boats charges, you can bet they'd rather have a gun suitable for stopping craft and fast. With that Gatling .50 they'd be getting shot at, trying to aim, walking the bullets on target, then having to reload. The French have a complete turret with 40mm autocannon and optics and everything that's under 1.5 tons, and the Ukrainians can make aircraft cannons light enough for a man to lift them.

It's just silly to mount a gatling firing FMJ when you can have the following: (pics are big, but blame the Germans)

http://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/img/MA-8_40S0307-66_1.jpg

 

[P0WERWAGON]

someone needs a lesson in resizing pictures....