[TML] Ditzie Spofulam: The Later Years

[Joseph Paul]

It is no more complex than a 19th century Gatling gun. Throw in titanium
alloys to lighten it and linear motors to spin the barrels and possibly a
grav assist module to steady it for aiming and dampen the recoil and you
have this monstrosity. In fact make it cased ammo firing APFSDS and you have
a support weapon for the Virushi or K'kree.

Joseph Paul

 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: tml-bounces at travellercentral.com
 >[mailto:tml-bounces at travellercentral.com]On Behalf Of Grimmund
 >Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:21 PM
 >To: The Traveller Mailing List
 >Subject: Re: [TML] Ditzie Spofulam: The Later Years
 >
 >
 >On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:56 PM, The Sayat Menace
 ><sayatmenace at earthlink.net> wrote:
 >
 >> Don't forget the four barrels. I have no idea how it would work
 >> mechanically, but I think it's one of the key elements.
 >
 >That's what suggested caseless ammo.  No brass to eject; makes the
 >rotating barrels much easier to manage.  Load the bottom one off the
 >magazine, fire when it reaches the top.  Mechanically simple, since
 >there is no casing to eject.  Fewer moving parts to break.
 >
 >On the other hand, "elephant gun" suggests some sort of big bore cased
 >ammo, lovingly handloaded, possibly with the bullets hand made on a
 >lathe by some truly anal noble's private machine shop.  Sort of like
 >hand loading for a .50 BMG, but more so.
 >
 >20-50cr every time you pull the trigger; that just adds to the charm.
 >
 >But having to extract and eject the casings is going to make things a
 >lot more mechanically complex.
 >
 >
 >Dan
 >
 >
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