Comments on: Sucks to be you

By: Zane

Zane — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:20:32 +0000

Sucks, indeed! Harun Fazul is reportedly dead.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_re_af/somalia

By: SeniorD

SeniorD — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:31:53 +0000

Curt,

My main complaint with CIWS is that it goes dry VERY quickly. It takes two sailors time to haul a new mag out to the mount, change mags and hightail it back to cover. All the time, my sailors could well be unprotected. Of course, on the Burke’s they have to go all the way to the fo’csle to re-arm.

By: Bomber Guy

Bomber Guy — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:23:17 +0000

The motto of one of the AC-130 wings is, “You can run, but you’ll just die tired.”

Pretty much puts an exclamation point to the episode.

By: Curt

Curt — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:19:02 +0000

The MK 15 CIWS fires 30 rds/sec at the low rate, meaning 3,000/min. It looks like they have upped the firing rate with a second setting (since I had to memorize such things), for 4,500 rpm….that will empty the magazine quickly….

The setting for the Gatling gun portion in CIWS is actually slowed down from the rate it can actually fire…as Lex for the MK 61 firing rates on the internal FA-18 gun…

By: Albany Rifles

Albany Rifles — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:06:54 +0000

As Bill Murrey said in Ghostbusters….”Nice Shooting Tex!”

An Air Force friend of mine who flew the early C-130 gunships said their squadron called a Spectre attack as a NASCAR Nuke…..’cause you keep turning left and fire as fast as you can.

So here is my question….do Eagle and Lawn Dart drivers call Spectre drivers trash haulers? Because it just doesn’t seem right after all.

By: SGT Jeff (USAR)

SGT Jeff (USAR) — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:51:46 +0000

Oh, second vs. minute. Right.

Out of curiosity, how many rounds per minute does a CIWS fire?