For anyone not in the know, this troop probably gets about 10 seconds of fire power then is stuck with a giant state of the art hunk of metal
2 weeks ago | 300
As a former paratrooper, hell to the NO! That dude is gonna need a medic when he eats shit into the ground!
2 weeks ago | 260
He prob drops it at a pre determined height to slow up his descent from splat to "your injury has been determined to be non - service related".
2 weeks ago (edited) | 84
This new updated lighter A-10 looks sick. Only problem is the barrel is facing the wrong way.
2 weeks ago | 114
Somewhere, a majestic eagle atop a mountain is screeching it's patriotic approval. 🦅 🇺
1 week ago | 11
I remember feeling really bad for people who had to jump a mortar or a base plate for it. That crap looked so heavy and bulky. I was so lucky to be a medic so no one ever asked me to cross load ammunition or anything either.
2 weeks ago | 125
My dad was a Korean War paratrooper. He liked the M1 carbine loved the garand. Would choose the grease gun over a Thompson simply because. “Guys pissed away ammo with a Thomson.” Ammo that had to be carried.. He could see no advantage carrying a pistol when you could carry more ammo in your business caliber.
2 weeks ago | 8
The ammo, the power supply, a mount...only thing I could see is if they plan to immediately dig in and fortify right after jump. And that seems I'll advised
1 week ago | 2
Not just the ammo but the truck batteries to power the thing and the tripod mount to actually fire it from.
2 weeks ago | 11
Missed an opportunity to find out if jetpack joyride is realistic
2 weeks ago | 32
I can't imagine a scenario where a light infantry force detached from ground support or supply would have a target they can't address with a 7.62mm machine gun which would suddenly be within their capacity if only they used the equivalent of five 7.62mm MGs instead. Their purpose is almost entirely to contest an area in order to disrupt opposition for their own incoming forces, if a machine gun isn't the answer then an even heavier machine gun in the same caliber isn't the answer either. Something with a warhead or a laser designator is the answer for those challenges.
2 weeks ago | 21
You can always swing empty minigun and add special effect in post process.
2 weeks ago | 14
Guessing dropping a giant crate of ammo is out of the question?
2 weeks ago | 71
As far as I know Paratroopers are designed to deepstrike then hold key positions, so if you can get them in & fly another plane over later I could see a scenario where they drop in with the minigun then once they've secured their objective another plane comes by and drops out a pallet of bullets for them. Probably not the best idea, but possible.
1 week ago (edited) | 0
I was under the impression that the lack of firepower was in anti-armour/anti-air/anti-vehicle, not the volume of small-caliber fire.
2 weeks ago | 8
This makes zero sense. This gun shoots 3000 rounds per minute. 3000 rounds of NATO 7.62 weights 210 pounds. Nobody is humping this thing and it’s ammo. If you were going to drop it out of a plane you would palletize it along with the vehicle you were going to mount it to because again, nobody is humping this thing and its ammo.
2 weeks ago | 28
Yeah, that's what I want attached exactly there if I have to roll out of the landing. If you can access the area in a jump ship, then you can have a AC on station to provide the dakka.
2 weeks ago | 3
Justin Taylor
Paratroopers regardless of country typically have the least amount of firepower, mostly because if it can't be jumped with, it can't be used. Dillon Aero, the guys who build the M134 Minigun, proved that if the jumpy bois want a bit more firepower next time, you can in fact jump one of their rotary guns in. Good luck jumping in the 10s of thousands of rounds you'd need also.
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