I'm going steal a comment from Navy Boy Ted Essssssenfeld
"Feels like Liuetenant Dan in Forest Gump... waiting for this hurricane to show up. Is this all you got??!!"
At least that's what I'm thinking I'm going to be like on the ride home tonight.
A mellow light tail wind this morning. I'm kind of hoping for something crazy and epic and awesome for the ride home.
I love being out in the weather, being part of it. Mad Watts Mother Nature! FTW
Yeah. I used a twitterism in a blog. FML
keep it straight.
Eh?
Now, if you haven't talked with results boy then the interview really doesn't work quite as well. If you have you know he shoots words out faster than a .50 cal.
Read part one -- two and three. Unless you already have, then yah whatever. Read em again (no, don't try that - colin's not that exciting to read about)
Seriously. I'm excited for the ride home.
But, I'm afraid I might be disappointed. It isn't supposed to really be all that bad out there until later tonight. If anything.
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I clearly need to get back in touch with the internets. I missed that whole Reuter-fest until now. Funny how that interview sounded exactly like talking to him in person... no faux internet persona there.
.50 cal is actually a slow rate of fire weapon. It has to be, its so big, rounds are so big, etc. Its just like engines, little screamers at high RPM and big diesels with lots of destruction delivering torque.
Goddamn, that is a perfect analogy, actually.
.50 cal has 400 rpm rate of fire, M-60 (.30cal/7.62mm) is 600, and the M249 SAW (5.56mm) is the screamer at 750-1000 rpm.
I never liked firing the SAW, it doesn't leave an impression. Much like the cheasy pop pop pop of the M16 (same round). The M60 has a satisfying recoil and pile of messy brass and dirt cloud and smoke, and most importantly, you can hear it fire over all the other small arms clatter. Its very fun to shoot.
The M2 .50 cal is WAY bigger, louder, heavier, and all that, but you dont really UNLOAD with it. Its such a big weapon. You sort of chug away with it a vehicles and stuff, in short bursts.
The M60, replaced with the sweet FN mae M240 as I was getting out, Belgium makes some fucking nice weapons, anyway, the M60 commands attention and dominates any small arms fire fight as its always the biggest toy you've got, and you can rip the rounds right thru it at area targets.
I don't miss carrying it, but I miss shooting it.
good point -
Colin is way more like a SAW than an M2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trdhHeYhXho&feature=channel
this vid shows both the SAW and the M249 (7.62) firing. The M60 was louder, but very similar. The saw is the machine gun at like 30 seconds with the guy firing yelling at the heavy gunner to get his gun up (jammed or reloading). The M60 goes off at 40 sec and later at like 1:10. You can hear the rate of fire of each pretty clearly. The M16s dont amount to squat. Everyone always wants the M60s up and firing cause it really puts their heads down.
Then they blew him. The thing at the very end was a cluster bomb. I thought they recently outlawed them.
I think Rooter might push into GAU-8A territory. Small arms just don't match up.
nice but only 1-2 second bursts? I bet the SAW is way more like Results boy, much longer duration of fire. And, light weight.
I'd say that is more like me but i'm probably closer to ack-ack, not always on target but very dangerous and annoying.
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