Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20170705210718/@comment-27144409-20170829192542

It's not really that OP. You can't use contemporary breech loading ammo feed (mags, clips, and belts), ammo capacity is determined by the length and number of barrels, the maximum fire rates will expend all ammunition in a very short time, and frankly I've questioned it's accuracy for a while now.

He said that the fire rate for a theoretical system, with multiple barrels, was 16,000 rps. This does not mean each barrel had 16,000 rounds. Few firearms, if any, carry enough ammunition for a full minute of firing at their maximum rate without reloading. Remember that the bullets have to be stacked in a line down the barrel. That is tens of kilometers if you want 16,000 9mm rounds in one barrel. Obviously they don't do that. The M-4 fires at 600 rpm, but standard mags contain 30 rounds.

Also, China developed a new CIWS (close in weapon system) that fires 11,000 rounds with contemporary methods.

The guy singing the systems' praises always sounds like that in the show outside of real conversation. His job is to make this as exciting and cool as possible, so take it with a grain of salt.

I like Metal Storm too, but it's not op.