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block - better too much than too little, the excess priming powder will be forced into the chamber.
Then the breech block will be closed, which pushes the cartridges into their chambers; the breech block
is then put under tension sufficient to withstand the recoil of firing and locked in place. A flintlock would
be snapped (or some sort of fire applied, like a matchlock) and the priming trail would ignite, firing all the
barrels in a very rapid sequence.
After firing, the breech would need to be swabbed with a mop (putting out any smoldering powder
residue and cleaning up a bit) and dried a little just so it's not dripping wet, and the firing process
repeated. In wet weather, a simple tarp to keep the rain off the back of the gun and the powder would
be all that is needed.
* * *
Grantville needs the best gun that can be fielded next spring, not the best gun that can be made in five
years or one that has limitations placed on it by someone planning to use parts of it or its production
machinery five years (or even next year) down the road. They need to get through the coming year to
even worry about what might come. There just isn't time for "nice to haves." In five years these organ
guns will be scrap. They are very much a dead end. They are also where we need to be now. (The guns
are not useless after they are obsolete on major battlefields. Rest assured that after the USE develops
superior follow-on weapons, these guns will be valuable trade items with everyone from those with
"private ventures" in the outer world, to other empires.)
Once the volley guns have been developed might we see this scenario?
The chasseur's had worked for nearly ten hours clearing a path to get the three pipe organs into position
on the hill, and another two clearing lanes of fire that wouldn't be obvious from the road below. At last
the supply column hove into view and began to bunch on the approaches to the narrow bridge, just as
had been expected. The captain raised his sword and with a swift slicing motion gave the signal to fire . . .
The massed fire was as unexpected as it was devastating. The screams of the horses was as from the
blackest of nightmares and was matched by the agonizing cries of the teamsters and their escort. Cries
from the enemy officers to rally fell apart when the guns fired a second time, and then a third, all within
one minute. The carnage was dreadful, and the screams of the wounded men and horses assailed their
ears.
To a man, the organ gun crew preferred their ears to be assailed than the enemy to attack after crossing
the bridge. Far more than their ears would be hurt if the bridge was crossed. And the new guns could
hold here until help arrived.
Now the only question is; who's going to get this weapon first?
Exit right with evil laugh.
PS. Thanks to Rick Boatright for nagg I mean encouraging us.
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Second alternative,
by Bob Hollingsworth
Grantville and its allies need a machine gun!
Fortunately, there is an excellent example of late-middle twentieth century general purpose machine gun
available in the former U.S. Army M-60. Unfortunately there will be no way to truly duplicate that gun in
the near future. Many of the same arguments that applied to the adoption of the SRG flintlock minié rifle
apply here.
Grantville has only one M-60 machine gun; they have no others and only a limited amount of ammunition
for it. What is it going to take to keep that gun functioning until it is no longer needed?
Let's take a look at the M-60 machine gun.
The M-60 machine gun is a 7.62 mm NATO caliber fully automatic, gas operated, air cooled, belt feed
weapon, firing from an open bolt, that uses disintegrating ammunition feed links and may be fired from the
hands, off a bi-pod, or from a tripod or vehicle mount.
It weighs 23.06 pounds when properly lubricated and is 43.75 inches long overall and features a 25.6
inch barrel.
It can fire at a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute, though to do so necessitates a barrel change to
continue firing at a high rate. It is normally fired in bursts of from 6 to 9 rounds and at a rate of about 200
rounds per minute.
It may be fired against area targets to a range of 900 meters from the bi-pods or 1100 meters from a
fixed mount such as the M122 tripod.
(Thank you, Drill Sergeant.)
The gun is made mostly of steel, with a few minor aluminum parts, with plastic to be found on the front
hand guard, trigger group "pistol grip," and the buttstock. To assist in controlling the weapon when it is
fired from the shoulder and bi-pod, there is a small folding rest in the buttstock that rests on top of the
firer's shoulder in use.
The most common problems with the gun are user malfunctions. That's right, operator error.
It is possible to assemble the gun with two important parts backwards. The gas piston can be installed
backwards, making the gun effectively a manually operated repeater. The other and more common error
is that the firing pin may be installed backwards and the gun will then not fire at all.
Another common assembly error is to reverse the flat spring that places tension on the trigger group
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