The Mingun, add back in the recoil

lol you gun newbs make me laugh.

First of all the M60 is a LMG(Light Machine Gun) that means it is a machinegun used for covering advancing troops.
2)The M60 has been used by the US military since 1950 so that rules out the bogus idea of it being used in WW2
3)Bipod=two legs,Tripod=3 legs
Only WW2 era machinegun doctrines had the technique of holding a machinegun by the bipod for firing while standing.
Machineguns since that era have had(generally speaking) handguards built onto them to allow the user to use them as an automatic rifle(M60)


Ok so now that that is behind us....

allow me to clarify the following:

Miniguns/Gatling guns are NOT designed to be fired by a human being.
Quite simple.
The recoil generated by such a device is enough to push a grown man off his feet or at least to throw his aim off by a very long shot.
Miniguns are designed to be fired from tripods or from vehicles.
You must also take into account the fact, that such a device requires a power source and an ammunition source.
Let's say a backpack can hold 5.000 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition.
The weapon already has a firerate of 3.000 rounds per minute that equals under one and a half minutes of fire, which in realistic terms means you're screwed after that ammo is gone, so it is not worth taking into combat(even if you can hold and fire it)

The minigun is in BB a fun weapon to "shoot" with, even through it's just a very spammy pea shooter, but I would preferr to see some IED's or molotov cocktails instead of it

lol you gun newbs make me laugh.

First of all the M60 is a LMG(Light Machine Gun) that means it is a machinegun used for covering advancing troops.
2)The M60 has been used by the US military since 1950 so that rules out the bogus idea of it being used in WW2
3)Bipod=two legs,Tripod=3 legs
Only WW2 era machinegun doctrines had the technique of holding a machinegun by the bipod for firing while standing.
Machineguns since that era have had(generally speaking) handguards built onto them to allow the user to use them as an automatic rifle(M60)


Ok so now that that is behind us....

allow me to clarify the following:

Miniguns/Gatling guns are NOT designed to be fired by a human being.
Quite simple.
The recoil generated by such a device is enough to push a grown man off his feet or at least to throw his aim off by a very long shot.
Miniguns are designed to be fired from tripods or from vehicles.
You must also take into account the fact, that such a device requires a power source and an ammunition source.
Let's say a backpack can hold 5.000 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition.
The weapon already has a firerate of 3.000 rounds per minute that equals under one and a half minutes of fire, which in realistic terms means you're screwed after that ammo is gone, so it is not worth taking into combat(even if you can hold and fire it)

The minigun is in BB a fun weapon to "shoot" with, even through it's just a very spammy pea shooter, but I would preferr to see some IED's or molotov cocktails instead of it

Shut up. I meant MG42. Next time you take the time to diss someone, try using common sense to fix what I'm saying before spewing out a load of bullcrap you probably just googled. I know firsthand that the German MG42 in WW2 HAD an assault option as I described above.

Idiot.

My whole point being that it was possible to be able to wield a heavy machine gun w/out a tripod. Stuck up snobs like you make me laugh so much ..

Are you sure about that, I would think that the Germans would have used the MG34 for such a role...