Buffalo Gatling Gun

[lybo]

Hi all,
Well here's my idea for what a Gatling would look like on a Buffalo. I really loved doing this conversion but i'm not a great painter. Painting windows really escapes me . I wanted the thing to look dirty and well used and I hope it comes across looking that way. I magnetized the Gatling arm so I can swap it with other arms if the need arises. The hornet and slogan on the side are decals I made (my first attempt) and I just didn't think about how much the green would bleed through the yellow . Anyway I had fun converting it and I hope you all like it.

I made up some stats for the gun that seem to work in a couple games we played here.

In game terms I figured the Gats performance would be variable depending on how many shots hit target.
It's stats are as follows:

.30cal (7.62mm) 6 barrel Gatling gun
Range = 36
Strength = 4+D6+X / where x is equal to number of hits beyond the first hit, so if 1 shot hits it does 4+D6, if 2 shots 4+D6+1 etc.
RoF = 6:2

Can fire 2 times before reload is needed. A Mechanic can expend 1AP to reload, all others require 2AP. If a green GI is used to reload, the 1AP is expended and his turn is done.

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[evernevermore(john)]

Interesting idea - now here's my nit picky problems with it
- its just 30 cal not 7.62 (a modern 7.62mm Gatling gun fires the 7.62x51mm round not the .30-'06 that the US military used in WW2 - it might not sound like a big thing but we are talking very different cartridges with different sizes, range, and terminal ballistics. Plus the ought Six kicks like a mule)
- 6:1 might be too powerful, you might want to try 6:2 to represent having to stop to brace against the recoil. That way a veteran Buffalo pilot is that much more impressive as he can move and shoot that massive gun
- On your model, if I were to redo/do your conversion I would make the ammo bin you have attached much deeper or go the route of the externally attached ammo can. Either would make it more believable when you consider the immense appetite for ammo a Gatling gun has.

All in all though your model is very well executed - Im just a picky gun nut sometimes

[lybo]

Yeah it's still a 7.62 no matter how you look at it

And it was supposed to be RoF 6:2, I just forgot to change it. I typed this up a few months ago and just copy and pasted it, I was tired when this was posted and forgot to change it.

I was originally gonna do the seperate ammo pack on the back and add a belt feed to it, but I thought about it and figured it's easier to reload with a pack, just snap the old 1 off and snap the new 1 on. It is afterall a "fantasy" WWII game and with all the advanced tech why not be able to just do it that way. Besides it's my design .

I'm glad at least 1 person replied with ideas and comments, that's why I posted it ;D. Thanks. I hope more comments show up .

[evernevermore(john)]

Im not saying its bad - I just look at everything as an engineer, looking for feasibility and such. Its how I am

[lybo]

I'm just pullin ur leg dude ;D

[evernevermore(john)]

Yeah - that never works too terribly well online. And your going to go and make me dig up a 7.62 round and put it next to a .30-'06 arent you just to prove the difference. The cartridge capacity is very different, in fact it was found during WW2 that the aught siz was way more powerful then was needed (1000 yard range and more kick then was comfortable even for big Americans) which is what led to the development of the M14 and its 7.62 x 51 cartridge. An aught six gatling gun would be a fantastic beast to watch in action, you'd probably have a good 4 or 5 foot tongue of flame, a roar like a dragon ripping the sky apart, and recoil that would be measured with in thousands of ft-lbs. If your any good at photshop hunt up some pics of the AC-130 firing its miniguns and do a photoshopping of a suit.

And yes I know Im being too serious - what can I say

[lybo]

Yeah I know all too well the kick of a .30-.30 and a .30-06. We used to shoot em up at a family friends farm in Wis. when I was a kid. I remember one time we were trying to eliminate some Muskrats from the pond cause they were destroying the bank under the pier. All out of .22 ammo all he had was the 30-.30 & 30-06.......................Muskrats go BOOM!!!! in BIG geisers of red water and body parts. That was the last time I ever fired at anything live, it just disturbed me too much.

The flame coming out of the gatling though sounds kinda cool I may have to try that.

[Darkson]

Sweet looking conversion. Hope to see it in person this year at Gen Con.

[evernevermore(john)]

an Aught six on a muskrat?!? those things weigh less then most guns that shoot the aught six - I can see why you'd have a bad reaction

[kinglukethe1st]

The muskrat explosion description sounds like something out of a cheesy horror movie. I'm sure it would mentally scar any but the most cold hearted to see something like that, so don't worry.

-King Luke.

[gimp]

Since I had a reference handy: .30-06 is 7.62x63mm, while the Brits used .303 at 7.7x56mm for the SMLE, the Germans a 7.92x57mm for the Kar98k, and the Russians 7.62x54mm for the Mosin Nagant. The .308 Winchester or 7.62x51mm NATO round was chosen simply as a standardized round for NATO that still hit hard but allowed consistency.

Recoil is as much a matter of weapon design as it is cartridge power. My dad has had a 20 guage shotgun with as much kick as his 12 guage since I was a kid.

The conversion looks cool, though I would have preferred to see the weapon mounted on a more central gimble over the end mount, because it would help with control and accuracy of the weapon.