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  • MG withput quick-change barrel

    what do you think about that?

    http://www.world.guns.ru/machine/mg30-e.htm

    will this system work as promised, will it keep the barrel cool enough?
    or is this just bs???
    Last edited by leolover; 28 Dec 05,, 15:34.

  • #2
    Originally posted by leolover
    what do you think about that?

    http://www.world.guns.ru/machine/mg30-e.htm

    will this system work as promised, will it keep the barrel cool enough?
    or is this just bs???

    Depends on the rate of fire propelant and metals involved.......

    There have been successful machineguns with various cooling systems that didn't have a quickchange barrell..... (these have mostly been heavy weapons.)

    There are also many that have failed. From the article there isn't enough info.

    From other sources its at 600 Rounds per minute.......

    It stands a pretty good chance of working at that RPM is they use a fairly heavy duty barrel with forced cooling that works.

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    • #3
      Lewis gun had a similar arrangement for cooling, IIRC.

      This Pecheneg might actually be a solution in search of a problem as the saying goes.

      If you had the perfectly capable, combat proven PKM with a quick change barrel already, why would you want to move to the Pecheneg?
      Pharoh was pimp but now he is dead. What are you going to do today?

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      • #4
        It's Russian, so it's crap. That's all that needs to be said.

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        • #5
          any arguments for that apart from national pride?

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          • #6
            When there's no barrel to be exchanged there's no guy who needs to carry that spare barrel (incl. transport box), so that guy can carry more ammo or other equipment.

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