Whats the biggest gun that you ever used??
zander_0633
Milforum Gnat
Artillery? Does it count?
The only big gun I shot was a sniper rifle by the H&K company. not sure about the model.
The only big gun I shot was a sniper rifle by the H&K company. not sure about the model.
jan-willem Fischer
Active member
The biggest thing I shot was a 7,62mm Fal,
But then my experience with guns is limited to the Fal, shotgun, AR-15, Glock, .22 carbine and a few other hand guns.
It's difficult to get your hands on big guns in the Netherlands.
zander_0633
Milforum Gnat
That's ArtillerY~
zander_0633
Milforum Gnat
HAha! Nothing much. But are Artillery Guns or "Guns"?
Charge 7
Master Gunner
Militarily speaking, a "gun" is a crew served weapon. That means it takes more than one person to put it in action. Thus, rifles and pistols are not "guns".
And now, boys and girls, you understand the meaning behind the old gag, "This is my rifle and this is my gun, this is for fighting and this is for fun". The "gun" in that lymric being the male appendage and unless you wanna go blind or have hair on your palms like your mom tells ya, it takes more than one person to fire that gun too.
And now, boys and girls, you understand the meaning behind the old gag, "This is my rifle and this is my gun, this is for fighting and this is for fun". The "gun" in that lymric being the male appendage and unless you wanna go blind or have hair on your palms like your mom tells ya, it takes more than one person to fire that gun too.
zander_0633
Milforum Gnat
Thanks for clarification DUde!
He asks if water cannons fall under that catagory too as he is able to shoot his at will with no assistance and so far no hair on the palms.
zander_0633
Milforum Gnat
Well, I don't think so! I think his fall into the category of Power Toys?
Dean
Active member
Charge 7 said:
A rifle differs from a gun in 2 respects. First of all, a rifle is usually (but not always) a direct fire weapon that fires a projectile on a relatively flat trajectory. This is achieved as a direct result of the 2nd difference: the ratio of the barrel length to the calibre of the weapon. If it exceeds a certain ratio (which I have forgotten and cannot find at the moment) it is a rifle, and as a result, the 16 inch battleship guns and their smaller cousins are actually rifles. In fact, many sources call the armament of battleships 14 inch rifles, and technically, they are correct. Other rifles include anti-aircraft artillery, tank guns, anti tank guns, etc
Howitzers are not rifles even though their barrel length is increasing (42 calibres in the case of the latest 155mm howitzers, iirc) due to the fact that their trajectory is anything but flat, howitzers are designed to drop a round vertically or as close to vertically as possible.
Hope this helps.
Dean.
H.E. Quick Charge 7.... LOAD!
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Charge 7
Master Gunner
Dean, I assume you meant that post for zander as again, I'll point out that as I've spent decades in artillery, I know all that.
bulldogg, yeah they call them water "cannons" and there are shot "guns". Neither of those were named by the military, and as I said, "Militarily speaking...."
bulldogg, yeah they call them water "cannons" and there are shot "guns". Neither of those were named by the military, and as I said, "Militarily speaking...."
