[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[Christopher Wright]

BCS wrote:
> Hello Andrei,
> 
>> One that I do think would be more lethal is the mounted Gatling M134
>> (that Terminator made famous), see
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun. That fires up to 6000
>> rounds/minute which is pretty crazy. I think a salvo of that would
>> have made a trench through the Orcs, the same bullet killing or
>> maiming several of them.
> 
> IIRC the 7.62 NATO doesn't have that much penetration (more than the 
> 5.56), enough to do in an Orc, but I don't think it would get the next 
> in line, particularly if the Orc in question has armor on his back.

Yeah, you'd really want a Vulcan or something in that range. (Made by 
General Electric!) The Riders of Rohan would have to ride their bikes 
pretty hard to generate the necessary electricity. (For reference, a 
human can generate something like 0.125 horsepower, and similar weapons 
require on the order of 15hp.)