could there be a reloadable lightweight twin launcher? does such a thing already exists, or is there something that fills its role? do you think we could see something similar to it?
Is this a viable concept?
Eli Clark
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Liam Edwards
Joshua Murphy
Sure, there could be, but I doubt they'd be very good. If you add more than one barrel to the launcher then that means that each missile/rocket would need to be smaller than it otherwise could be for a single-barreled launcher. That limits how big the warhead can be, and how far the rocket can fly. I would assume that most designers would rather have a larger warhead and a longer range.
Grabbing another disposable launcher or shoving another round into a reusable launcher would probably let you fire a 2nd shot in roughly the same time period. The blast from firing those things is pretty significant, it's not like you could fire a 2nd shot much faster with a 2nd barrel.
The closest real-life thing I can think of is the M202 FLASH which carried 4 incindary rockets. (unguided). It was meant to be a replacement for a flamethrower, so a very different application that most rocket launchers.
Bentley Jackson
You're not likely to strap a second barrel to it if you want to keep things lightweight. And for most targets on big shot is probably better than two small.
Elijah Ramirez
they trialed heat rounds for it but they never went into production
Gavin Wilson
Maybe for 40mm Pike type missiles you could have drop down magazines, or, since its side loaded, a revovler style action.
Isaiah Davis
except almost all non man-portable or nuclear launchers are multi shot
Thomas Collins
Like this, but four stack on top of each other. Would overwhelm most APS systems.
Jaxon Price
Might make sense if APS becomes common. Gotta deplete those countermeasures.
Tyler Campbell
>non man-portable
What on earth does that have to do with OP's question?
OFC things change when your weapon no longer has to be humped around by a solider. At that point you can have multiple barrels AND warheads large enough to be worth a fuck, of course it makes sense.
But for something that's shoulder-fired by a soldier you have to pick either one rocket which can do a reasonable amount of damage, or you could choose multiple rockets which are too weak to do much good. That limits multi-barrel man-portable designs to applications where you don't need much range or a very large warhead....so in other words, shit like tear gas for law enforcement, or setting things on fire like the M202. If you want to be able to take out a tank or a plane--which is pretty much the only application of something like this--then you want one big rocket.
Ethan Wood
Because weight is much less of a concern with vehicle portable weapons. Therefore, the added weight is a seen as a useful trade off for the increased firepower.
Ethan Gray
nah, more is better
Lucas Howard
Nope. You’d be better off coming up with some sort of feed system. It’d be lighter.
Or, for the same weight and size as two medium sized rockets, you could have one larger rocket
Adrian Reyes
Connor Ramirez
That's a grenade launcher. That's the kind of application they do work well for.
OP is talking about a full-on rocket launcher, not weaksauce like that.
Christopher Hughes
Increased firepower over a single barrel of the same caliber that is. If you design a weapon that’s the same exterior dimensions but uses a much larger rocket, it’ll have a higher payload, longer range and a lighter weight launcher
Jordan Baker
Eli Phillips
Liam Bell
Jordan Foster
>weaksauce
Idk about that, user. 50mm rocket propelled grenades aren't nothing.
Hunter Campbell
Alexander Wilson
Yeah, they pretty much are.
Hunter Perez
Camden Kelly
Eli Roberts
They can kill people, sure. But they're no RPG-7 or Javelin
Austin Wright
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What you need is a shoulder fired 76mm gun.
Jacob Diaz
A lot of Halo early stuff was impractical. 343 is so obsessed with realism they're trying to make stuff seem more "realistic".
The result is soul vs. soulless
Anthony Reed
which one is more realistic and which one has soul?
the only diference I see is low poly vs. high poly
Jackson Torres
The only one that’s objectively worse is the shotgun tho
Zachary Morales
>343 scorpion tank
wtf were they thinking... how does someone look at that and give a thumbs up?
Nicholas Bell
Soooooooo an m32?
Luke Gomez
The Scorpion tank was a terrible design because it was under utilized for what it should be.
The 4 tracks? Independently powered too. Extra Mine Resistance and in combo with it being all titanium, extra dispersal of heat.
The Single/Double Driver? Ok, bu in front of them in an APC like compartment that can hold 6-8 guys.
The separated turret and gun? Make it articulated and able to extend like a ladder lift.
The 90mm caliber? Meme it to be MAC tech, with a much longer 90mm round, but a lower velocity MAC gun, like "just" Mach 4. Make it a combination HEAT/Enhanced Fragmentation.
The Coax? Uh....improve it.
But nah, they did none of that.
As far as guns go, never add the SMG, make the original AR duel wieldable with the og pistols accuracy for a single rifle, the BR single shot explosive with plenty of ammo.
Evan Harris
Something like that, but Pikes won't fit in those, so itd be about the size of a missile launcher anyways.
Owen Bennett
they both look pretty soulless to me. maybe you should just stop being a manchild playing games.
Zachary Wright
A lot of people don't play nuHalo. They play the old games.
Caleb Myers
>>non man-portable
>What on earth does that have to do with OP's question?
I think user is just being specific about his point
Jackson Hernandez
When I was in college on weekends I'd rail a bunch of adderall, play Warzone Firefight all day and come in first literally every match. It was good shit.
Jaxon Flores
What the fuck did they do to the Scorpion?
Isaiah Foster
Each of those shells is man portable and can be fired without the "barrel". It's the #1 long range threat in Afghanistan.
Anthony Turner
>ywn have another odst vidya
Kayden Allen
Fpbp
Carter Anderson
They should have at least made a bigger deal of the shells it fired. I don't agree with the MAC idea because that's what the Cobra was supposed to fulfill.
Oliver Murphy
Didn't someone just post this in /v/?
Robert Davis
>completely covered in armor and fabric head to toe except for the fingertips