Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.net to guns@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoColt Light Machine Gunhexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkColt Light Machine Gunhexbear.netTervell [he/him]@hexbear.net to guns@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareSadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoIs it potentially filled with water or coolant? Or maybe it’s easier to swap barrels quickly with a larger guard.
minus-squareTervell [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoNope - the Colt LMG has neither water cooling nor a quick-change barrel mechanism. There was an earlier prototype which featured the barrel change part, but that didn’t make it to the final iteration
minus-squareanonochronomus [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI was wondering why no quick-change barrel. Looking at it, that flimsy gas tube just hanging out there seems like a potential problem.
Is it potentially filled with water or coolant? Or maybe it’s easier to swap barrels quickly with a larger guard.
Nope - the Colt LMG has neither water cooling nor a quick-change barrel mechanism. There was an earlier prototype which featured the barrel change part, but that didn’t make it to the final iteration
I was wondering why no quick-change barrel. Looking at it, that flimsy gas tube just hanging out there seems like a potential problem.