[pecenipicek]

the most amusing fact about hallfight marines is they us frikking ML-16's

[Polpolion]

the most amusing fact about hallfight marines is they us frikking ML-16's

I doubt it. Plz explain how you came to that conclusion.

[pecenipicek]

first off, the last comment on this page
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/GTW_ML-16

second
http://wiki.freespacegalaxy.de/doku.php?id=marines&s=marines

third, hallfight scene?

Spoiler:

granted, i dont know if it was anywhere in the canon sources that it was a ml-16... but the visuals do tell their story.

[Polpolion]

I'm still rather hesitant to believe that a fighter-craft mounted gun is used hand-held. You don't see any Marines running around with 20mm Vulcan Cannons shooting at other guys these days.

[pecenipicek]

me too, might be just a re-use of existing material since the big gun used by the marines looks like turned around ml-16 with grips.
(do note, it might be plausible that they're using a down-scaled version of it, and, the ml-16 was known as a somewhat... crappy weapon)

[Akalabeth Angel]

me too, might be just a re-use of existing material since the big gun used by the marines looks like turned around ml-16 with grips.
(do note, it might be plausible that they're using a down-scaled version of it, and, the ml-16 was known as a somewhat... crappy weapon)

   Eh, except the ML-16 is a laser and if I remember correctly the marines are firing projectile weapons. (ie Kinetic weapons)

[pecenipicek]

just remember the big blasty thing which took down the shivan. it had a spin-up sorta sound and a blast

[Galemp]

It's definitely an ML-16.

[Polpolion]

It's definitely an ML-16.

  How does that picture prove it's an ML-16?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

He must be looking at the gun design.

[Polpolion]

Just because it looks like an ML-16 doesn't mean it is an ML-16. If that's the best reason that is shown in that picture, then that picture doesn't convince me that it's an ML-16 at all.

[Akalabeth Angel]

    Yeah I honestly don't get it either. Comparing the two pictures they look nothing alike. The ML-16 has a longer housing and less barrels. The gun he's carrying clearly has one of those barrel braces or whatever purpose they serve. Well, actually if you take most of the housing off the ML-16 you get something resembling that. But, one would assume the ML-16 would be a touch large than a hand-held gun. (or arm-strapped gun, whatever)

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The other thing is that the guns the Terrans on the Shivan freighter shoot bullets, because you can't see the individual missiles. On the ML-16, however...

[Colonol Dekker]

The weapon is identical to the loadout .ani in FreeSpace 1. just spanked a handle to it for the cutscene. In arguement for in-universe, chainguns/miniguns can be used unmounted (albeit with a lot of fatigue)

[CmdKewin]

You don't see any Marines running around with 20mm Vulcan Cannons shooting at other guys these days.

How cool would that be? Granted, you'd be dead from recoil faster than me finishing this post, but still... Mission Accomplished!

[Galemp]

fine, call it an ML-1.6

[Colonol Dekker]

 


or a MiniL-16

[Mars]

I think that the ML-16 is more akin to an .50 caliber, and that that's a scaled down version.

A 20mm autocannon (not Gatling gun) looks a lot like a 5.56 machine gun, only scaled up.

Or if you'd like, a minigun looks a helluva lot like a Vulcan which looks a helluva lot like an Avenger.

[redsniper]

Spoiler:

[V] just reused the ML-16 model for the marines' weapons because they were feeling lazy.

[pecenipicek]

we already noticed that. 14 posts ago.