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Firing the infamous NTW 20mm

This video shows Groot Mamba, a reader of the blog, rapidly firing the NTW 20mm rifle. Groot is firing the 20X82mm round, which is, in a sense, a "20mm Short" round. When firing a projectile that can carry a high explosive warhead, kinetic energy is not necessarily required against soft targets because energy can be delivered with the chemical payload - hence the lower powered cartridge.

Groot says that the larger, and more common, 20x110mm round is nicer to fire because the muzzle brake is more effective.

Posted by Steve on Oct 21st 2009 | Filed in rifles | Comments (10)

Size is relative

I love this photo.

20mm Lahti rifle vs. PKM machine gun

Photo by rondog @ The High Road.

Many thanks to Sven for sending me the link.

Posted by Steve on Sep 21st 2009 | Filed in photos | Comments (7)

DSEi 09: PMP Neopup 20mm Personal Area Weapon

If the suave gentlemen in the above photo had a beautiful woman beside him, I think the scene could hardly be distinguished from a Bond movie. Style, sophistication and an incredible amount of high explosive firepower!

The side mounted pistol grip makes this a very compact weapon for its class.

Quite frankly, this is an awesome piece of hardware. I can't say much else than that. I hope to be writing more about this weapon in the near future.

A big thanks to Groot Mamba for the photos.

Posted by Steve on Sep 18th 2009 | Filed in big bore, rifles, weapons | Comments (26)

20mm Rounds

Idiot has been reloading 20mm vulcan projectiles in 20×138b brass to fire from his Lahti cannon.

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20mm vulcan projectile vs. .308!

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Lahti L-39 … Idiot is one brave man

More photos here and here

Posted by Steve on Apr 14th 2008 | Filed in ammunition | Comments (0)

Anzio 20mm Vulcan Rifle / Cannon

The nearly 7 feet tall Anzio 20mm rifle (or cannon) is one amazing gun!

Featuring a 49″ long barrel (4 feet)

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Bullet comparison of the .223 Rem (left), .338 lapua, 50BMG and 20mm Vulcan

Bulletsizes

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Posted by Steve on Oct 9th 2007 | Filed in big bore, rifles | Comments (4)