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Does this weapon qualify for it's own page? Is it direct fire? --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 03:36, 8 April 2014 (EDT) | Does this weapon qualify for it's own page? Is it direct fire? --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 03:36, 8 April 2014 (EDT) | ||
:While this gun was intended to fire mostly canister shots, it's hardly qualify as a direct fire weapon. [[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 05:02, 8 April 2014 (EDT) | :While this gun was intended to fire mostly canister shots, it's hardly qualify as a direct fire weapon. [[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 05:02, 8 April 2014 (EDT) | ||
[[Image:M86Hlmr-TRG.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M1886 Hotchkiss light mountain '''rifle''' .]] Yes! For | [[Image:M86Hlmr-TRG.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M1886 Hotchkiss light mountain '''rifle''' .]] Yes! For for direct fire. The crew consists of two people. How on promo shot ... it´s light mountain '''rifle'''! --[[User:Pandolfini|Pandolfini]] ([[User talk:Pandolfini|talk]]) 09:51, 8 April 2014 (EDT) | ||
:It's not a rifle, it's a rifled cannon, as opposed to smoothbore one. [[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] ([[User talk:Greg-Z|talk]]) 10:00, 8 April 2014 (EDT) You think this: "A smoothbore weapon is one which has a barrel without rifling".? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothbore | |||
::As to the question of whether or not it is direct fire, it's irrelevant how many crew members there are. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 15:00, 8 April 2014 (EDT)What is the direct firing? The gun shoots in the film directly against the barricade and into the crowd of attackers. It's not a long-range cannon with a ballistic trajectory.--[[User:Pandolfini|Pandolfini]] ([[User talk:Pandolfini|talk]]) 01:19, 9 April 2014 (EDT) | |||
Latest revision as of 05:23, 9 April 2014
Does this weapon qualify for it's own page? Is it direct fire? --Funkychinaman (talk) 03:36, 8 April 2014 (EDT)
- While this gun was intended to fire mostly canister shots, it's hardly qualify as a direct fire weapon. Greg-Z (talk) 05:02, 8 April 2014 (EDT)
Yes! For for direct fire. The crew consists of two people. How on promo shot ... it´s light mountain rifle! --Pandolfini (talk) 09:51, 8 April 2014 (EDT)
- It's not a rifle, it's a rifled cannon, as opposed to smoothbore one. Greg-Z (talk) 10:00, 8 April 2014 (EDT) You think this: "A smoothbore weapon is one which has a barrel without rifling".? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothbore
- As to the question of whether or not it is direct fire, it's irrelevant how many crew members there are. --Funkychinaman (talk) 15:00, 8 April 2014 (EDT)What is the direct firing? The gun shoots in the film directly against the barricade and into the crowd of attackers. It's not a long-range cannon with a ballistic trajectory.--Pandolfini (talk) 01:19, 9 April 2014 (EDT)