Basically the gun needs to work the same way as the zsu 57 - 2 where the magazine fire rate is X and the reload means your rpm is 80 whilst the gun is actively firing at 90rpm
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Exactly, this is achieved by setting the reload time to 0.5s.
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Yeah, that is my interpretation, If you had unlimited ammo, you would fire 90 rounds over the course of a minute. Just need to add a reload every 6 rounds
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2 + 2 is 4! - 1 dats 3 quick math!
Exactly mate
Ok im back, and yes you are right.
I know xD
Sorry, my stoopid took over me :(
Woooo math is mathin
I never thought I’d see the day… A use for maths after school.
So what is the current fire rate in game?
If i made it good, then this
Im checking it rn
Ok it seems like game rounds it up to x.xxxx so i will do with it rn.
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76 RPM if i did it all right
Says “cyclic rate”, which should be the theoretical rate if the mechanism could fire uninterupted for one minute. Including proper reloads of the magazine it would be called “effective rate” instead.
Now, Royal Ordnance have measured that it will empty the 6 rounds from the magazine (2x 3 round clips) at a rate of 90 rounds per minute, but there’s no explanation of how the Army have determined that it’d fire 80 rounds per minute in continuous fire.
IRL Rarden’s a funny gun in that it has a 6 round ready magazine but you can feed 3 round clips in to it to replenish the magazine before it’s finished firing the 6 rounds, and effectively make it fire continuously if you pace the firing and replenishing of the magazine right (and your arm doesn’t get knackered winding the loading crank)
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Yeah just clocked its Cyclic and as a result that would be the 6 round burst that is described in the marketing materials.
But currently in game we don’t have the 90rpm even with just the first 6 rounds? Or am i wrong?
Ok what am i doing wrong. It has 1.3334 shots per sec, we round it up to the 0.75s reload time.
Reload inside whole cardridge takes place 5 times, so 5x0.75 that gives us 3,75. Adding reload time of 1s it gives us 4,75s for a complete cycle. 4,75 fits into 60s 12 times. 12x4,75=57 and leaves us with 3 spare seconds, that gives us 4 additional bullets. 12x6 = 72+4=76
So as per the training manual the cyclic ROF is 80RPM. Cyclic ROF is the rounds it can cycle uninhibited for a set amount of time. So in this case that’s 6 rounds. Its likely the 90RPM figure is an estimation in the marketing materials.
Since the training manual is a primary document, you would need a Warrior/Scimitar etc etc manual to override it. So the best bet is getting on the National Archives Discover page, locating some docs. Book them out and get them copied at the National Archives.
The marketing materials will not override the training manual in this instance.
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Ok, so if i get it right, 80 rpm is the fire rate we would have if the cardridges were infinite, and these 3 sources put out 90 because yes? I know 2 says approx, but it would be a rounding from 85-95 if we do it the usual way.
Yes, so in this instance it can be measured as the speed of the six shot burst. The 90RPM figure is either an estimation or the ROF the MOD set the gun for is lower likely for cost savings. Either way without a primary document the market materials don’t override the training manual so they can be disregarded at this point.
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