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Old 11-20-06, 08:08 PM   #33
Marcantilan
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I always wonder about the benefits of laser guns in those sci fi movies.

As you see, lasers seems to have 1) low muzzle velocity, and thus the good and bad guys could dodge the beams, 2) low rounds per minute rate, and 3) laser beams seems to be "all tracer".

IMHO, I think I could kick some a$$ in the Star Wars universe with an ol´fashioned m249 machine gun. :hmm:
Lasers travel at the speed of light. No dodging them.
Yes, I know that. But in the sci fi movies lasers have the speed of a donkey cart.
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