# Who needs frickin sharks with frickin lasers attached to their heads?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448 "2011-07-27T00:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/1 "2011-07-27T00:00:25Z")
Not good enough? Sharks with frickin’ lasers attached to their frickin’ heads? No? Well then, how about [250 millimeter chain guns with frickin’ lasers attached to their frickin’](http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/how-make-deadly-chain-gun-even-deadlier-add-laser-cannon), um…sides?? How about that??? > [@](#): > > BAE System’s Mk 38 chain gun was already a formidable opponent: a 250millimeter cannon capable of putting 180 rounds per minute into the air from the deck of a naval ship, strongly urging those without clearance to keep a safe distance (of about 2,000 yards). But in a tip of the hat toward what the U.S. Navy considers the future of shipboard defense, BAE and Boeing have teamed up to accessorize the Mk 38 with a laser death ray. You know, just in case. When you only care enough to send the very best, and when 180 rounds per minute (that’s 180 250mm rounds…woof) of hot lead isn’t enough, you can give them a dose of the death ray (ok, ok…it’s only 10 kilowatts, but that would still pop your popcorn!). 😛 Anyway, just thought I’d share while I’m waiting for a flight. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/2 "2011-07-27T00:09:52Z")
Who _doesn’t_ need sharks with lasers and/or chainguns attached to their heads? This is such a Bond villain’s wet dream. ETA: Although looking at the article, I don’t see anything about sharks. Where did that come from? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/3 "2011-07-27T00:13:57Z")
Sorry, the sharks are from Austin Powers [Gold Member](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh5Lh-tTSZQ). -XT ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/4 "2011-07-27T00:17:28Z")
That’s a 25mm cannon. A [250mm](http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/milrr/sandyhookgordonmorgan10inchready.jpg) cannon would be quite a bit bigger. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/5 "2011-07-27T00:20:17Z")
FYI - 250 mm = 9.84" There’s a misprint in the article - it’s a 25mm chaingun, which is more than big enough to blow the living hell out of a lot of targets. ETA: DAMN - scooped by **SenorBeef** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/6 "2011-07-27T00:26:52Z")
But envision a 250mm chain gun! Take that, alien invaders! ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/7 "2011-07-27T00:29:20Z")
A 250mm chaingun _would_ be awesome, though. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/8 "2011-07-27T00:34:10Z")
“It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon…for twelve seconds. Ah-ha-ha-ha-hahaha…” ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/9 "2011-07-27T00:34:18Z")
I was also going to be pedantic and correct the misuse of the term “chain gun” but it turns out I was wrong and it actually is a chain gun. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/10 "2011-07-27T00:42:08Z")
I think they need to develop a gun with bees in the bullets so when they shoot the gun they’re shooting bees at you. Bees with tiny lasers attached to their heads. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/11 "2011-07-27T00:47:20Z")
I was thinking that 250 mm shells would be huge…almost like battleship rounds, and firing them at 180 rounds per minute would be something to see…for about 10 seconds before the thing tore itself apart! 😛 Still, even at a paltry 25 mm, it’s still pretty cool that they put a frickin’ laser on it’s frickin’ head! -XT ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/12 "2011-07-27T01:01:44Z")
If sonething was shooting 3 bullets per second at me, I wouldn’t care about the frickin’ laser. Especially if they were ONE INCH DIAMETER bullets. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/13 "2011-07-27T01:09:14Z")
[strained acronym mode] Call it a **S** uper **H** igh **A** ttack **R** apidfire **C** annon? [/strained acronym mode] ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/14 "2011-07-27T01:12:45Z")
Only if you then mumble the word ‘with’ and then use finger quotes around “laser” (speaking very slowly)… 😉 -XT ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/15 "2011-07-27T01:59:28Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I was thinking that 250 mm shells would be huge…almost like battleship rounds, and firing them at 180 rounds per minute would be something to see…for about 10 seconds before the thing tore itself apart! 😛 If I ever win the lottery I am SO going to commision a 250mm/180 RPM chaingun. Just need to figure out what to point it at. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/16 "2011-07-27T03:05:12Z")
M1A1 Nimitz Main Battle Shark! Army tankers everywhere will have cannon envy:) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/17 "2011-07-27T04:25:23Z")
I’ll settle for a fully-automatic belt-fed 10 gauge shotgun. If I can’t blow someone’s ass off with that, I deserve to die. I will need someone to carry the thing for me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/18 "2011-07-27T04:59:07Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I was thinking that 250 mm shells would be huge…almost like battleship rounds, and firing them at 180 rounds per minute would be something to see…for about 10 seconds before the thing tore itself apart! Almost like battleship rounds? A ten-inch shell was a standard battleship round a hundred years ago. Just to give people some idea here’s a [picture](http://www.freewebs.com/philippineamericanwar/Monadnock%20Unexploded%20shell%20fired%20by%20the%20USS.jpg) of two soldiers standing next to a ten-inch shell. Now imagine firing those off at a rate of three per second. The perfect weapon if you were trying to sink Cuba. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/19 "2011-07-27T05:02:26Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’ll settle for a fully-automatic belt-fed 10 gauge shotgun. If I can’t blow someone’s ass off with that, I deserve to die. > > I will need someone to carry the thing for me. How about a [full-auto grenade launcher?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448/20 "2011-07-27T05:22:47Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > How about a [full-auto grenade launcher?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher) Does it have a laser? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-attached-to-their-heads/590448.md?page=2)