this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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"It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon...for twelve seconds."
An M134 shoots up to 6000 rounds per minute, and it shoots 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Win). 12 seconds would be a maximum of 1200 rounds. If I'm buying some of the very best match-grade ammunition I can get (Hornady 168gr ELD-M) at $2.15/round, that works out to a maximum of $2580. Which ain't chump change, but is still about $397,420 short of $400,000.
It would be $616,946.77 in today's money.
The game is set in 1968, in an alternate history. Which means it can be any amount in today's money.
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