Dead Doorgunner keeps squeezing the trigger

[Mazzic]

While i was giving 'em some at the doorgunner's position, some

bad guy shot the doorgunner and i automatically switched back

to the pilots seat. The M60 however kept firing at the same angle,

as in the moment the doorgunner was shot. It fired happily away

while the gunner already slumped down in his seat till the ammunition

was emptied.

Maybe you should add some logic, which stops the gun when the

respective gunner is dead.

 

cheers

 

Mazzic

[joey45]

Nice lil' bug there...

 

But IRL when you hold the trigger on a belt fed gun long enough and let go of the trigger it keeps firing... until you either break the link or run out of ammo... Well it did/does with the Gimpy..

[Griffin]

In IL-2 WW2 sim if you get killed while shooting, it sometimes continues. I guess a "death squeeze" happens in real life too sometimes.

[joey45]

Would be nice if the gun goes wild...

[Sundowner.pl]

Nice lil' bug there...

 

But IRL when you hold the trigger on a belt fed gun long enough and let go of the trigger it keeps firing... until you either break the link or run out of ammo... Well it did/does with the Gimpy..

M60 fires from an open bolt, when you release the trigger - bolt will be locked back and chamber will be cleared - no possibility for a cook-off or any other effect that would cause weapon to fire on itself.

 

[Griffin]

According to at least two Navy Seawolves, they did cook-off during hot firefights.

 

http://www.seawolf.org/stories/hicks_story.asp

 

Now I will tell you about a firefight that required many hot turn-arounds (re-arm and re-fuel). On one of the strikes my M-60 jammed and the barrel was red hot. I had to make sure to keep the business end pointed out away from the helo. A gun in the shape mine was in could cook off at any moment. I keep the barrel in the wind hoping it would cool off, and I broke the ammo loose so there wasn't more than a couple of rounds still hooked up to the feed tray. We were receiving heavy ground fire so I threw caution to the wind and opened my feed tray, and wouldn't you know it, the moment I raised it the dam thing cooked off. I heard Brookshire scream I'm hit! I'm hit! And I felt a warm flow of liquid flowing down my arm. My flight suit was acting as a blotter and was soon soaked with blood. I immediately cleared the jam, got my weapon in working order and checked Brookshire. He felt a hit in his foot, but after further scrutiny I saw a small piece of brass lying next to his boot. I couldn't help busting out laughing and told him the cooked off brass hit his flight boot. He sure looked relieved, and we completed our mission without further incident. When we arrived back at Sea Float, I went to see the corpsman about my arm. I pulled my flight suit down around my waist, and finally looked at my arm. The whole arm down to my wrist was soaked in blood. The corpsman took a look and asked how it happened? I explained I had a cook off during a firefight, and he said no Purple Heart. I said I just want it cleaned up so I can see how bad it is. Well, it just looked as if someone sprinkled pepper all over my arm. He wiped a salve all over my arm and gave me the rest. For years after that I was picking gunpowder out of my arm. I think I may have teased Brookshire a few times after that but I couldn't help it, you really had to see his face after thinking he had been hit.

 

http://www.seawolf.org/stories/stark.asp

Edited June 6, 2013 by Griffin

[Sundowner.pl]

Well yes, when the gun jams with the bolt in forward position and not locked, or you have a primer failure, this gun can cook-off. What I'm writing about is when the gun is fully operational, and the trigger is released.