nuxi t1_j61jc0w wrote
Reply to comment by nuxi in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
If it helps to imagine it, think back to this scene from Captain America: Civil War. The impacts keep ending up all around our hero but never actually hitting him. Each time he passes across the minigun's line of fire, there is no bullet because of how slow the rate of fire is. Far, far slower than a real minigun fires.
Compare that to The Matrix where the minigun is depicted as firing so rapidly that not even an Agent can dodge it. This is a much more realistic depiction of the firing speed. (Althugh the rate of fire depicted varies considerably within the clip)
Bonus: In the Captain America clip you can see the minigun spin up to a speed much faster than it is actually depicted as firing.
blackadder1620 t1_j61oxc8 wrote
damn, that matrix scene is still so fucking cool.
whiffitgood t1_j62n98q wrote
wow, I haven't watched any marvel movies in a while. that was really shitty
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