Were infantry always called minigunners?

[Rentago]

I thought it was riflemen or just infantry.

[Snufflegrunt]

Yes

Edit: Riflemen are in RA.

[CeSium]

Yeah original called them minigunners, despite them not using miniguns (manual stated they used an M16 apparently?)

[KeenCritter]

Yuppers. Not sure why they did that, lol.

[Rentago]

alright, cause i saw the vehicles being renamed, wasnt sure if other things were always that way

[Snufflegrunt]

Let's be honest, none of us are really sure why miniguns are called miniguns, because they aren't really very small guns. They are infantry with small guns. That's all you need.

C&C 101: If it doesn't make sense, don't question it.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Let's be honest, none of us are really sure why miniguns are called miniguns, because they aren't really very small guns. They are infantry with small guns. That's all you need.

C&C 101: If it doesn't make sense, don't question it.

The "minigun" was dubbed that because it was a scaled down version of the M61 Vulcan.

M61 Vulcan: Length 71.93 in (1.827 m); Weight 248 pounds (112kg)

"Mini Gun": Length 31.56in; Weight 85lb (39kg)


So yes in comparison to its big borther it is rather Mini.

Originally posted by CeSium:

Yeah original called them minigunners, despite them not using miniguns (manual stated they used an M16 apparently?)

Actually they used m16's and GAU-3 Eliminator for GDI.

[Gearness]

Funfact: the minigunner's weapon is heavily based on the M900 Calico Rifle variant, as seen on the portrait and the ingame HD model.

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Let's be honest, none of us are really sure why miniguns are called miniguns, because they aren't really very small guns. They are infantry with small guns. That's all you need.

C&C 101: If it doesn't make sense, don't question it.

The "minigun" was dubbed that because it was a scaled down version of the M61 Vulcan.

M61 Vulcan: Length 71.93 in (1.827 m); Weight 248 pounds (112kg)

"Mini Gun": Length 31.56in; Weight 85lb (39kg)


So yes in comparison to its big borther it is rather Mini.

Correction: None of us are really sure unless you really really really know about your guns for some reason. (American detected?)

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

The "minigun" was dubbed that because it was a scaled down version of the M61 Vulcan.

M61 Vulcan: Length 71.93 in (1.827 m); Weight 248 pounds (112kg)

"Mini Gun": Length 31.56in; Weight 85lb (39kg)


So yes in comparison to its big borther it is rather Mini.

Correction: None of us are really sure unless you really really really know about your guns for some reason. (American detected?)

No that is why its called the minigun, In fact a handheld version was being designed called the "microgun" but it never left trials.

And thats not a hard fact to find out about. The M61 was chammbered in 20mm, while the Minigun was chambered 7.62, and the micro gun was going to be chambered in 5.56. Its a GE product (General Electrics).

[Rentago]

thanks, i appreciate all the info

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Correction: None of us are really sure unless you really really really know about your guns for some reason. (American detected?)

No that is why its called the minigun, In fact a handheld version was being designed called the "microgun" but it never left trials.

And thats not a hard fact to find out about. The M61 was chammbered in 20mm, while the Minigun was chambered 7.62, and the micro gun was going to be chambered in 5.56. Its a GE product (General Electrics).

You're missing the point that the devs didn't care for such details. I have no interest in irl guns in the context of a C&C game.

[DarkMachine]

The naming scheme is just for the sake of simplicity. In the TD cover art you can obviously see a soldier wielding an M-16 assault rifle, which is clearly not a minigun.

https://i.imgur.com/ysI3DWK.jpg

Also, the original TD instruction manual shows the minigunner wielding a Calico M950 which the game call the GAU-3 Eliminator. In C&C Renegade all infantry use fictional futuristic-looking firearms.

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by DarkMachine:

The naming scheme is just for the sake of simplicity. In the TD cover art you can obviously see a soldier wielding an M-16 assault rifle, which is clearly not a minigun.

https://i.imgur.com/ysI3DWK.jpg

Also, the original TD instruction manual shows the minigunner wielding a Calico M950 which the game call the GAU-3 Eliminator. In C&C Renegade all infantry use fictional futuristic-looking firearms.

.....
I've been playing since 1995 and only just found out what that was on the left side of the cover art.
Thanks!

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by Spawk:

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Correction: None of us are really sure unless you really really really know about your guns for some reason. (American detected?)

Are you unfamiliar with Google and Wikipedia?

Read on.

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by Spawk:

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Read on.

Read what?

The rest of the topic.

When has C&C ever been concerned with realism? Calling them Minigunners was a (questionable) design decision at the time to describe infantry with small machine guns.