only the top half of the barrels (probably only
would be visable as the turret, the rest would be inside the vec itself
I dont think shotgun shells would work because of the nature of the way it fires, the rounds are stacked end over end in the barrel without any barriers, so that the compressive force from the round infrount of it exploding would probably fuse the pellets togather
it wouldnt need anything along the lines of granades or high explosives, the sheer number of rounds it would fire would produce more than enough damage, I know that they have built versions with higher caliber and with high explosive shells (
http://www.metalstorm.com/) but I doubt the loading system would be able to handle the shock and weight from loading and fireing such a projectile (it wouldnt load 1 at a time, the loader loads a stack of about 50 at a time for each barrel, seeing that 8 barrels at a time would be in various stages of being loaded at any one time, thats pretty taxing)
I dont know, its a game, mabe the small caliber will redeam it and allow it to be used in game, although like I said, the sheer number of projectiles would be a problem
also, a tip for rendering, instead of trying to show every bullit it fires, mabe just have a grey cloud comming from the weapon when it fires, it would save on processing power and be more realistic (it is basicly makeing a lead cloud after all)
and for your viewing pleasure
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=17...tal+storm&hl=enthink about that, but constant