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"It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon...for twelve seconds."
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.
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.
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