FAST FIRING MACHINE GUN - GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS

Designed for use in helicopters and armoured vehicles in the late 1960s, the 7.62 mm (0.3 in) calibre M134 Minigun is based on the multiple-barrelled Gatling design.
It has six barrels that are revolved by an electric motor and fed by a 4,000-round link belt. This allows for a firing rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, or 100 per second, about ten times that of an ordinary machine gun.

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I suppose...make range cleanup easier. Not too sure what we'd do with it otherwise.

The story with Metal Storm is of course caseless ammo if a misfire occurs the round behind will push the dud out there was a rumour the designer was offered allot of money 50 million supposedly by a certain country that had he taken up the offer and given them the product then he may have ended up like the chap supplying Saddam Husiens HARP guns?

Watch this on the handgun 3 rounds in 1 second before recoil and all 3 clover leaf......... only the trigger and the projectiles move no jams.
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Noone mentions the muzzle velocity or anticipated range, that would then be a guide as to what weapons of the future could be invisiaged for operational use ie sniping.
What better way to have 3 rounds on their way before recoil???

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Originally Posted by Gil Boyd

Noone mentions the muzzle velocity or anticipated range, that would then be a guide as to what weapons of the future could be invisiaged for operational use ie sniping.
What better way to have 3 rounds on their way before recoil???

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Soviets (I mean Russians, but they basically are the Soviets still), did that with the AN-94. Neat concept, very difficult to do properly.

The velocity must be incredible, chucking projectiles of that size out in the speed they say is their normal delivery pattern. Nothing could survive!!
At least with a GPMG on sustained fire, it hit guys over the bluff out of sight to traditioonal weaponry on a beaten zone, I wonder if this little beast does the same??

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At least with a GPMG on sustained fire, it hit guys over the bluff out of sight to traditioonal weaponry on a beaten zone

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That's the indirect fire thing Gil...or black magic to those not understanding it...

So, with purely solid state electronic operation, you could, theoretically, deactivate (fry) all of your enemies small-arms with EMP weapons?

Well EMP is a totally different ball game. If it was used against this device yes, it would work as it has electronic systems to operate, however, the guys would still be there with their Gympies ready to accomodate any enemy!!

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So, with purely solid state electronic operation, you could, theoretically, deactivate (fry) all of your enemies small-arms with EMP weapons?

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unless it is EMP shielded......

British devised something like that in the Boer war with a swag of troops firing over volley sights I have it in my 1905 infantry musketry training manual (Pics A representation of it could not find the pages but this gives an idea) it gives the ranges up to 2700 yards + I think and depicts the beaten zone from the firers also I think it may give the spacing of the hits it is a very oblong beaten zone at that range.

Years & years ago every body scoffed at the Russians using valves in there fighter aircraft from again my foggy memory it seems a valve is about a few thousand times stronger than a printed circuit so whilst an EMP will down say a F-14 or such the Mig will still be flying well thats what I seem to recollect from the article I read.
Actually we had a good chat at the club yesterday about stuff and decided the Germans built very good tanks in the (Tiger) Panzer Mk VI in WWII infact most of their kit was pretty dam good and todays Leopard Mk III looks a very mean beast indeed whilst in WWII the Russian's built very agricultural but functional equipment that was easy to work on and could handle the Russian winter not so the German army's.

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however, the guys would still be there with their Gympies ready to accomodate any enemy!!

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