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RW> They're the offspring of the Gatling Gun, invented around the end of the
RW> Civil War.  With modern technology comes a modern version of it. They're
RW> high tech and shoot lots of rounds per minute, but the basics are the
RW> same as the original. The uniqness of the design is that it has
RW> multiple barrels that rotate as it fires. If it has ten barrels, then
RW> each barrel only fires 100 rounds per minute out of the thousand rounds
RW> fired. Friction in the barrel of any other machine gun would burn it up,
RW> not to mention that it couldn't chamber and fire that many rounds in one
RW> minute.
 
I could be wrong, but I think the new name is chain gun.  They are
absolutely awesome, particularly the one in the A-10 Thunderbolt.  WOW!
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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