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To: jonascord

It looked to me that this would have external power, and the three turrets rotated by a chain... So what exactly is the proper nomenclature for the gun I posted?


19 posted on 11/19/2007 4:28:42 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Cobra64
The Hughes chain gun actually has a motorcycle type roller chain, driven by an electric motor, that drives the bolt of a single barrel gun back and forth.

The multiple rotory barrels in your photo are also driven by an electric motor, however, the entire reciever, bolt and barrel turn, with the bolt, guided by a track, moving back and forth.

The Apache attack helicopter has, or had, a single barrel chain gun under the nose, aimed by a device attached to the pilot's helmet.

23 posted on 11/20/2007 7:22:15 AM PST by jonascord (Hurray! for the Bonny Blue Flag that bears the Single Star!)
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