In article ,
"Brett" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote:

| That's the point, though. If the M61 could only get two or three
| rounds on target, the slower-firing 30mm Mauser could only expect
| to get one. If the Mauser gets two or three, the Gatling gets six
| to ten.

In the first second of operation the 27mm Mauser will discharge 28 260gm
projectiles. The 25mm GAU-12/U in the AV8B in the same time will only
discharge 35 180gm projectiles.

....and after four or five one-second shots, the Mauser will be out,
while the GAU will have three or four left.

Or, using half-second bursts, the Mauser will have about one-*quarter*
the firing time...

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