In article ,
John Cook wrote:

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 04:28:01 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
(robert arndt) wrote:

The M61 is a poor substitute for this bad baby:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/c...2/mauser21.htm
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...if you don't mind only firing 1,700 rounds per minute as opposed to
about 6,000...

Look at the spool up times ;-)...

If you forget to warm up your Gatling, you're probably the sort to
forget to arm the darned thing to begin with. The technical term for
that is "dead guy."

Whats the avarage gun burst time in a dogfight...

Whatever it is, you're going to have to hold the trigger down for over
three times that to get the same amount of fire downrange.

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