Balanced Gatling gun

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1978-09-25

1980-07-01

Brown, David H.

Ordnance

Machine guns

Revolving barrels

89 9, F41D 704

Patent

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042100585

ABSTRACT:
An arrangement of the components of a revolving battery gun such that the center of gravity of the assembly is located on the axis of the firing barrel at the time of its maximum recoil thrust. The required location of the center of gravity is achieved by the use of a relatively small number of barrels in a Gatling gun having a two-revolution main cam. Such a configuration permits the firing barrel to be placed relatively near to the gun rotor axis and permits the gun feeder, as well as the drive, recoil adapters, and other accessory devices to be placed on the same side of the gun as the firing barrel. In this location, the accessory devices counterbalance the weight of the rotor and barrel cluster, thereby placing the center of gravity of the assembly approximately on the axis of the firing barrel. The recoil thrust then passes through the center of gravity of the recoiling mass, eliminating pitch and yaw moments.

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Technical Report AFATL-TR-73-130, vol.-1, Jun. 1973, Air Force Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, Fla.

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