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Early prototypes had six barrels, but a three-barreled configuration is now standard. The GAU-19/A was originally designed as a larger, more potent version of the M134 Minigun . Due to the loss of nine helicopters in Grenada , GE started building prototypes of the weapon in both a three-barreled and a six-barreled configuration.
The GSh-6-30, designed in the early 1970s and entering service in 1975, has a six barrel design that is similar to the Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23. It was based on the naval AO-18 used in the AK-630 system. Unlike most modern rotary cannons, it is gas-operated rather than hydraulically driven, allowing it to "spin up" to maximum rate of fire more ...
EX-17 Heligun – Two-barrel 7.62 mm calibre machine gun, a rival to the M134. Fokker-Leimberger – Externally powered, 12-barrel rifle-caliber rotary cannon - Imperial Germany. GShG-7.62 machine gun – 7.62 mm Gatling-type machine gun Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback - Russia.
Despite that, its barrel life is quite short: 2,000 rounds, with a continuous burst rated for 150 rounds. [2] The gun uses an evaporation cooling system to prevent the detonation of a high explosive round inside a heated barrel. This cooling system consists of a cylindrical water tank around the rear end of the barrel.
There are also several gun pods available for mounting on external hardpoints: UPK-23 for air-to-air use, with one or two fixed GSh-23 guns and 200–400 rounds of ammunition, and SPPU-22 pods with traversable barrels for strafing, from 0° to −30° and carried 280 rounds of ammunition in each (they were most often carried by the Su-17/-20 ...
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The Glagolev-Shipunov-Gryazev GShG-7.62 (Russian: Глаголев-Шипунов-Грязев ГШГ-7,62) is a four-barreled rotary machine gun designed in the Soviet Union, similar to firearms such as the M134 Minigun.
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