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23 paź 2014 · The original Gatling gun had fallen out of favor because of the need for an external power source to rotate the barrel assembly, but the new generation of turbojet-powered fighters offered sufficient electric power to operate the gun, and the electric operation offered reliability superior to a gas powered weapon.
Powerful and Accurate: Due to its design, the M61 Vulcan combines a high rate of fire with excellent accuracy and dispersion. 1960s: The M61 Vulcan quickly gained popularity among military pilots. It was installed on numerous fighters such as the F-4 Phantom II, F-105 Thunderchief, and others.
11 gru 2012 · First used in 1959, the M61 has adorned most of the US aircraft from the F-104 to today’s F-22. Its 6,000 rounds per minute can chew up enemy targets, and it has also been used by the Navy in the Phalanx CIWS system and the Army as the M163 Anti Aircraft weapon.
It is the first American anti-materiel rifle designed and mass-produced for public sale with a bore diameter in excess of .50 caliber in over 80 years. [2] The rifles are available in three calibers, with the rifle's predominant chambering being the 20mm Vulcan caliber.
29 kwi 2012 · The latest gun used by the Air Force to arm its fighters is the M61A1 Vulcan. This cannon is a 20mm rotary type used on every fighter from the F-104 onward. This little gem contains six turned metal barrels, metal mid-barrel spacer ring, and end barrel clamp spacer.
The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute).
27 kwi 2019 · Battlefield Vegas nicknamed their M61 20mm Vulcan Cannon ‘The Hand of God’ because it can lay great vengeance and furious anger upon its target.
