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List of multiple barrel firearmsThis page is a list of multiple barrel firearms of all forms from around the world.[1]

Pistols

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AF2011A1 2012  Italy  Russia

.45 ACP n/a

The Arsenal Firearms AF2011A1 is a 2 barrel variant of the M1911 pistol.

COP 357 Derringer  United States .357 Magnum

The COP 357 was a 4 shot Derringer type pistol chambered for the powerful .357 magnum round. It was designed by Robert Hillberg, based onearlier work on the Hillberg Insurgency Weapon. It was manufactured by the now defunct COP Inc. of Torrance, California (COP stood forCompact Off-Duty Police). The double action weapon is only slightly larger than the typical .25 automatic pistol pistol, which made it a goodchoice for a defensive weapon or a police backup gun.

Garrucha  Brazil n/a

The Garrucha is a small pistol, similar to a Derringer, common in southern Brazil and Argentina in the early 20th Century. It is usuallydouble-barreled, though with the barrels side-by-side rather than vertical as is common in American derringers, and the bores can be rifled orsmooth. In Brazil, the most popular chamberings were for the .320 and .380 centrefire cartridges, similar to the .32 S&W and .38 S&W inappearance, but conical. They were also chambered for the .22 Short, .22 Long, .22 Long Rifle, and the .32, 8mm, and 9mm Flobert cartridges,among others.

Pepper-box 18th Century  United States n/a Civil-War America

The pepper-box revolver is a multiple-barrel repeating firearm that has three or more barrels grouped around a central axis. It mostly appears in theform of a multi-shot handheld firearm.

Howdah pistol 19th Century  United Kingdom n/a British Empire

The Howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in India and Africa in the mid-to-late-nineteenth andearly-twentieth centuries, during the period of British Colonial rule. It was typically intended for defence against tigers, lions, and other dangerousanimals that might be encountered in remote areas. Multi-barreled designs were initially favoured for Howdah pistols because they offered fasterreloading than was possible with contemporary revolvers, which had to be loaded and unloaded through a gate in the side of the frame.

Lancaster Pistol 1884  United Kingdom .455 Webley British Empire

The Lancaster Pistol was a multi-barrelled (either 2 or 4 barrels) handgun produced in England in the mid-late 19th century, chambered in a varietyof centrefire pistol calibres—chiefly .380", .450 Adams, .455 Webley, and .577 calibre. It was a modernised version of the pepper-box pistolpopular in the early-mid 19th century. Unlike these earlier guns, which had percussion cap ignition the Lancaster was chambered for the moremodern brass cartridges. It had a faster rate of fire than the standard-issue Adams revolver and was often fitted with a Tranter-type trigger toovercome the heavy pull of the revolving striker.

Mossberg Brownie 1920–1932  United States .22LR n/a

The Mossberg Brownie was a four-barreled, .22 Long Rifle pistol, similar to a derringer or pepperbox, produced by O.F. Mossberg & Sons from1920-1932. The Brownie was based on an earlier pistol patented and licensed to the Shattuck Company by Oscar Mossberg.

Baylè 1879 wallet / palmpistol

1879  France 12 gauge n/a

The Baylè Pistol was a 6 barrel pistol of French origin introduced in 1879. The barrels were placed vertical and firing was actuated with adouble-action trigger mechanism firing each round at a time.

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Revolvers

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Bajōzutsu revolver  Japan n/a

The bajōzutsu (馬 上 筒) revolver was a Japanese 3 shot pistol of the Edo period and possibly invented at the same time, before the Americans andEuropeans were in search of multi shot firearms.

Henrion, Dassy &Heuschen Revolver

1911  Belgium .32 S&W n/a

The Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen Revolver (HDH Revolver) was a 20 shot revolver manufactured by the French firm of Henrion, Dassy &Heuschen (HDH) from 1911 to 1928. It was marketed under a variety of names that were supposed to denote power and manly coolness. Namessuch as "Wild West", "Terrible", "Redoubtable", or even "Machine-gun HDH" certainly have a get-down-to-business ring to them.

LeMat revolver 1861  France  Confederate States

.4216ga

n/a

The LeMat revolver was a .42 or .36 caliber cap & ball black powder revolver invented by Dr. Jean Alexandre LeMat of New Orleans, whichfeatured a rather unusual secondary 16 gauge smoothbore barrel capable of firing buckshot, and saw service with the armed forces of theConfederate States of America during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

Pepperbox 19th Century (NotedExamples)

Various Various n/a

The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper grinder) is a multiple-barrelrepeating firearm that has three or more barrels grouped around a central axis. It mostly appears in the form of a multi-shot handheld firearm.Pepperboxes exist in all ammunition systems: matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, percussion, pinfire, rimfire and centerfire.

Cobray Pocket Pal 19??  United States .22LR.380 ACP

n/a

The Cobray Pocket Pal was a unique revolver that featured the same break-action, layout, and hammer system of the Mossberg Brownie. Cobraycombined this with a unique twin-barrel, dual-caliber system. Two "zig-zag" revolving cylinders were provided, one in .22 LR and the other in .380ACP. The same hammer fired either the .22 caliber in the bottom barrel or the .380 in the top depending on which cylinder was installed.

Shotguns

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Double-barreled shotgun Various 12ga

A double-barreled shotgun is a shotgun or Combination gun with two parallel barrels, allowing two shots to be fired in quick succession.

FAMARS Rombo  Italy 28 Gauge.410 bore

The FAMARS Rombo is a model of four-barrelled break-action shotgun made by the FAMARS factory in Italy. The shotgun is produced in 28gauge and .410 bore, and was primarily designed for small-game hunting. It is notable for having a complex action, which allows all four barrels tobe fired consecutively and sequentially using just the one trigger.

Leopard 12  Russia 12 Gauge n/a

The Leopard 12 is a 4 barrel shotgun

M30 Luftwaffe drilling  Germany 12 or 16 gauge and9.3x74mmR

Luftwaffe

The M30 Luftwaffe drilling was a survival weapon issued to Luftwaffe pilots during World War II. It was intended to be used in the event that apilot was shot down, for defense and for hunting game to stay alive until rescue. For maximum versatility the M30 featured two 12 gauge shotgunbarrels, and a 9.3x74mmR rifle barrel. They were manufactured by the German firm JP Sauer.

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TP-82  Soviet Union n/a

The TP-82 is a triple-barreled Soviet firearm that was carried by cosmonauts on space missions. It is intended as a survival aid to be used afterlandings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness. The upper two smoothbore barrels use 12.5x70 mm ammunition, or approximately 40gauge, and the lower rifled barrel uses 5.45 mm caliber ammunition. The pistol can be used for hunting, to defend against predators and for visibleand audible distress signals. The detachable buttstock is also a machete that comes with a canvas sheath.

Colt Defender Mark I 1967  United States 12ga n/a

Colt Defender Mark I was an 8-barrel shotgun intended for law enforcement or military use, completed in 1967. The shotgun had a semi-automaticlike fire without the complexity of being a semi-automatic weapon. Each barrel was chambered for the 20 gauge 3 inch magnum shell. The barrelswere joined together around a central axis with a pistol grip double action revolver mechanism and a second forward pistol grip for instinctiveshooting. The shotgun was extremely simple to operate and very robust.

Winchester Liberator  United States 12ga n/a

The Winchester Liberator is a 16-gauge, four-barrelled shotgun, similar to a scaled up four-shot double action derringer. It was an implementationof the Hillberg Insurgency Weapon design. Robert Hillberg, the designer, envisioned a weapon that was cheap to manufacture, easy to use, andprovided a significant chance of being effective in the hands of someone who had never handled a firearm before. Pistols and submachine guns wereeliminated from consideration due to the training required to use them effectively. The shotgun was chosen because it provided a very high volumeof fire with a high hit probability. Both Winchester and Colt built prototypes, although the Colt eight-shot design came late in the war and wasadapted for the civilian law enforcement market. No known samples were ever produced for military use.

Non-lethal weapons

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Flash-ball  France 44mm France

The Flash-Ball is a hand-held weapon which is mainly used by law enforcement officers in riot situations as an alternative to lethal firearms, batonrounds, and plastic bullets. It was developed by French hunting firearms manufacturer Verney-Carron who owns the brand name "Flash-Ball" whichshould only be used to refer to this specific caliber 44/83 weapon of which two versions are currently available. The super-pro version featuresvertically stacked barrels and is made from metal alloys, while the compact version is made from lighter composite materials with the twin barrelsside by side. Both versions of the weapon can be used to fire a variety of ammunition although a soft 44 mm rubber ball is the most common.

PB-4M  Russia 15.5mm n/a

The PB-4 "Osa" ("Оса", rus. "Wasp") is a family of Russian non-lethal pistols that can be also used as flare launcher or flashbang gun. The pistol isdesigned and manufactured by state owned organizations Federal center for research and manufacturing and The Institute for science and researchin the applied chemistry. The last one is one of the most important military contractors in Russia, first developer of the gun.

Underwater firearms

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H&K P11  Germany 7.62mm x 36 Germany

The HK P11 is a Heckler & Koch pistol designed as an underwater firearm. Since ordinary-shaped rounds are inaccurate and have a very shortrange when used underwater, this pistol fires steel darts about 10 cm long. It has five barrels, each of which is loaded with a cartridge, giving thegun a pepper-box appearance, and it is electrically ignited from a battery pack in the pistol grip. After firing all five cartridges, the barrel unit mustbe sent back to its manufacturer for reloading. In the past, Heckler & Koch has denied knowledge of its existence.

Mk 1 Underwater DefenseGun

 United States n/a US

The M1 Underwater Defense Gun, also called the Underwater Defense Gun Mark 1 Mod 0, is an underwater firearm developed by the United Statesduring the Cold War. Like other underwater firearms, it fires a special 4.25 inch metal dart as its projectile.

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SPP-1  Soviet Union 4.5mm x 39R Soviet UnionRussia

The 4.5 mm SPP-1 Underwater Pistol was made in the USSR for use underwater by Soviet frogmen as an underwater firearm. It was developed inthe late 1960s and accepted for use in 1971. Underwater, ordinary-shaped bullets are inaccurate and very short-range. As a result, this pistol fires around-based 4.5 mm caliber steel dart about 115 mm long (about 4.5 inches), weighing 12.8 g, which has longer range and more penetrating powerthan speargun spears. The complete cartridge is 145 mm long (about 5.7 inches) and weighs 17.5 g.

Flare launchers

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Krieghoff Model L  Germany n/a Luftwaffe

The Krieghoff Model L was a double-barrel Flare gun of German origin. It was manufactured by Krieghoff Waffenfabrik and used by theLuftwaffe.

Nambu Type 90  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy

The Nambu Type 90 was a Flare Pistol of Japanese Origin and manufactured by Nambu. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy and came withtwo or three barrels.

Grenade launchers

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Redback  Australia n/a n/a

The Redback weapon system is being developed under a teaming agreement with Electro-Optic Systems (EOS), Metal Storm (MS) and SingaporeTechnologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics). The Redback is a 4-barrel, 16-shot remotely operated weapon system that can automatically track targets andslew at speeds of up to 700 degrees/second (almost 2 complete revolutions per second). The primary role of Redback is as a lightweight vehicle orfixed asset mounted 40 mm weapon system.

Rifles

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Nock gun 1779  United Kingdom .52 inches (13.2mm) Royal Navy

The Nock gun was invented by British engineer James Wilson in 1779, and named for Nock, the London-based armaments manufacturer contractedto build the gun. It was intended to be fired from the rigging of Royal Navy warships onto the deck in the event that the ship was boarded by enemysailors. Theoretically, the simultaneous discharge of seven barrels would have devastating effect on the tightly packed groups of enemy sailors.

Double rifle Various Various

A double-barreled rifle or double rifle is a type of sporting rifle with two barrels instead of one, available in either side-by-side or the more accurateover-and-under barrel configurations. Double rifles are one of the family of combination guns. In general, double rifles are much more expensivethan the much more common magazine-repeater rifles, and, owing to the large-calibre cartridges commonly used, have to withstand very high levelsof recoil. Because of their ability to fire two quick shots, double rifles are often used for the hunting of dangerous game in Africa. While todaydouble rifles are typically associated with African big game hunting, double rifles saw their most extensive use during the colonial period in India.

Springfield ArmourySALVO

1957  United States 5.56x45mm NATO n/a

The Springfield Armoury SALVO was an entrant of Project SALVO. It was a 3 barrel salvo rifle fed by a feeding rotor.

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Steinkamp SW1 2010  Germany n/a n/a

The Steinkamp SW1 is an over/under double rifle of German origin. The weapon uses a lever action handguard to cock the weapon and a lowertrigger to eject the spent brass.

VFIW 1970-73  France 5.56x45mm NATO n/a

The Volley Firing Infantry Weapon (VFIW) was a rifle concept with the capability of firing semi/full automatic and adjustable spread. It wasmagazine fed but used special clips holding 3 rounds each.

Assault rifles

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80.002 1974  Soviet Union 5.45x39mm M7412.7mm Grenade

n/a

The 80.002 is a combined Assault Rifle/Grenade Launcher based on the AK platform that predated the similar OICW. In developing this set ofdesigners participated V. Minaev, VI Chelikin, GA Jan. The main difference from the Kalashnikov is the presence of weapons of two adjacentshafts 5.45 mm and 12.7 mm respectively.

AO-63 1986  Soviet Union 5.45x39mm M74 Spetsnaz

The AO-63 was intended as a more accurate alternative to the standard issue AK-74 with capabilities firing from 850 to a theoretical 6,000RPMwhen the two round burst selected making it effective against body armour. It was used during the Abakan trials with the AN-94 being the winner.

TKB-059 1966  Soviet Union 7.62x39mm n/a

The TKB-059 assault rifle was a bullpup weapon with rapid burst capabilities. It had a unique recoil operation with the spent brass ejectingdownwards behind the magazine area enabling the weapon to be used ambidextrously. The TKB-059 recoil operation was used as the basis of theAN-94.

TVGK  Ukraine 4.92x34mm20mm

n/a

The TVGK is a combined Assault rifle/ Airburst grenade launcher concept from Ukraine. It is of Bullpup configuration and is developed by KBShar.

K11 2008  South Korea 5.56x45mm NATO20mm

South KoreaUnited Arab Emirates

The K11 is an OICW chambered to fire 5.56mm rounds, as well as 20mm air-burst shells from its overbarrel launcher. The weapon was adopted bythe Republic of Korea Armed Forces in 2008 and was distributed within the Republic of Korea Army during 2010, making it the world's first armyto use an airburst rifle as standard issue in the military.

Battle rifles

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ITM Model 3 1989  United States 7.62x51mm NATO9x19mm Parabellum

n/a

The ITM Model 3 is a combined battle rifle and submachine gun developed by ITM Tool & Die of Ohio for urban warfare. The top section is anAK derivative rifle with the lower section a 9mm submachine gun. The Model-3 chambers 7.62x39mm in the 16" top barrel and 9mm Parabellum inthe 7.8" lower barrel. This too has a single trigger with a selector switch. Like the Model-4 also cycles at 800 rounds/minute. The Model-3 unloadedweighs 4.4 kg.

Olin/Winchester FAL 1957  United States 5.56mm T65 Duplex n/a

The Olin/Winchester FAL is an FN FAL battle rifle chambered in the experimental 5.56mm T65 Duplex Round used in Project SALVO to fireflechette projectiles. It was designed by Stefan K. Janson who previously worked on the abandoned Enfield EM2 which actually lost out to theL1A1 SLR in British Service during the 1950s. An example of this weapon can be seen at the Springfield Armoury Museum.

Submachine Guns

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CSMG 2000  Belgium 9x19mm Parabellum22mm Grenade

n/a

The CSMG C22-1 is a submachine gun/grenade launcher of Belgian origin manufactured by VBR Belgium. The weapon was developed in 1999and submitted for testing by the NATO Land Armament Section in 2000. The weapon includes a submachine gun that uses the new special 5.7 x19mm round developed in VBR-Belgium. The cartridge is a Belgian SS-190 with a sleeve chuck 9x19 Para) or chuck 7,92 VBR-B. The grenadelauncher uses a 4 round magazine for 22mm or 40mm grenades that can penetrate body armor.

Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 1919  Switzerland 7.65x21mm Parabellum n/a

The Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 is a 2 barrel, magazine fed submachine gun intended as an aircraft weapon. It uses the toggle delayed blowback forits operation firing from an open bolt. Magazines are the curved type from the Furrer MP1919 which the weapon is a variant of. The weapon comeswith a pistol grip, stock and crosshair type sights.

Gordon Close-Support WeaponSystem

1972  Australia 9x19mm Parabellum n/a

The Gordon Close-Support Weapon System (Gordon CSWS) was an exotic firearm project of Australian origin. A very unusual weapon system wasproposed at one time Australian Duncan Gordon. The submachine gun variant came with 2 barrels fed from overhead inserted magazines (A laVillar-Perosa SMG) is very unusual configuration.

ITM Model 4  United States 9x19mm Parabellum n/a

The ITM Model 4 is a combined battle rifle and submachine gun developed by ITM Tool & Die of Ohio for urban warfare.

Neal submachine gun 1948  United States .22LR n/a

The Neal submachine gun is a .22 LR submachine gun that came with 5 rotating barrels intended to reduce barrel erosion and overheating enablinglong periods of sustained fire. It is fed from a helical magazine inserted in the rear. Although it may appear so, it is not related to the Gatling Gunbut rather more to a submachine gun that changes its barrels for each shot. Its operation has its roots in the similarly operated Webley Fosberyautomatic revolver as the bolt recoils against grooves that rotates the barrel cluster.

Onorati SMG 1935  Italy 9x19mm Parabellum n/a

The Onorati SMG is a 2 barrel weapon with a double bolt that fires both rounds simoultaneously. It is fed from horizontal magazines beneath thebarrels.

Saturn machine pistol 1985  Colombia .22LR n/a

The Saturn machine pistol is a 2 barrel firearm and is fed from a dual magazine. The weapon has one bolt with two firing pins. A rare unusualsilencer can be used on this firearm. It is believed the Saturn machine pistol has been used in clandestine operations.

SerLea 1990  Lebanon 9x19mm Parabellum n/a

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The SerLea submachine gun was designed by a Lebanese gunsmith and veteran of Beirut street battles. The SerLea was designed to provide a rapidburst weapon for street fighting, twice to that of a conventional submachine gun. The weapon has twin barrels, twin magazines, and twin bolts, witha synchronizing device to turn the weapon into a single high rate of fire submachine gun. The weapon may fire one barrel at a time only if onemagazine is inserted.

Villar-Perosa aircraftsubmachine gun

1914  Italy 9x21mm Largo Austria HungaryItaly

The Villar-Perosa aircraft submachine gun was an Italian double barreled light machine gun designed by Bethel Abiel Revelli, a Major in the ItalianArmy in 1914. The weapon fired pistol calibre 9 mm Glisenti ammunition, a reduced-power version of the famous 9 mm Para, at the extremely highrate of fire of 3,000 rounds per minute, or 1,500 rounds per minute per barrel. It was arguably the first submachine gun though it was highlyimpractical due to its design as a stationary machine gun.

Machine guns

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Bira gun 1896-97  Nepal .577/.450 Martini-Henry British Empire

The Bira gun was a .577/450 Martini-Henry calibre machine gun designed and manufactured in Nepal during the latter part of the 19th Century. Itwas a development of, and based upon, the American Gardner gun. It was double barreled, but fed through an overhead drum magazine similar tothe later Lewis gun. The Bira gun was never deployed operationally.

Caldwell machine gun 1915  Australia .303 British British Empire

The Caldwell machine gun was a double barrel, magazine fed machine gun that could fire faster than that of the Maxim Gun.

Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922 1922  Soviet Union 6.5×51mm Fyodorov n/a

The Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922 was an experimental twin barrel machine gun of Russian origin. It was designed by Vladimir Fyodorov andGeorgy Shpagin and was chambered in 6.5×51mm Fyodorov.

Fyodorov–Ivanov Model1924

[2]1924  Soviet Union 6.5×51mm Fyodorov Soviet Union

The Fyodorov–Ivanov Model 1924 was a 6.5×51mm tank-mounted twin barrel machine gun of Russian origin. It was designed by VladimirFyodorov, Georgy Shpagin and D. D. Ivanov and was used as the main machine gun of the T-18 tank before being replaced by DT.

Fokker-Leimberger 1916  Germany 7.92x57mm Mauser Germany

The Fokker-Leimberger was an early example of an externally powered machine gun of Imperial German origin that predated the M134 Minigun. Ithad 12 barrels and could fire over 7200RPM it had the spent brass ruptured. The weapon was experimented with during World War I until thearmistice.

Gast gun 1916  Germany 7.92x57mm Mauser13mm

Germany

The Gast Gun was a German twin barreled machine gun developed by Karl Gast of Vorwerk und Companie of Barmen, and used during the FirstWorld War. It was notable for its high rate of fire of 1,600 rounds per minute and a unique mechanism that is used today in the Gryazev-ShipunovGSh-23L series of Russian aircraft cannon.

GShG-7.62 1960s  Soviet Union 7.62x54mmR RussiaWarsaw PactVarious

The Shipunov GShG-7.62 is a four-barreled rotary machine gun, similar to firearms such as the M134 "Minigun". Currently used in GUV-8700 gunpods, and flexible mounts on Kamov Ka-29.

Gardner gun 1874  United States Various Various

The Gardner gun was an early type of mechanical machine gun. It had one or two barrels, was fed from a vertical magazine or hopper and wasoperated by a crank. When the crank was turned, a feed arm positioned a cartridge in the breech, the bolt closed and the weapon fired. Turning thecrank further opened the breechblock and extracted the spent round.

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Gatling gun 1865  United States Various Various

The Gatling gun was a hand-cranked, rotary barrel weapon capable of rapid fire. It formed the basis of many externally operated derivatives usedtoday.

GAU-19 1983  United States .50 BMG Various

An electrically driven Gatling-type gun that fires the .50 BMG (12.7×99mm) cartridge. Due to its weight and size, it is not a field-portable weaponssystem, but it is often installed on helicopters, ground vehicles, and water vessels.

Knötgen maschinengewehr 1914  Germany 7.92x57mm Various

The Knötgen maschinengewehr 2 barrel machine gun is a tripod mounted weapon that came with a cooling jacket and fed from an overhead boxmagazine.

KRR Minigun 1985  Australia 5.56x45mm NATO

The KRR Minigun is a 4 barrel machine gun. The KRR Minigun preferably may be set to fire only single shots or short bursts. Its variable rate offire in which the barrels have a long life and so retain their accuracy, and which can be easily maintained for servicing in the field.

Minigun 1963  United States 7.62x51mm NATO Various

The Minigun is a 7.62 mm, multi-barrel machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute), employing Gatling-style rotatingbarrels with an external power source. In popular culture, the term "Minigun" has come to refer to any externally-powered Gatling gun of riflecaliber, though the term is sometimes used to refer to guns of similar rates of fire and configuration, regardless of power source and caliber.Specifically, minigun refers to a single weapon, originally produced by General Electric. The "Mini" of the name is in comparison to designs thatuse a similar firing mechanism but larger shells, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan.

Mitrailleuse 1851  France n/a France

Montigny mitrailleuse 1863  Belgium n/a BelgiumQing Empire

The Montigny mitrailleuse was an early type of crank-operated machine-gun developed by the Belgian gun works of Joseph Montigny between1859 and 1870. It was an improved version of the "Mitrailleuse", (English: Grapeshot shooter) invented by Belgian Captain Fafschamps in 1851which was a fixed 50-barrelled volley gun. It was designed to defend narrow defensive positions such as the moats of fortresses. The Belgian armyinitially purchased Fafschamps volley guns. Only later did they acquire Montigny mitrailleuses. Joseph Montigny also promoted and sold theweapon for offensive field use by placing the weapon on an artillery carriage.

Nikonov machine gun 1978  Soviet Union 5.45x39mm n/a

The Nikonov machine gun is a twin barrel light machine gun of Russian origin designed by Gennadiy Nikonov. The weapon developed on its owninitiative, out of competition and technical tasks. The weapon has no bolt, but a stationary breech and movable barrels with its own gas cylinderswith piston connected to the next barrel. Upon firing one barrel, the next one was forced backwards, and thus caused the next barrel to moveforward. When firing operates a feeding device that channels rounds into the barrels, with the spent cartridges ejected from both sides.

Nordenfelt gun 1873  Sweden Various Various

The Nordenfelt Gun was a multiple barrel machine gun that had a row of up to twelve barrels. It was fired by pulling a lever back and forth. It wasproduced in a number of different calibres from rifle up to 25 mm (1 inch). Larger calibres were also used, but for these calibres the design simplypermitted rapid manual loading rather than true automatic fire.

Prado machine gun 1900  Argentina 7.65x53mm n/a

The Prado was a manually operated machine gun and has twin barrels and fed from magazines.

Slostin gun 1944-46  Soviet Union 7.62x54mmR n/a

The Slostin was a self-powered Gatling Gun of Russian origin and was chambered in 7.62x54mmR, mounted on PM M1910 wheeled tripods. Itused a gas-operation, with stationary breech and movable barrels. each barrel has its own gas cylinders, with piston connected to the next barrel.Upon firing one barrel, next one was forced forward, and thus caused the whole barrel block to rotate through the roller, attached to the mentionedbarrel running through cam track in outer shell. The Slostin gun was tested and worked well but not adopted by the Soviet Government as theyfound it was overcomplicated and had no advantage over the existing PM 1910's, SG-43 Goryunov and RP-46 machine guns.

Vickers Higson machine gun 1950  United Kingdom 7.92x57mm n/a

The Vickers Higson is a double barrel machine gun. The weapon was manufactured by Vickers Armstrong Limited.

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Cannons

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GAU-8 1977  United States 30 mm caliber United States

The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically-driven seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon that is mounted on the United States AirForce's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II.

GSh-6-23 ?  Soviet Union 23 mm Russia

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 is a powerful, fast-firing gas operated six-barreled 23 mm Gatling-type cannon used by some modernSoviet/Russian military aircraft.

GSh-30-2 ?  Soviet Union 30 mm Russia

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 is a powerful dual-barrel Gast-type autocannon developed for use on certain Soviet military aircraft including theSukhoi Su-25 ground attack plane and the Mi-24 helicopter.

M61 Vulcan 1959  United States 20 mm caliber Various

The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20mm rounds at an extremely high rate. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of United States military fixed-wingaircraft for fifty years.

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