The destructive power of Russian guns/cannons

[swiss]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

In retrospect its kind of lucky the Luftwaffe did not push to make the Mauser MG 213C 30mm single barrel revolver cannon operational, else late war would have seen the Reich defense equipped with the equivalent of a 30mm Aden.

I wonder why there wasn't a gatling gun in WW2.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by swiss

I wonder why there wasn't a gatling gun in WW2.

Not reliable enough. There were some experiments, but nothing which was ready for operational use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker-Leimberger

http://www.kalashnikov.ru/upload/med...83/058_065.pdf

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Not reliable enough. There were some experiments, but nothing which was ready for operational use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker-Leimberger

http://www.kalashnikov.ru/upload/med...83/058_065.pdf

Also there was no need.

For ground and ship use multiple guns like quad bofors and the wirbelwind did the job well and reliably.

In the air only the me262 needed that sort of ROF.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

In the air only the me262 needed that sort of ROF.

I guess thats why they wanted Stukas with 4x30mm or He129 with Twins.