- GShG-7.62 machine gun
Infobox Weapon
name= Shipunov GShG-7.62 minigun
caption= GShG-7.62
origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union
type=Minigun
is_ranged=yes
is_UK=
service=
used_by=Russia ,Warsaw Pact
wars=Cold War , Present Day
designer=
design_date= 1960s
manufacturer=KBP Instrument Design Bureau
production_date= 1960s-?
number=
variants=
weight= 19kg
length=
part_length=
width=
height=
diameter=
crew=
cartridge= 7.62x54 mm R
action=Gas-operated
rate= 6,000 RPM
velocity=
range=
max_range=
feed=
sights= The Shipunov GShG-7.62 is a four-barreled rotary machine gun, similar to firearms such as the M134 "Minigun". It has been used only ingun pod s and flexible mounts on KamovKa-29 prototypes.Overview
The GShG-7.62 is a 4-barrel rotary machine gun and is gas operated. It is also one of the few self powered machine guns of the
gatling type.ee also
*
XM214 minigun
*M197 Gatling gun
*GShG-5.45
*Minigun
*Nordenfelt Gun
*Gast Gun
*Chain gun
*Gatling gun , the 1860s firearm that originated the rotating-barrel conceptExternal links
*http://world.guns.ru/machine/minigun-e.htm
*http://www.montysminiguns.com/
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