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Who invented the first airplane mounted machine gun?
The aircraft mounted machine gun was at first simply a ground machine mounted for a gunner to fire. All sides in WW1 used it. The first successful machine gun fired by a pilot was the Lewis machine gun on a special mounting attached to the top wing, allowing the gun to fire over the propellor.
What was the purpose of inventing the machine gun?
The purpose of inventing the machine gun was to have better fire power during the wars to defends places and win positions and the war.
What is the difference between a cannon a machine gun a howitzer?
A cannon is a direct fire weapon as used on tanks. A machine gun is rapid fire weapon of a smaller caliber used by infantry or aircraft, and a howiitzer is artillery which uses a high angle of fire to project shells in a plunging manner on the target. In general, a cannon is 20mm or larger, a machine gun is 20mm or smaller and a howitzer is 75mm or larger.
How many rounds does a machine gun fire in 2010?
Your machine guns in use in 2010 were still developed between the 1950s and 1980s, generally. A gas operated machine gun might fire anywhere from 500 - 1200 rounds per minute, depending on type. Weapons such as the M-134 Minigun can fire between 3000 - 6000 rounds per minute.
What is a machine gun?
A machine gun is basically an automatic rifle, it has working gas parts which means that the bolt can cock itself instead of a manual cock, therefore the gun can fire faster, if you watch a video of a machine gun you will see the working parts moving backwards and forwards on their own this is the automatic cocking hense why we say its "automatic". machine guns come in variations a proper machine gun is mounted a light machine gun is just a lighter mounted machine gun such as a GPMG or MINIME or SAW and then there are submachine guns which are a lot more compact. a firearm that has continuous firing when trigger is depressed and ceases firing when trigger is released or until ammo runs out.
What machine gun the worlds fastest machine gun?
The Metal Storm is the World's fastest machine gun. It fires 1660 bullets in every second up to 1 million rounds per minute without having someone to crank it up. The Metal Storm can be an unmanned machine gun and can open fire automatically because the computer is operating the machine gun. No other machine gun in the World can fire as fast as the metal storm at that kind of firing speed. Metal Storm is one of the fastest machine gun in the World and can fire more bullets much faster than other machine guns. Metal Storm is not an actual machine gun. It is a volley gun. See the Related Question below for a better discussion of what a real machine gun is, and which has the highest rate of fire.
Who invented the first airplane mounted machine gun?
The aircraft mounted machine gun was at first simply a ground machine mounted for a gunner to fire. All sides in WW1 used it. The first successful machine gun fired by a pilot was the Lewis machine gun on a special mounting attached to the top wing, allowing the gun to fire over the propellor.
What is the rate of a machine gun?
The rate of fire may be anywhere from 200 to 6,000 shots per minute, depending on the gun. There is no one rate of fire for all machine guns.
What machine gun has the slowest rate of fire?
The "Potato Digger" was not the slowest rate of fire weapon. The French Chauchat machine gun fired 240 rounds per minute
How do you fire a machine gun?
pull back the trigger and aim!
What can a machine gun do?
Fire a lot of bullets very quickly.
What are the similarities between Machine gun to a short gun?
They both fire things called 'Bullets'
Inventor of the first machine gun?
Hiram Maxim. Other earlier rapid fire guns, such as the Gatling Gun, were not true machine guns.
Why was machine gun successful?
Before the development of a rapid fire firearm (the machine gun) the fastest you could shoot would be with repeater rifles which couldn't hold as much ammunition as a machine gun could.
What is an machine gun?
A machine gun is a firearm that with one pull of the trigger will feed and fire 2 or more rounds in succession. Most machine guns are belt fed and fire high powered rifle ammunition. Similar weapons include Assault Rifles and Sub-machine Guns which fire intermediate and pistol caliber rounds. An example of a machine gun would be a Browning M1919 or Browning M2.
What size round does the M60 machine gun fire?
7.62x51mm nato
What type of weapons fire automatically?
An automatic firearm is a firearm that will fire as long as the trigger is pressed and there is ammunition available. Some examples of automatic firearms are a machine gun, submachine gun, and machine pistol.
