answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Only one barrel fires at a time, giving each barrel the chance to cool slightly between shots. It also fires MUCH more rapidly than a standard machine gun.

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is the purpose of a revolving machine gun?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

When was the revolving machine gun invented?

1835


What is the best machine gun?

xm8 AK-47 ----------- those r submachine guns.... the best machine gun is the 7.62 (i think it was called that). it is a revolving machine gue use on heli s and tanks


What is the purpose of a machine gun?

shoot people.


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 was the purpose of the machine gun in the 1800s?

The 'purpose' was to allow one person to kill many enemies quickly !


Give the 5 reasons for the preference of revolving field alternators over the revolving armature type of machine?

Give the 5 reasons for the preference of revolving field alternators over the revolving armature type of machine?


What type of gun is an m-60?

M-60 is a belt fed, air cooled, general purpose machine gun.


What is the world's most powerful light machine gun mmg medium machine gun and hmg heavy machine gun?

light machine gun is the m249 a medium machine gun is the m240 and the heavy machine gun is the browning m2 50. cal machine gun


What are the basic firearms used by the us military today?

M9 pistol, M16 family of rifles (includes A1, A2, A4, and A5 variants), CAR-15 family of rifles (includes GAU4/5, M4, M4A1, etc), M14 and variants (includes M21, M14EBR, etc.), M249 SAW light machine gun, M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, M240 General Purpose Machine Gun, M2 HBAR heavy machine gun.


What was the purpose of the MG 81 in World War 2?

The MG-81 was a 7.92 mm belt fed machine gun (German) used by the Luftwaffe to replace the MG-34 which was a drum fed machine gun.


What is the difference between machine gun and sub-machine gun?

A sub-machine gun fires pistol cartridges. A machine gun fires rifle rounds.


What are machine gun nests?

machine gun position