The ''Glagolev-Shipunov-Gryazev'' GShG-7.62 (russian: Глаголев-Шипунов-Грязев ГШГ-7,62) is a four-barreled rotary machine gun designed in the
Soviet Union
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, similar to firearms such as the
M134 Minigun. It is a hybrid weapon using both propellant gas and an electric drive to rotate the barrels, which is in contrast with most other
rotary guns (that are often exclusively powered via an electric drive). It was developed in 1968–1970 for the
Mi-24
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helicopter together with
YakB 12.7mm machine gun, and is currently used in
GUV-8700 gun pods, and flexible mounts on
Kamov Ka-29.
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Fokker-Leimberger
The Fokker-Leimberger was an externally powered, 12-barrel rifle-caliber rotary gun developed in Germany during the First World War. The action of the Fokker-Leimberger differed from that of a Gatling in that it employed a rotary split-breech des ...
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Hua Qing Minigun
The Hua Qing minigun is a People's Republic of China, Chinese Gatling gun, Gatling-type machine gun. The weapon is chambered in the 7.62×54mmR round and was introduced at the 2009 Anti Terrorist Trade Show at Beijing.
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XM214 Microgun
The XM214 Microgun is an American prototype 5.56 mm rotary-barreled machine gun. It was designed and built by General Electric. The XM214 was a scaled-down smaller and lighter version of the M134 Minigun, firing M193 5.56×45mm ammunition. ...
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M197 Gatling gun
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Komodo Armament Eli gun
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Nordenfelt Gun
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Gast Gun
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Chain gun
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Gatling gun
The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon.
The Gatling gun's operation centered on a cyc ...
, the 1860s firearm that originated the rotating-barrel concept
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List of Russian weaponry
The following is a list of modern Russian small arms and light weapons which were in service in 2016:
Handguns
Revolvers
Pistols
Special purpose
Submachine guns
Special purpose
Shotguns
Rifles
Bolt-action
Semi-a ...
References
External links
Archived page of GShG at the manufacturer's website - no longer listed in production
Rotary cannon
7.62×54mmR machine guns
Aircraft guns of the Soviet Union
Multi-barrel machine guns
Machine guns of the Soviet Union
Cold War firearms of the Soviet Union
Machine guns of Russia
KBP Instrument Design Bureau products
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s
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