At its core, it was a six-barreled revolver-type machine gun with an axis of rotation parallel to the line of the shot, with the difference that instead of feeding the cartridge to the barrel, on the contrary, the barrel was fed to the cartridge. Muscle power was used to turn 60 degrees. The principle of operation consisted in the rotation of the block, which included six barrels arranged in a circle in such a way that after each shot the next cartridge was at the next muzzle channel, while the breech was one. The speech in the document confirming the priority was about a firing system that fired up to two hundred bullets per minute. It was in 1862, when an American inventor named Gatling received his patent. The gloomy glory of this weapon is inextricably linked with the military history of the turbulent 20th century, in particular its second half. Numerous systems such as the M134 Minigun, the GAU-8/A Avenger and, of course, the Volcano Electric Machine Gun are examples. Later, the idea found its further development, however, it was applied for somewhat different reasons. According to this scheme, even revolvers were created, and the most famous example is the Gatling gun (as this machine gun was called in Russia). It was also used in the larger 30mm version, the.In the century before last, gunsmiths had the idea to increase the rate of fire (and hence the efficiency) of rifle samples by including several barrels in the design. The Gast concept was adopted for the, which quickly replaced many previous designs. Previous efforts either had relatively poor rates of fire, or used revolvers, neither of which proved entirely satisfactory. However it was not felt to offer a sufficient advantage over existing machine guns to justify the expense of producing the weapon.Years later the Gast concept was rediscovered by Soviet engineers during their never-ending quest to improve firing rates of their aircraft without resorting to the concept or powered. A Gast gun was evaluated by the and found to be reliable and mechanically practical. Gast himself had applied for a US Patent in 1920, which was issued in 1923. Production of the weapon exceeded these initial projections, and the weapons were favorably received with promises of an order for a further 6,000 guns being promised in September 1918.A version of the gun in 13 mm (13x92mm TuF), the Gast-Flieger MG, was also under development, which used the same ammunition as the Maxim MG TuF and had two, curved, box magazines.The gun was rarely used in service, and its existence was kept secret until three years after the in 1921 the finally became aware of the Gast gun when a cache of 25 of the guns, ammunition, and designs was found near.
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