RE: 7.62 chaingun? was Re: UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle

FWIW:  A chaingun typically has one barrel, where a minigun is a multi
barrel 
gatling type.  Doom had a minigun called a chain gun.  A Bradley has a
25mm 
Chaingun (the chain, driven by a motor works the feed, as opposed to
having 
recoil energy do all the work)

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	Brian Bilderback
Sent:	Saturday, April 22, 2000 12:42 PM
To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject:	Re: 7.62 chaingun? was Re: UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle

This brings up a subject which I'd like to address because of my own
semi-ignorance:

Can someone explain to me the difference between a chaingun and a
minigun?
I thought that both were types of gatling weapons, with revolving
barrels.
I do know from the reading I've done that there do exist modern gatlings
in
both 5.56 and 7.62 mm.	The 5.56mm, I'm assuming, would be a minigun,
but if
I'm wrong, please correct me.  If I'm correct, please tell me what the
7.62mm would be, and again, how to differentiate between chain gun and
minigun.

Thanks,

Brian Bilderback

>From: rspainho <rspainho@mines.edu>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>Subject: 7.62 chaingun?  was Re: UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle
>Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 13:40:12 -0600
>

>7.62 mm CHAINGUN?  Are you quite sure it's not simply a recoil-operated
>machinegun?
>
>I suppose it'd be POSSIBLE to build a sub-20 mm chaingun, but the ROF
would
>be
>very slow, and I can't for the life of me figure out why you'd want to,
>when
>cheap, accurate, reliable conventional-action 7.62mm machineguns are
>readily
>available.
>
>--Rich Spainhour
>

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