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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1983
Quentan T Sawyer, Milton, VT (US);
General Electric Company, Burlington, VT (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a Gatling type gun having a housing; a rotor journaled for rotation with respect to said housing; said rotor having a plurality of gun bolts disposed in an annular row with respective firing pin assemblies which do not include a firing pin spring; switchable firing pin assembly control means mounted to said housing for sequentially engaging each of said firing pin assemblies during rotation of said rotor and having a first disposition for positively projecting the forward tip of each firing pin forward of the face of its respective gun bolt by coupling the kinetic energy of the rotor to the firing pin over a period of time, and a second disposition for positively precluding the forward tip of each firing pin from projecting forward of the face of its respective gun bolt, and switching means coupled to said control means for remotely switching said control means to and between said first and second dispositions.