China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is alleged to be testing a 20-barrel gatling rifle, nearly twice as many as its largest melee weapon system, or CIWS. The 20-barrel gantling rifle had never existed before but now China is developing it, which previously had the Type 730 CIWS and the Type 1130 CIWS. Photo : Weibo
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The 20-barrel gatling-type cannon CIWS has a very high rate of fire too large. The possibility of the Chinese military developing this weapon for drone warfare. The armed forces usually use Gatling guns to fill the target zone with machine gun shells or cannon shells. Photo : Weibo
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Chinese troops are likely to use the new 20-barrel Gatling gun weapon system to defend airfields, ports, headquarters, supply depots and other military targets from drone swarms. Photo : Weibo
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The Chinese military previously had a Type 1130 CIWS (close-in weapon system) gatling rifle capable of intercepting missiles traveling at four times the speed of sound or Mach 4 (4,900 km per hour). thedrive.com
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The Type 1130 CIWS (close-in weapon system) gatling rifle has a rate of fire of 9,000 to 10,000 rounds per minute (116 rounds per second). Popularmechanics.com
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