eli5: Why do machine guns or gatling guns have to spin to shoot?

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Just playing Call of Duty and noticed the death machine spins and I always wondered why.

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The entire purpose of several barrels is to give the barrels a short amount of time to cool before it is its turn to fire again. This makes it so the weapon can either shoot at a much higher rate of fire and/or for longer periods.

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