So the concept started with the Gatling gun, the first rotating multi-barrel machine gun, and then was scaled up into the modern minigun. That was then scaled up to the 20mm Vulcan and 30mm Avenger autocannons.
Why can’t we scale it up even further with a multi-barrel rotating artillery cannon? One that shoots 3000 artillery rounds per minute and sends massive barrages of artillery?
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The typical 155mm shell weighs around 100lbs. I would pay to see the mechanism required to cycle that at 3000rpm.
ETA: Back in WWII, we had semi-automatic naval guns. They could fire 4-10rpm. Technology has certainly improved since then, but I suspect there’s still limitations.
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