Why do guns on things like jets, helicopters, and other “mini gun” type guns have a rotating barrel?

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I just rewatched The Winter Soldier the other day and a lot of the big guns on the helicarriers made me think about this. Does it make the bullet more accurate?

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Most of these answers are missing the point.

In an aircraft you are moving rather quickly and don’t have a lot of time to shoot on target, so you need a lot of fire down range in split second while your crosshairs are on target.

It’s because of this that they have rotating barrels etc…. To manage heat and increase fire rate.

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