"Chad Irby" wrote:
| In article ,
| "Brett" wrote:
|
| "Chad Irby" wrote:
|
| | That's the point, though. If the M61 could only get two or three
| | rounds on target, the slower-firing 30mm Mauser could only expect
| | to get one. If the Mauser gets two or three, the Gatling gets six
| | to ten.
|
| In the first second of operation the 27mm Mauser will discharge 28
260gm
| projectiles. The 25mm GAU-12/U in the AV8B in the same time will
only
| discharge 35 180gm projectiles.
|
| ...and after four or five one-second shots, the Mauser will be out,
| while the GAU will have three or four left.
|
| Or, using half-second bursts, the Mauser will have about one-*quarter*
| the firing time...

Your original claim was the advantage enjoyed by the gatling from the
much larger the number of projectiles sent in the direction of the
target when required, if it is actually sending less the advantage
should belong to the Mauser.