Gustloff Experimental Hohe Feuerfolge HF 15 mm Gerät 1944.

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Designed by Major Zettle Hungarian artilleryman in 1944 and developed in the German factory Gustloff Werke in SUHL, but the end of the war has interrupted its progress, however, research and developments were carried out with the use of several calibers of ammunition for the purpose tests.To have a high -off fire rate, the weapons were mounted under the wings of the plane by pack of five.The weapon is single-shot . The ignition of the expelling charge placed in a squat shell ejected 7 helical rounds with an extremely high rate of fire of several thousand rounds per minute.The gases formed after the ignition of the propellant does not only eject the first projectile but also force the centered positioning of the arranged in a spiral and successively pushed them out at minimal interval.
 

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Consider my wits boggled...
Sorta half-sib to Napoleonic-era naval 'volley gun' ??
Certainly seems a tab more practical than 'stacking' rounds' system...
Um, at the larger end, would it provide a 'salvo mortar' system for launching a bunch of top-kill hurt in 'shoot-n-scoot' mode ? Seems to side-step usual issues with getting later rounds away...
 
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