Wow.
Talk about how old ideas come back around.
Stacked loads was one of the more popular, but least successful, of the ways that early inventors tried to get multiple shots out of a single-barreled gun.
Earliest effort I'm familiar with is a wheellock from the 1500s -- 3 separate wheel mechanisms that would be cocked and fired one by one.
Forget to set the mechanism correctly and fire the middle or rear one first?
Whoops, I guess.
Then we can ratchet up to the middle 1800s with the Requa Battery Gun and the French Millitreuse, neither of which was much of a success.
Theoretically it could fire a million rounds a minute, but how the hell would you keep rounds supplied to the chambers that quickly?
At least the Vulcan-style guns can use a continuous belt feed.
A weapon like this could have the same range of applications as a Phalanx, which any way you cut it is a spray and spray some more weapon.
OH HOLY CRAP!!!
I just got down to the middle of the article!
The comapny that I work for - SAIC - is working on this thing!
I wonder if I can get a job on that project!
