Historically, have there ever been a stable double-barrelled rifle? Of any sort of firearms that utilize multiple barrel simultaneously while remaining fully automatic? Chain gun and mini gun don't count.
Summerfag go
>>30212677
First, lurk more you fucking teenager.
Second, don't make stupid threads when you could just use google.
Third:
>Chain gun and mini gun don't count
Those are the multiple barreled "rifles" you stupid cunt. Use your tiny retard brain to imagine why you might want more than one barrel on a gun.
>>30212687
There were weekly threads on /k/ discussing the prospect of abmormal/futuristic weapons all year round but I don't expect uncreative redneck like you to know any better since you have nothing better to do than practice in a thread you don't like rather than something you would enjoy
>>30212677
>stable
As opposed to unstable?
>>30212677
>Double barrel machine gun
>far heavier than normal MG
>far more complex
>Burns through twice as much ammo
>only shoot half as long as normal MG
It has no advantages and you don't know what machine guns are for.
>>30212677
It isn't really feasible for a man-portable weapon. You're doubling the weight and bulk of the weapon, increasing the cost to manufacture, and creating two different points of impact, making aiming more complicated. In exchange, you get basically nothing. The advantage of multiple barrels is heat management, and it's easier to design a weapon with an easily replaceable barrel when that becomes a major concern.
It looks cool for fiction, but it's stupid in the real world.
>>30212677
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villar-Perosa_aircraft_submachine_gun
>>30212766
#rekt
We double-barrel thread now.
>>30212729
WOW autism much? Cmon now.
>>30212677
Two M2 .50s.
>>30212677
There was the Gardner/Bria gun with its hand cranked goodness.
http://www.ima-usa.com/original-nepalese-bira-gun-hand-cranked-double-barrel-rapid-fire-gun-circa-1896.html
>>30212729
Re-read my post, I said that both (or more) barrels have to fire SIMULTANEOUSLY, chain gun and mini gun are rotating machine gun and VISIBLY spin during operation
So really, not my brain that need using champ
>>30212796
I mean, double the fire rate have to pay off in some sense, you're literally doubling the firepower of a single troop
>>30213514
Nice, got more?
>>30213625
Having double the rate of fire really doesn't pay off that much for 99% of applications since 99% of machine gun shooting is to keep the enemies head down while your riflemen pick them off or move around them and then kill them. Modern MG doctrine dictates that you fire short suppressing bursts which are just as effective at 6 rounds a second as they are at 12 so really no point to add more firepower. It just reduces the amount of time you can suppress the goat fuckers or whoever you're fighting for a given quantity of ammo. Plus it adds a shitload of weight and would make designs not man-portable enough for the modern battlefield. If you -really- need a ludicrous rate of fire you bring in a minigun mounted on a truck or a chopper.
>>30213740
Sadden me that there isn't a practical application, but thanks for the explanation
>>30212677
Gardner gun comes to mind on this one OP
>>30212677
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-23
>>30213770
You're welcome anon. Sorry to bum you out but I try to help the newfags.
Now git out, lurk moar, can't wait for summer to be over, etc etc.
>>30212677
Chain guns don't have multiple barrels, stop playing so many vidya games
>>30213796
>Brit
Honestly I'm not surprised
>>30213812
I wish I have a summer anon, my job is a bitch :^(
>>30212687
>>30212677
Dos barrels for shotguns are just about it as far as useful weapons with two barrels.
>>30213856
William Gardner was American.
>>30213846
They /can/ have multiple barrels, they don't necessarily have them.
There has always been double barreled rifles and machine guns. Some of the first guns ever built were double barreled. Somebody decided one day, "hey, since it takes so much effort to pour powder in this shit, why don't I just add another barrel in case I miss"
Double barreled muskets were the shit, double barreled rifled guns occurred, people dropped them for guns that utilize cases.
Double shotguns however remain popular.
Double barreled machine guns, that either, are two machine guns that share a frame or reciever, or are a machine gu with multiple barrels, have also been used for a while.
MG-81z most common in WWII?
>>30212677
Also that gun looks mad retarded and I want whoever drew this to stop playing call of duty.
It's not only pointless, but it looks like a god damn nerf gun.
>chain gun
>multiple barrels
>>30215124
Actually, not really. The defining characteristic of a chain gun is that it uses a chain to achieve the steps in the cycle of operation (feeding, chambering, locking, firing, unlocking, extracting).
A true multi-barrel chaingun would mean that all those steps would need to be accomplished by the action of a chain. This means you'd have two options. You either use one long, incredibly complex chain that runs through the mechanism for each barrel, or you'd need a separate chain drive mechanism for each barrel (and consequently, a separate electric motor for each barrel). Neither alternative really makes sense compared to other designs.
Modern gatling guns (i.e. the M134 minigun) don't use chains, there's one electric motor which spins every barrel via a geared drive. The individual barrels are locked, fired, and unlocked with some cams and springs.
What would be the purpose of having a rifle that had two barrels that fire at the same time?
I seriously don't understand.
What's more, how would it feed and eject?
In what possible way could it outperform a standard single barrel rifle?
Op's picture is fuckall retarded though.
>advanced electronic optic
>"sniper rifle"
>belt? fed
>foregrip for reasons
>that amount of barrel shroud
>collapsable? stock with base
Jesus fucking christ get a hold of yourself day/k/are
>>30212677
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gast_gun
>The weapon combines two barrels into a single mechanism so that the recoil from firing one barrel loads and charges the second.
The barrels alternate very quickly rather than fire simultaneously, and it's recoil operated, so not a chain gun. The Russians have gotten great use out of the type for rapid firing autocannon.
>>30215192
but muh hexagons
>>30213811
/thread
It's already here.
There's no real need for it. If you look at naval anti air armaments you'll notice there tend to be batteries rather than multiple barrelled firearms. They're easier to make, easier to maintain and cheaper too. In terms of small arms there is no benefit to the OP's picture. Unless you want an overly complicated feed system you'd need one feed source per barrel thereby doubling the reload speed. You would end up either going through ammo reserves twice as fast or would have to carry twice as much ammo. It would be infinitely easier to add another machine gunner to the squad if need be, but then is that necessary?
>>30212677
Also the Arsenal Firearms AF2011-A1
>>30212677
No, because if it had any advantage we'd just have not abandoned this
also doubling the cyclical rate of fire accomplishes the same thing without needing an entire second gun on your gun so you can gun while you gun.
For maxim dakka you'd have a two barrel gun firing double bullet cartridges with a cyclic rate of fire north of 1200 rpm
>>30214924
been considering getting one, but dat price tag though, yer gonna fork out at least 1k for one.
>>30212687
>Bullets still go to same target more or less
>light machine guns typically used to pin down enemies so having two barrels is pointless
>have to carry double the ammo and more weight on your weapon
Lurk more.
