Fokker-Leimberger
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The Fokker-Leimberger was an early example of an externally powered machine gun of Imperial German origin that predated the M134 Minigun. It had 12 barrels and could fire at a rate of 7,200 rounds per minute but it suffered from jamming due to the poor quality of German war time production ammunition at the time. The weapon was experimented with during World War I until the armistice.
See also
- M134 Minigun
- XM214 Microgun
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