Torque assist device for a multi-barrel weapon

摘要

There is provided for a Gatling type gun, a muzzle brake torque assist device having a plurality of radial flow turbines, each centered on a respective gun barrel of the gun, each turbine for providing a respective pure torque centered on the respective barrel, and which torques translate into a summation torque centered on the longitudinal axis of the cluster of barrels without generating any lateral loads on the stationary portions of the gun.