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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 over 7200RPM it had the spent brass ruptured. The weapon was experimented with during World War I until the armistice with the last development example retained by the late A.H.G. Fokker as his personal property. Most probably he transferred this weapon with other personal belongings to the United States until his death in 1939. Its possible the Fokker-Leimberger was discovered for re-evaluation during the development of the M61 Vulcan.

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  • 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 over 7200RPM it had the spent brass ruptured. The weapon was experimented with during World War I until the armistice with the last development example retained by the late A.H.G. Fokker as his personal property. Most probably he transferred this weapon with other personal belongings to the United States until his death in 1939. Its possible the Fokker-Leimberger was discovered for re-evaluation during the development of the M61 Vulcan.
  • The Fokker-Leimberger was an externally powered, 12-barrel rifle-caliber rotary cannon developed in Germany during the First World War. The action of the Fokker-Leimberger was fairly different from a Gatling though, employing a rotary split-breech design, also known as a "nutcracker".
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Origin
  • Imperial Germany
Rate
  • 7200(xsd:integer)
Design
  • 1916(xsd:integer)
Service
  • Trials only
Name
  • Fokker-Leimberger
Type
  • Minigun
  • Multi-barelled Machine gun
cartridge calibre
  • 7.9
Cartridge
  • 8(xsd:integer)
Caliber
  • 7(xsd:double)
Sights
  • Iron
is ranged
  • YES
barrels
  • 12(xsd:integer)
design date
  • 1916(xsd:integer)
Magazine
  • Belt
Cycle
  • 7200(xsd:integer)
feed
Designer
  • A.H.G. Fokker & ? Leimberger
abstract
  • The Fokker-Leimberger was an externally powered, 12-barrel rifle-caliber rotary cannon developed in Germany during the First World War. The action of the Fokker-Leimberger was fairly different from a Gatling though, employing a rotary split-breech design, also known as a "nutcracker". Fokker claimed the gun achieved over 7200 rpm, although this may be an exaggeration. Failures during the war were attributed to the poor quality of German wartime ammunition, although the type of breech employed had ruptured-case problems in a British 1950s experimental weapon. Fokker continued to experiment with this type of breech after his post-war move to the United States. A different Fokker prototype in a US museum basically attests to the failure of this line of development.
  • 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 over 7200RPM it had the spent brass ruptured. The weapon was experimented with during World War I until the armistice with the last development example retained by the late A.H.G. Fokker as his personal property. Most probably he transferred this weapon with other personal belongings to the United States until his death in 1939. Its possible the Fokker-Leimberger was discovered for re-evaluation during the development of the M61 Vulcan.
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