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What ‘Metal Storm,’ the Fastest Firing Machine Gun in the World, Is Capable Of

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What ‘Metal Storm,’ the Fastest Firing Machine Gun in the World, Is Capable Of

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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki.

Metal Storm is a machine gun that can fire 1,000,000 rounds per minute or perhaps more. The original manufacturers were Metal Storm Ltd. and DefendTex.

The increased rate of fire was achieved by using a series of barrels stacked with bullets that could be fired in rapid succession from front to back.

The Metal Storm machine gun was more of a proof of concept and the prototype fired once 180 rounds in just one-hundredth of a second for a per minute rate of over 1 million rounds per minute, considerably faster than the record holder, the gatling-style M134 Minigun, at 6,000 rounds per minute.

The Metal Storm has a maximum effective firing range of 984 feet and is chambered for 9mm bullets.

The widespread use of machine guns in World War II resulted in the development of faster-firing guns. Variants of some of these machine guns are still in use today, including the German MG3. The fastest-firing guns have a maximum rate of fire of up to 1,200 rounds per minute.

Click here to see the 9 fastest firing machine guns in the world.

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Hristina Byrnes is the editor of 247Tempo.com, where she handles the site's assignments and editing. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, which she earned in 2012, and she specializes in translating complex health data research into engaging, accessible stories for a general audience.

When she's not poring over the latest data sets or brainstorming story ideas, you can find Hristina watching tennis, playing tennis with her son, or trying to get her daughter into tennis.

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