A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) is provided with a modular delinker. The front of the delinker (i.e., nose) can be removed from the main body of the delinker without tools. The paddle wheel in the main body includes a front paddle wheel and a rear paddle wheel. The front paddle wheel is removable from the main body with the nose, and the rear paddle wheel remains within the main body on a driven shaft of the delinker when the nose is removed from the main body. Thus, some components of the delinker are accessible and serviceable without tools, and the nose and front paddle wheel may be swapped out without tools out to alter a compatible ammunition cartridge type of the delinker. A jam can be cleared and damaged front and/or rear paddle wheels can be replaced in the field to return a gun to service.

A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) is provided with a modular delinker. The front of the delinker (i.e., nose) can be removed from the main body of the delinker without tools. The paddle wheel in the main body includes a front paddle wheel and a rear paddle wheel. The front paddle wheel is removable from the main body with the nose, and the rear paddle wheel remains within the main body on a driven shaft of the delinker when the nose is removed from the main body. Thus, some components of the delinker are accessible and serviceable without tools, and the nose and front paddle wheel may be swapped out without tools out to alter a compatible ammunition cartridge type of the delinker. A jam can be cleared and damaged front and/or rear paddle wheels can be replaced in the field to return a gun to service.

A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) is provided with a delinker including a loaded round indicator. The loaded round indictor is configured to rest flush with an outer surface of a rear door of the delinker when the rear door is closed and an ammunition cartridge is not fully loaded into the delinker. The loaded round indictor is further configured to extend outwardly from the outer surface of the rear door when the rear door is closed and an ammunition cartridge is fully loaded into the delinker.

A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) is provided with a delinker including a loaded round indicator. The loaded round indictor is configured to rest flush with an outer surface of a rear door of the delinker when the rear door is closed and an ammunition cartridge is not fully loaded into the delinker. The loaded round indictor is further configured to extend outwardly from the outer surface of the rear door when the rear door is closed and an ammunition cartridge is fully loaded into the delinker.

A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) has a delinker including cylindrical or round pushrods inserted in complementary slots in a carrier. The generally cylindrical pushrod and corresponding slots in the carrier require less machining steps than prior rectangular, T shaped or H shaped pushrods and complementary carrier slots making them faster and less expensive to produce and replace. The cylindrical pushrods apply force evenly to heads of ammunition cartridges received in the delinker as they push rounds forward within the delinker such that the rounds are not forced outward from a longitudinal axis of the delinker by the pushrod as the pushrod. A front face of the pushrod has a recess corresponding to a primer of the ammunition cartridge pushed forward by the pushrod within the delinker such that the pushrods do not contact the primer of the ammunition cartridge.

A spade grip attachment assembly for securing a spade grip to a minigun clutch includes a first adapter member and a second adapter member. The first adapter member is on the spade grip. The second adapter member is on the clutch. The first and second adapter members are configured such that one is receivable in the other. Each adapter member can define a pair of coaxially aligned pin holes that align to form a passage in which a fastener is receivable when one adapter member is received in the other. The fastener is receivable in the passage to releasably secure the first adapter member to the second adapter member.

A spade grip attachment assembly for securing a spade grip to a minigun clutch includes a first adapter member and a second adapter member. The first adapter member is on the spade grip. The second adapter member is on the clutch. The first and second adapter members are configured such that one is receivable in the other. Each adapter member can define a pair of coaxially aligned pin holes that align to form a passage in which a fastener is receivable when one adapter member is received in the other. The fastener is receivable in the passage to releasably secure the first adapter member to the second adapter member.

A belt-fed Gatling-style gun is provided. In some embodiments, the belt-feed system allows a plurality of individually separable belt links to be connected in series to feed cartridges to a belt-fed rotary gun. Each individual belt link may be removably connected to a series of belt links to facilitate ease of loading and making belts of ammunition of any length.

A belt-fed Gatling-style gun is provided. In some embodiments, the belt-feed system allows a plurality of individually separable belt links to be connected in series to feed cartridges to a belt-fed rotary gun. Each individual belt link may be removably connected to a series of belt links to facilitate ease of loading and making belts of ammunition of any length.

A weapon system includes a rotatable part having a plurality of barrels arranged in an array, a drive motor connected to the rotatable part so as to drive the barrels in rotation, a static part positioned rearwardly of the rotatable part, a magazine positioned rearwardly of the static part, and an ammunition feed mechanism cooperative with projectiles in the magazine so as to move the projectiles from the magazine to a position adjacent to the end of the plurality of barrels. The static part has a plurality of combustion chambers communicating with the plurality of barrels and with the end of the plurality of barrels. The combustion chambers are adapted to ignite a gaseous fuel therein so as to drive a projectile outwardly through the barrels. A plurality of actuators are adapted to load the projectiles into the end of the plurality of barrels.