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That is 66 rounds a second! If this system is setup with other systems, it can completely defend Iranian territory against cruise missile strikes!

Iran develops short-range missiles

By REUTERS
Posted Sunday, May 2 2010 at 17:25

TEHRAN, Sunday

Iran, whose nuclear dispute with the West has raised the possibility of new regional conflict, has developed a short-range defence system to combat Cruise missiles.

“A new short range anti-Cruise defence system with the capability to fire 4,000 rounds of bullets per minute has been produced at the defence ministry and soon will be inaugurated,” Ahmad Vahidi said on semi-official Fars news agency.

Defence systems

“We are at the design and production phase of various defence systems in the short, medium and long-range categories,” he added.

Cruise missiles are guided missiles that operate at low level to evade radar detection. They can fly up to supersonic speeds carrying either conventional or nuclear warheads.

The US administration said last month that Iran and North Korea were excluded from new limits on the use of US atomic weapons – something Tehran interpreted as a threat from a long-standing adversary to attack it with nuclear bombs.

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Iran%20develops%20short%20range%20missiles/-/1068/910662/-/ww58ww/-/

No, it is a gatling gun.

 i think its a copy of chinese gatling gun air-defence system i forgot its name but i remember i saw a picture of it before a while ago now im looking for the pic but its hard for me to find it.The system i saw was on a truck and has some kind of search radar.Anybody can find it please post it to the thread.

just a guess. under the picture it says "This M167 fired on enemy aircraft during the Persian Gulf War"

so im guessing iran managed to get hold of one and has reveresed engineered it

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How much more useful would a gattling gun be against cruise missiles and PGMs than the 35mm Oerlikon?

Does it specifically say it's a Gatling gun or is that speculation?

The 6,000 ROF figure is clearly cyclic not actual (as are the Vulcan stats quoted in the thread).

Zu-23-8 has a cyclic ROF of 8,000 rds per min, and practical of about 800 rds min (ie empty 8 x 100 rd mags in 6 secs) which is pretty good. If the mags are say 50 rds (they are smaller than regular Zu-23) then that's just 3 seconds of flat-out firing. either way the barrels will heat up crazy. Try 8,000 rds without pause and the barrels will start over-flexing or something.

An Iranian version of the M61 would seem the most likely by far since I believe it is the only gatling gun in Iranian service for them to study (other than the MiniGun of course)..Though the Su-24 do use one it fires at a much higher rate they the weapon they are discussing..Whatever it is, it will only be a true Anti-Cruise missile type weapon if it's an automated and fully intregated system (both of which are within Iran's abilities I believe)..Lets hope for a pic soon!

The Gatling gun , is there a more sexier weapon?

Well for one thing the Twin 35 is a much slower system, only firing 550 rounds per minute compared to say the 3500-4500 of the Phalanx. Which means for every bullet the Twin 35mm fires, at least 5 can fired from the Phalanx which means more projectiles hitting the target which increases the likelihood of the missile being compromised/destroyed. Also a gun system like the M167 or Phalanx would actually be more compact than the Oerlikon making it easier to transport. The only real advantage the Oerlikon has over a Phalanx-like system is the range but actually thats much closer than you might think. The Oerlikon has a range of 4km while the Phalanx has a range of 3.6km so the difference is pretty minimal. Ultimately, the Gatling gun has the advantage in rate of fire, compactness, and has good range as well. If the Twin 35mm were to be fully automated, and intregrated into a proper Fire Control system it would be a fairly good weapon against a Cruise missile but a Gatling gun would have a much higher success rate thanks to the much greater amount of Lead being fired at the target.

 TEHRAN -- The Iranian Defense Ministry has manufactured an anti-missile system capable of destroying cruise missiles and other objects flying at low altitude, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Sunday.

“Experts at the Defense Ministry have succeeded in manufacturing a short-range air defense artillery system that can fire 4,000 rounds per minute,” Vahidi told the Fars News Agency.

The system will officially become operational in the near future, he said.

He also stated that the Defense Ministry is working on the design and manufacture of an array of short-range, medium-range, and long-range air defense systems.

Vahidi also told reporters that Iran has designed airplanes that can carry up to 150 passengers.

He added that the Defense Ministry is making great progress in designing and manufacturing unmanned aircraft which fly at high altitude, have visual capability, and are equipped with various sensors

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=218717

There's already a thread talking about this in the Air Defense section for two days now..