Talk:M197 electric cannon

Article name
I'm not that familiar with MILHIST naming conventions for guns, but is M197 Gatling gun the best name possible? - BillCJ 07:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar with the conventions, but it is definitely not technically the best. Jane's Weapon Systems lists it as "three-barrel aircraft gun" and something along the lines of "three-barrel cannon" or even simple "cannon" would probably be more accurate for this article. -- Thatguy96 13:56, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Unlike some of the other guns, the M197 was never given a catchy nickname... so M197 Gatling gun is a fairly reasonable way of referring to it. VTFirefly911 (talk) 02:51, 18 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Renamed today. YSSYguy (talk) 06:35, 5 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Wouldn't "rotary cannon" be more in line with the phraseology on the rest of Wikipedia? It just happens to be driven by an electric motor, but it could easily be hydraulic or any other power source. The M61 is sometimes one, sometimes the other, depending on application. It's an externally powered Gatling-type rotary cannon. I doubt there is really any such thing as an "electric cannon".

Idumea47b (talk) 01:11, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Reference #1 invalid
First reference http://www.gdatp.com/factsheets/A017_M-197.pdf (links to PDF doc) is no longer valid, 404 error. Replacing with current link http://www.gdatp.com/armament_systems/mbw_M-197.html which contains the referenced 1500 RPM specification.

Iueras (talk) 00:29, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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"30%"?
"Marine pilots initially reported an alarmingly high jam rate (sometimes greater than 30%)" This is not cited, and it's not obvious what it even means. And its not a "jam rate", it's a "rate of malfunction". "Jamming" is an informal term for a weapon malfunction. Anyway, what does "a 30% jam rate" mean? 30% of all shots cycled don't feed properly? That it jams 3 out of ten times you try to fire it? That you can expect at least one malfunction at some point during 3 out of ten missions? That 30% of helicopters have suffered from at least one feed system malfunction at some point during their service? It's basically meaningless unless the context is given.

Idumea47b (talk) 01:16, 19 September 2020 (UTC)