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Gast gun
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<p>The Gast gun was a German twin barrelled <a href="/facts/Machine_gun/JPXmy1zR">machine gun</a> that was developed by Karl Gast of <a href="/facts/Vorwerk_(company)/uX9TnL7w">Vorwerk und Companie</a> of <a href="/facts/Barmen/qC0VF71f">Barmen</a> and used during the <a href="/facts/First_World_War/vITTUanQ">First World War</a>. Its unique operating system produced a very high <a href="/facts/Rate_of_fire/QJAEvtyP">rate of fire</a> of 1,600 rounds per minute. The same principle was later used as the basis for the widely used <a href="/facts/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-23/cy2N2sNe">Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L</a> series of Russian aircraft autocannon. </p>