Patent ID: 7793577

Claim:
In combination with a machine gun including a gun housing, and a rotatable barrel assembly mounted on said gun housing and including a plurality of circumferentially mounted barrels, the improvements comprising a cooling system comprising (a) at least one fluid conduit having a perforated end extending (i) intermediate the circumferentially mounted barrels, and (ii) into and through at least a portion of said gun housing; (b) a fluid distribution system for directing a cooling fluid through said conduit and out said perforated end intermediate the circumferentially mounted barrels; (c) a control box assembly mounted on said gun housing and operably associated with said fluid distribution system and comprising (i) a control box housing; (ii) a firing control mounted on said control box housing; (iii) a control system mounted on said control box housing for determining the temperature of the barrel assembly and, when said temperature reaches a selected level, directing a cooling fluid against the barrel assembly.