The SALVO rifle was an experimental, multi-barreled assault rifle developed in the 1950s by Springfield Armory as an entrant to the SALVO project.
Design Details[]
The SALVO rifle is a three-barreled, volley fire assault rifle designed in a bullpup configuration, akin on the never-completed T31 rifle. The barrels are arranged in a triangular formation, where two of the barrels are positioned over the third one.
It was to be a gas-operated weapon that uses a three-chamber revolving shutter system that feeds ammunition into the weapon from a single magazine.
One early design proposal for the three-barreled weapon was to be fed from a drum magazine, and another was a five-barreled weapon that is electrically fired, similar to AAI's burst simulator.
Gallery[]
Technical drawing
Model of the revolving shutter mechanism
Early design proposals
See also[]
External Links[]
- LiveJournal blog post about the Springfield SALVO (Russian)
- SPIW history part 1 at Firearmsworld.net (Chinese) (Wayback Machine)
- PDF on Phase 2 of Project Salvo
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