Next-Gen Machine Gun Fires 240K rounds per second!

The army is testing a new machine gun system which can fire 240,000 rounds/sec (versus 60 rounds/sec in current weapons)! This new weapons system is a way to allow individual soldiers to carry more firepower (making the army small, lighter, and faster). Of course, one must wonder how much more effective 240K is over 60 per second, but the article explains it. This kind of weapon is capable of putting up a literal WALL of bullets which can hold off incoming mortars or rocket-grenades - the dominant source of casualties in the Iraq war.