Mini-gun with access door

A delinking feeder for receiving a belt of linked cartridges, separating the cartridges from the belt, and feeding the separated cartridges to a minigun for firing;

• the delinking feeder comprising:
• a housing;
• an access door mounted to the housing and movable between a closed position and an open position;
• wherein the access door includes a recess for receiving a tongue having a first contact surface for contacting and securing a linked cartridge positioned in the delinking feeder when the access door is in the open position;
• and
• wherein the tongue includes a recess holding a portion of a torsion spring configured to cause the tongue to rotate from the retracted position to the deployed position as the door moves from the closed position to the open position.

A Gatling-type minigun comprising:

• a barrel assembly including a plurality of circumferentially mounted gun barrels;
• a motor adapted to rotate the barrel assembly;
• a delinking feeder for receiving a belt of linked cartridges, separating the linked cartridges from the belt, and feeding the separated cartridges to a firing mechanism;
• and
• an access door mounted to the housing and movable between a closed position and an open position;
• wherein the access door includes an enclosed recess for receiving at least a portion of a tongue having a first contact surface for contacting and securing a linked cartridge positioned in the delinking feeder when the access door is in the open position;
• and
• wherein the enclosed recess is covered so that when the access door is in the closed position and the portion of the tongue is received within the enclosed recess, the tongue does not protrude through the access door.