Its simply (in the case of guns) how many bullets the gun can fire in 60 seconds.
65 rounds a second and as many as 500 rounds in a burst - there is no "per minute"
Cyclic rate is 800 - 1000 rounds per minute. Rapid fire rate is 200 rounds per minute. Sustained rate of fire is 100 rounds per minute.
The M1 Bazooka used in WWII could fire about two rounds per minute. The M20 "Super Bazooka" in the 1950s and '60s was capable of six rounds per minute.
6000 rounds per minute for the M61A1 6600 rounds per minute for the M61A2
Revolutions per minute or rounds per minute
About 600 rounds per minute on full auto.
Rounds per minute probably refers to how many shots a firearm can fire off in a minute.
The Mini-Uzi has a cyclic rate of around 800 rounds per minute (vs. 600 rounds per minute from the standard Uzi, and about 1100 rounds per minute for the Micro-Uzi).
The fire rate of miniguns starts from around 2000 rounds per minute and minigun that has the fastest rate today shoots close to one million rounds per minute.
600 rounds per minute
The M4 rifle could shoot about 700-850 rounds per minute.
In which regard? The AK-47 has a rate of fire of about 700 rounds per minute - the more common AKM (often mistakenly referred to as an AK-47) has it reduced to 600 rounds per minute. The Browning M2 HBAR machine gun has a rate of fire of 450 to 575 rounds per minute, while the A/N M2 fires up to 850 rounds per minute, and the A/N M3 variant fires up to 1200 rounds per minute.