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A U.S. Air Force rotary-wing crewman fires a minigun during the Vietnam War. The core of the M134D was a steel housing and rotor. To focus on weight reduction, a titanium housing and rotor were introduced, creating the M134D-T which had reduced weight from 62 lb (28 kg) to 41 lb (19 kg). The gun housing had a 500,000-round lifespan before it ...
M134D-H Minigun. Used as light ... [81] with a reported unit price of 2,000 EUR per unit. [82] A follow-up order was done in 1990 for 149 MFIM (25 MEUR). [83]
Dillon Aero manufactures the Air Force GAU-2B/A (Army M134) 7.62×51mm minigun, which is used primarily by 160th SOAR. The company completely redesigned the weapon and significantly improved its reliability while reducing its weight.
Armed with 1x 7,62mm machine gun & 2x 5,56mm light machine gun or 1x M134D minigun & 2x 5,56mm light machine gun. ILSV Indonesia: Light strike vehicle 4 [131] Made by J-Forces and Indonesian Aerospace, different variants were made. Flyer Light Strike Vehicle Australia: Light strike vehicle Flyer R-12D LSV 5 [132] Utility Pionierpanzer 2 Germany
M134 Minigun United States: Rotary machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: Door gunner's machinegun. Used on Mi-171Š helicopters. [35] PK Soviet Union: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×54mmR: Door gunner's machinegun. Used on Mi-171Š helicopters. [36] M2 Browning United States Czech Republic. Heavy machine gun: 12.7×99mm NATO
It is related to the TAT-101 mentioned in the UH-1 entry. The turret mounts a single M134 Minigun with 25 degrees of elevation, 90 degrees of depression, and 180 degrees of motion in azimuth, with a slew rate of 80 degrees per second. [72] The TAT-102A was designated XM64 by the US Army. [73] XM65/M65
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The Chinook can be armed with the 7.62×51mm FN MAG 58 general-purpose machine gun and the 7.62×51mm M134D Minigun. [113] In 2015, seven new CH-47Fs entered service with the Army. [114] In March 2016, an urgent order was placed for three additional CH-47Fs. [115] In 2021, the Army received a further two CH-47Fs and a further two again in 2022.