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GAU-17/As from helicopters were rushed into service for ships on pintle mountings taken from Mk16 20 mm guns for anti-swarm protection in the Gulf ahead of the 2003 Iraq War - 59 systems were installed in 30 days. [24] The GAU-17/A is designated Mk 44 in the machine gun series [24] and is generally known as the Mk 44 when installed on British ...
Referred to as the Defensive Armament System or DAS, this system is composed of two mounts for GAU-15/A and GAU-16/A.50 caliber machine guns or GAU-17/A 7.62×51mm Miniguns, as well as, two BRU-20/A or BRU-21/A bomb racks for current 2.75" rocket launchers.
UH-1N with GAU-16/A door-mounted machine gun AH-1W with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rockets GBU-12 500lb. bomb Guns. GAU-12/U 25 mm Gatling gun; GAU-16/A .50 Caliber Machine gun; GAU-17/A 7.62 mm automatic gun; GAU-21/A .50 Caliber Machine gun; GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm Gatling cannon; M61A1 20 mm automatic cannon; M197 20 mm automatic ...
Developed under Project Pave Claw, the GPU-5/A was designed to adapt the power of the A-10 Thunderbolt II and its GAU-8/A gun to smaller aircraft. The resulting weapon used a smaller version of the GAU-8/A, designated the GAU-13/A, with only four barrels. Podded, the system weights 1,900 lb (860 kg) loaded with 353 rounds of 30 mm ammunition in ...
Barrel heating in a 7.62mm NATO GAU-17. After the Gatling gun was replaced in service by newer non-rotating, recoil- or gas-operated machine guns, the approach of using multiple rotating barrels fell into disuse for many decades. Some examples were developed during the interwar years but only existed as prototypes or were rarely used.
GAU-17. Rotary, gatling or other multi-barrel machine guns. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. R. Rotary machine guns (9 P)
CGI animated GAU-17/A; Animations and technical descriptions of 1862, 1865 and 1874 models (Requires QuickTime and not suitable for slow-speed links) Presentation by Keller about Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It at the Printers Row Book Fair, June 8, 2008; The Gatling Gun
An Aviation Ordnanceman fires a GAU-17 Minigun aboard HH-60H Seahawk helicopter during a live-fire exercise. Aviation Ordnancemen operate and handle aviation ordnance equipment. They are responsible for the maintenance of guns, bombs, torpedoes, rockets, and missiles. Their duties include the stowing, issuing, and loading of munitions and small ...