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The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). [2] It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor.
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.
A competing universal turret design to the M97 put forward by Emerson Electric, the XM120 could be fitted with a number of weapons including the M60C 7.62×51mm machine gun, M134 Minigun, M197 20 mm three barreled cannon, XM188 30 mm three barreled cannon, and was in fact tested with the XM140 30 mm cannon. [27] [82]
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 [140] Made by J-Forces and Indonesian Aerospace, different variants were made. Flyer Light Strike Vehicle Australia: Light strike vehicle Flyer R-12D LSV 5 [141] Utility Pionierpanzer 2 Germany
M134 Minigun: Rotary machine gun United States 1963–present M240 machine gun: General-purpose machine gun United States 1977–present Derived from the FN MAG. Mk 48 machine gun: General-purpose machine gun United States 2003–present Derived from the Mk 46 Mod 0. Zastava M77 B1: Battle rifle Yugoslavia 1977–present Zastava M77: Light ...
The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee. The GAU-19, a rotary gun that fires .50 caliber ammunition. Mounted on Humvees and helicopters. The M230 Autocannon fires 30×113mm ammunition at 625 rounds per minute.
It is the primary link type for the United States and among NATO for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. As of 2017, it has been in use for over 60 years and is used on the Dillon M134D Minigun, M60 Machine Gun, FN MAG/M240, Mk 48, MG3, HK21, MG5, UKM-2000, K16, SS-77, and Negev NG-7, among others. Some countries redesignated the M13 link when it ...
The resulting weapon, the M134 Minigun, could fire up to 6,000 rounds per minute without overheating. The gun has a selectably variable rate of fire specified to fire at rates of up to 6,000 rpm, with most applications set at rates between 3,000-4,000 rounds per minute.