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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 .
The XM214 was a scaled-down smaller and lighter version of the M134 Minigun, firing M193 5.56×45mm ... known as the GE Six-Pak. The complete Six-Pak system weighed ...
M134 Minigun: General Electric: 7.62×51mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States: 1960 M240 Medium Machine Gun: Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO: Ammunition belt Belgium: 1950s M249 Machine Gun: Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO: Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Belgium: 1976 M1895 Colt–Browning: Colt's ...
20. GE M134 Minigun ©sdasmarchives / Flickr - Original / License. Year put into service: 1963. ... Prices rose along border ahead of Trump's tariffs — now disruption looms. Finance.
Early prototypes had six barrels, but a three-barreled configuration is now standard. The GAU-19/A was originally designed as a larger, more potent version of the M134 Minigun. Due to the loss of nine helicopters in Grenada, GE started building prototypes of the weapon in both a three-barreled and a six-barreled configuration. The six-barreled ...
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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.
GE has also developed the GAU-13/A, a four-barreled weapon using GAU-8/A components, which has been tested in podded form as the GPU-5/A. The Avenger also forms the basis for the Dutch-developed Goalkeeper CIWS naval air-defense gun. No current or contemplated aircraft other than the A-10 carries the full-up Avenger system. [8]