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 …

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military.

Aug 10, 2023 · The vehicle-mounted General Electric M134 "Minigun" was born as a derivative of the 20mm General Electric M61 aircraft gun, retaining the same six-barreled Gatling design …

The M134 Minigun is a 7.62x51mm NATO, six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute) which can also fire at a high sustained rate. It features …

It was developed by General Electric in 1960 as armament for helicopters and to be used in aircraft gun pods. The name M134 is the US Army designation, the marketing name Minigun …

Aug 17, 2022 · While the M134 Minigun wasn’t developed until the Vietnam War, it was based off the hand-cranked Gatling gun developed in the 1860s by Richard Jordan Gatling. The gun …

High rates of fire, extremely dense shot grouping, and high weapon stability all lend to the effectiveness and precision of the M134D weapon system. When firing any weapon, especially …