M134 Minigun adalah senapan mesin enam laras 7,62 mm, dengan tingkat tinggi tembakan (2.000 sampai 6.000 putaran per menit ). Fitur bergaya Gatling barel berputar dengan sumber daya eksternal, biasanya sebuah motor listrik.
"Minigun" mengacu pada model senjata tertentu, awalnya diproduksi oleh General Electric. Tetapi istilah "minigun" telah populer datang untuk mengacu pada setiap senjata Gatling bertenaga eksternal.
Machine Gun, High Rate, 7.62mm, M134 |
GAU-17/A mounted on a U.S. Navy SOC-R speedboat, being operated by a Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman (SWCC) during a training exercise in August 2007. |
Tipe | Gatling-type machine gun |
Negara asal | United States of America |
Sejarah pemakaian |
In Masa penggunaan | 1963–present |
Digunakan oleh | See Users below |
Sejarah produksi |
Perancang | General Electric |
Dirancang | 1960 |
Produsen | General Electric, Dillon Aero INC, DeGroat Tactical Armaments, McNally Industries LLC, Garwood Industries |
Diproduksi | 1962–present |
Varian | See Design and variants below |
Sejarah produksi |
Berat | 85 pounds [47.8 lightweight mod.] |
Panjang | 801.6 mm |
Laras (senjata api) panjang | 558.8 mm |
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Peluru | 7.62×51mm NATO |
Kaliber | 7.62 mm (0.308 in) |
Action | Electrically driven rotary breech |
Rate of fire | Variable, 2,000–6,000 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 2,800 ft/sec (853 m/s) |
Maximum range | 3,280 ft (1,000 m, 1,093 yd) |
Feed system | Disintegrating cartridge belt or linkless feed; dependent on installation [500-5,000 round belt] |
Sights | Dependent on installation; no fixed sights |
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