7.62 mm M134 Minigun

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Gatling-type machine gun aircraft machine gun rotary machine gun

The 7.62 mm M134 Minigun is a six-barreled, electrically driven rotary machine gun capable of extremely high rates of fire, widely used on helicopters and other aircraft for close air support.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
7.62 mm GAU-2/A Minigun 1
7.62 mm M134 Minigun canonical 1
M134 Minigun 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gatling-type machine gun ⓘ
aircraft machine gun ⓘ
rotary machine gun ⓘ
actionType rotating barrel cluster ⓘ
ammunitionType 7.62×51 mm NATO armor-piercing ⓘ
7.62×51 mm NATO ball ⓘ
7.62×51 mm NATO tracer ⓘ
barrelRotationDirection clockwise (viewed from rear) ⓘ
caliber 7.62×51 mm NATO ⓘ
category airborne weapon system ⓘ
crew-served weapon ⓘ
control crew-served ⓘ
remotely operated ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedBy General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedSystem belt-fed ⓘ
firingMode full automatic ⓘ
laterManufacturer Dillon Aero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garwood Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountingPlatform fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
ground vehicles ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
naval vessels ⓘ
notablePlatform AC-130 gunship variants ⓘ
AC-47 Spooky NERFINISHED ⓘ
AH-6 Little Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ
MH-60 Black Hawk variants NERFINISHED ⓘ
UH-1 Huey NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfBarrels 6 ⓘ
operation externally powered ⓘ
powerSource electric motor ⓘ
rateOfFire 2000–6000 rounds per minute ⓘ
serviceEntry 1960s ⓘ
successorModel Dillon Aero M134D NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garwood M134G NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalMount door gun mount ⓘ
pintle mount ⓘ
remote weapon station ⓘ
typicalRateOfFire 3000 rounds per minute ⓘ
usedBy NATO member states ⓘ
United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor area denial ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
suppressive fire ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War (2003–2011) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AH-6J → armamentOption → 7.62 mm M134 Minigun ⓘ
AC-119K Stinger → armament → 7.62 mm M134 Minigun ⓘ
this entity surface form: 7.62 mm GAU-2/A Minigun
CH-47F Chinook → hasArmamentOption → 7.62 mm M134 Minigun ⓘ
this entity surface form: M134 Minigun