Minigun

Machine Gun, High Rate, Caliber 7.62-mm, M134
Dillon Aero's M134D-H (H for Hybrid) combines the titanium an skeletised pairts that war ingineered for uise in the M134D-T minigun wi the steel hoosin o the previous M134D.
Teep	Rotary machine gun
Place o oreegin	Unitit States
Service history
In service	1963–present
Wars	Vietnam War, Third Indocheenae War, Unitit States invasion o Grenada, Unitit States invasion o Panama, Soviet War in Afghanistan, Gulf War, Operation Restore Hope, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Iraq War
Production history
Designer	General Electric
Designed	1960
Manufacturer	General Electric, Dillon Aero, Garwood Industries, Profense
Produced	1962–present
Specifications
Wecht	85 lb (39 kg) (41 lb (19 kg) lightweight mod.)
Lenth	801.6 mm (31.56 in)
Baurel lenth	558.8 mm (22.00 in)
Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO
Calibre	7.62 mm (0.308 in)
Baurels	6
Action	Electrically driven rotary breech
Rate o fire	Variable, 2,000–6,000 rpm
Muzzle velocity	2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)
Maximum firin range	3,280 ft (1,000 m, 1,093 yd)
Feed seestem	Cairtridge on disintegratin airtin belt or linkless feed; dependent on installation [500-5,000-roond belt]
Sichts	Dependent on installation; nae fixed sichts

The M134 Minigun is a 7.62×51mm NATO, six-baurel rotary machine gun wi a heich rate o fire (2,000 tae 6,000 roonds per meenit) that can an aw fire at a heich susteened rate. The "Mini" in the name is in comparison tae lairger calibre designs that uise a rotary baurel design, sic as General Electric's earlier 20-millimeter M61 Vulcan, an "gun" for the uise o rifle calibre bullets as opponed tae autocannon shells.