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 .

通用電氣 M134「迷你砲」 （M134 Minigun）是一款 7.62毫米口径 的 加特林式 多管 機槍，使用 电动机 来旋轉多个同轴 枪管 并操作 枪机，因此可达到最高6,000發/分的極快 射速。 「迷你砲」之名得自其初創理念為 M61火神式機砲 的縮小版，但因流行文化影響，現已變成所有現代加特林式機槍的統稱。 此武器的設計概念是源自19世紀中期由 理查·加特林 所開發的 加特林機槍。 美軍 最早在 越戰 時期採用， AC-47 因此被稱作「噴火神龍」（Puff, the Magic Dragon），亦裝備在 …

2020年11月20日 · Following World War II, the Gatling gun was reincarnated in the form of the “minigun.” The original concept of utilizing multiple spinning barrels to fire a barrage of bullets was bolstered by the addition of an electric motor and belt-fed ammunition.

"Minigun" refers to a specific model of weapon that General Electric originally produced, but the term "minigun" has popularly come to refer to any externally powered Gatling-style or rotary gun of rifle caliber. The term is also used to refer to guns of similar rates of fire and configuration regardless of power source and caliber.

2022年8月17日 · With an impressive legacy of roughly 60 years of service, the M134 Minigun was created in 1960 for use by the US military in Vietnam. It has a rather interesting history, and its design is based on an unexpected (and much older) gun. This is how it helped helicopter crews fighting in the Vietnam War.

2012年2月8日 · Dr. Richard J. Gatling first invented this radical style of weapon in the early 1860s. The first model Gatling Gun was a hand crank affair with an erratic rate of fire, paper cartridges and a...

The M134 Minigun is a six-barreled, electrically-driven rotary gun originally designed by General Electric. Essentially a miniaturized version of the 20mm M61 Vulcan chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO, it was originally designed during the Vietnam War to provide a high-volume-of-fire weapon suitable for mounting on helicopters.

The M134 Minigun is a six-barreled electrically powered rotary gun that was developed by General Electric. The M134 is a derivative of the M61 Vulcan scaled down to fire the 7.62 mm NATO rifle cartridge. It was designed to provide a high volume-of-fire weapon suitable for firing from an unstable...

The machine gun had an electric drive and a switchable rate of fire - 2000 or 4000 rounds per minute. The M134 was massively installed both on the UH-1 Iroquois and AN-1 Cobra helicopters, and on aircraft, including the first versions of the gunships, the A / C-47 Spooky.

2010年11月25日 · The 1960 minigun was improve by using general electricity for the gun ad they include by putting a sheid in the front of the gun to protect the man who is shooting.