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US Navy 070825-N-9769P-317 A Special Warfare Combatant-craft crewman (SWCC) mans his GAU-17 minigun during live-fire patrol training along the Salt River in northern Kentucky
M134 Minigun

The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62x51mm six-barreled machine gun. It can shoot 2000 to 6000 rounds (bullets) per minute.

Images for kids

  • HH-3-minigun-vietnam-19681710

    A U.S. Air Force rotary-wing crewman fires a minigun during the Vietnam War.

  • Huey M134

    View of M134 from inside Huey, Nha Trang AB, 1967

  • Royal Navy Minigun

    A Royal Navy minigun, separated from mounting and ammunition

  • U.S. Navy special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC), Special Boat Team 22 conducts training 16 AUG 09

    A U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) on a SOC-R firing a Minigun at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, August 2009

  • Gau 17 7.62mm minigun

    FAST Marine firing a GAU-17/A minigun

  • GAU-17 machine gun fired from UH-1N Huey in 2006

    GAU-17/A

  • SUU-11 in AC-47

    SUU-11/A pod in the cargo door of an AC-47

  • Douglas AC-47D Spooky M134 miniguns, circa in 1968

    Douglas AC-47 Spooky with SUU-11/A pods

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Minigun para niños

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