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Old May 2, 2005, 06:35 PM   #1
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Minigun bullets

I read somewhere that the miniguns such as the ones used on blackhawks and other assault aircraft today use a 7.62mm bullet.

is this

7.62x39mm
7.62x51mm (.308 win)
7.62x54R

which one?

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Old May 2, 2005, 06:51 PM   #2
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Old May 2, 2005, 07:40 PM   #3
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There is a .50 minigun that is in use by the Colombian air force on their Blackhawks. It has three barrels instead of six. Just some useless trivia for you....
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Old May 2, 2005, 08:44 PM   #4
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The Minigun (as trademarked by General Electric) is a six-barreled, 7.62x51mm, powered gatling gun. Like a small version of the Vulcan. 6000RPM max, usually configured for 2000/4000RPM fire rates.

The GECAL (actually an acronym) is an either four- or eight-barreled gatling gun in .50BMG (12.7x99mm), 4000 or 8000RPM max fire rates respectively.

I dunno what the weapon Farley describes is.
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Old May 2, 2005, 10:11 PM   #5
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It's a GAU-19/A.

http://www.gdatp.com/Products/PDFs/GAU19.pdf

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Old May 2, 2005, 11:19 PM   #6
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Minigun

The use a .308 round. What a ball to shoot. You're really gonna hafta reload A LOT to use this baby. Again, what a ball to shoot.
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