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Name: Minigun
Damage: 20-26
Damage with Vest on: 13-18
Ammo: 100/5
Bullets per second:7-9
I need some answers because I'm seriously confused here. I just stumbled upon the fact that we have a mini gun in our arsenal, but guess what? None of us have access to it!
I mean, what's the point of having such heavy firepower if we can't even use it when we need it most? It's like dangling a carrot in front of a horse and then yanking it away at the last minute.
Look, I get that certain weapons need to be tightly controlled, but this is ridiculous. If we're going to have something as potent as a mini gun lying around, then we damn well better have the ability to deploy it when the situation calls for it.
I need some answers, and I need them now. Why do we have a mini gun if none of us can use it? And what's being done to rectify this absurd situation?
¶ Overview
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). It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor. The "Mini" in the name is in comparison to larger-caliber designs that use a rotary barrel design, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan, and "gun" for the use of rifle ammunition as opposed to autocannon shells.
"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 rotary gun of rifle caliber. The term is sometimes used loosely to refer to guns of similar rates of fire and configuration, regardless of power source and caliber.
The Minigun is used by several branches of the U.S. military. Versions are designated M134 and XM196 by the United States Army, and GAU-2/A and GAU-17/A by the U.S. Air Force and U.S.