M134 Minigun

M134 Minigun adalah senapan mesin enam laras 7,62 mm, dengan tingkat tinggi tembakan (2.000 sampai 6.000 putaran per menit ). Fitur bergaya Gatling barel berputar dengan sumber daya eksternal, biasanya sebuah motor listrik.

Machine Gun, High Rate, 7.62mm, M134
GAU-17/A dipasang di kapal cepat SOC-R U.S. Navy
Jenis	Senapan mesin gatling
Negara asal	United States of America
Sejarah pemakaian
Masa penggunaan	1963–present
Digunakan oleh	LihatPenggina
Sejarah produksi
Perancang	General Electric
Tahun	1960
Produsen	General Electric, Dillon Aero INC, DeGroat Tactical Armaments, McNally Industries LLC, Garwood Industries
Diproduksi	1962–present
Varian	See Design and variants below
Spesifikasi
Berat	85 pon (39 kg) [47,8 pon (21,7 kg) lightweight mod.]
Panjang	801.6 mm
Panjang laras	558.8 mm
Peluru	7,62 × 51 mm NATO
Kaliber	7.62 mm (0.308 in)
Mekanisme	Laras berputar elektrik
Rata² tembakan	Variable, 2,000–6,000 rpm
Kecepatan peluru	2,800 ft/sec (853 m/s)
Jarak jangkauan	3,280 ft (1,000 m, 1,093 yd)
Amunisi	Disintegrating cartridge belt or linkless feed; dependent on installation [500-5,000 round belt]
Alat bidik	Dependent on installation; no fixed sights

"Minigun" mengacu pada model senjata tertentu, awalnya diproduksi oleh General Electric. Tetapi istilah "minigun" telah populer datang untuk mengacu pada setiap senjata Gatling bertenaga eksternal.

Pengguna

•  Malaysia
•  Afganistan
•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Brasil
•  Kanada
•  Chili
•  Kolombia
•  Finlandia
•  Prancis
•  Georgia
•  Irak
•  Israel
•  Italia
•  Meksiko
•  Maroko
•  Belanda
•  Norwegia
•  Filipina
•  Polandia
•  Korea Selatan
•  Sierra Leone
•  Turki
•  Thailand
•  Pakistan
•  Britania Raya
•  Amerika Serikat
•  Polinesia Prancis
•  Indonesia

Referensi

1. http://www.doppeladler.com/oebh/luftfahrzeuge/oh58.htm
2. Uusi Suomi
3. Tanguy, Jean-Marc. "Le VPS bon pour le service", 2009-09-03
4. Armament of the Georgian Army.
5. . Todopormexico.foroactivo.com.mx. 2010-12-21. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-08-16. Diakses tanggal 2012-01-20. 
6. M134G for WP. (pl)
7. Hogg, Ian (1989). Jane's Infantry Weapons 1989–90, 15th Edition. Jane's Information Group. hlm. 351. ISBN 0-7106-0889-6. 

• Ballad, Jack S. Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships, 1962–1972. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, 1982.
• Davis, Larry. Gunships: A Pictorial History of Spooky. TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-89747-123-7
• Gervasi, Tom. Arsenal of Democracy III: America's War Machine, the Pursuit of Global Dominance. New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc, 1984. ISBN 0-394-54102-2.
• Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament. New York, NY: Orion Books, 1988. ISBN 0-517-56607-9.
• Jane's Weapon Systems, 1986–1987. Ronald T Pretty, Ed. London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company, Ltd, 1986. ISBN 0-7106-0832-2
• United States. Headquarters, Department of the Army. FM 1–40 Attack Helicopter Gunnery. Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1969.

Pranala luar

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Minigun.

• Minigun page on DeGroat Tactical Armaments site
• M134 page on Dillon Aero site 2014-04-07 di Wayback Machine.
• M134 Minigun at Modern Firearms 2008-12-03 di Wayback Machine.
• Exploded diagrams and specifications
• GAU-17 info at NavWeaps.com
• Specs on a variety of minigun models 2007-06-25 di Wayback Machine.
• 1985 Patent on a Handheld Minigun Design
• Video showing a CG animation of the firing process of a minigun 2007-09-27 di Wayback Machine.
• Helicopter mounted applications video on Military.com 2009-07-26 di Wayback Machine.
• The M134 Minigun in film and Handheld M134 Minigun – As used in "Predator" and "T2" at imfdb.org