Minigun

[min-ee-guhn]

noun

1. a U.S. aircraft machine gun consisting of a rotating cluster of six barrels using 7.62 mm ammunition and capable of variable rates of fire of up to 6,000 rounds per minute.

Example Sentences

Now running low on fuel and almost out of ammunition himself, Taylor directed his wingman to fire the rounds left in his Minigun along the team’s eastern flank and return to base camp, while Taylor fired his remaining rounds on the western flank.

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Now running low on fuel and with the reconnaissance team also nearly out of ammunition, Taylor directed his wingman to fire the rounds left in his Minigun along the team’s eastern flank and then head back to base camp, while Taylor fired his remaining rounds on the western flank.

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The machine gun is modeled after the military’s M134 minigun currently deployed on attack helicopters and C-130 gunships, but with a longer range.

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According to the indictment, Mr. Wendt contacted a machine gun manufacturer in January 2021 and inquired about buying a weapon known as a minigun, which prosecutors described as “an electric motor driven Gatling gun designed for speed and accuracy” that has a magazine capacity of 4,000 rounds and a fixed firing rate of 50 rounds per second.

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The A.T.F. rejected the purchase because the minigun was “not suitable for law enforcement use.”

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