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 | |
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GAU-17/A mounted on a U.S. Navy SOC-R speedboat, being operated by a Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman (SWCC) during a training exercise in August 2007. | |
Jenis | Gatling-type machine gun |
Negara asal | United States of America |
Sejarah pemakaian | |
Masa penggunaan | 1963–present |
Digunakan oleh | See Users below |
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 pounds [47.8 lightweight mod.] |
Panjang | 801.6 mm |
Panjang laras | 558.8 mm |
Peluru | 7.62×51mm NATO |
Kaliber | 7.62 mm (0.308 in) |
Mekanisme | Electrically driven rotary breech |
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
- Afganistan
- Australia
- Austria[1]
- Brasil
- Kanada
- Chili
- Kolombia
- Finlandia[2]
- Prancis[3]
- Georgia[4]
- Irak
- Israel
- Italia
- Meksiko[5]
- Maroko
- Belanda
- Norwegia
- Filipina
- Polandia[6]
- Korea Selatan
- Sierra Leone
- Turki
- Thailand
- Pakistan
- Britania Raya
- Amerika Serikat
- Polinesia Prancis[7]
Referensi
- ^ http://www.doppeladler.com/oebh/luftfahrzeuge/oh58.htm
- ^ Uusi Suomi
- ^ Tanguy, Jean-Marc. "Le VPS bon pour le service", 2009-09-03
- ^ Armament of the Georgian Army.
- ^ "En Enero el Ejercito Mexicano recibira 400 full Kits M-134 minigun para Hummvees y Cheyenne". Todopormexico.foroactivo.com.mx. 2010-12-21. Diakses tanggal 2012-01-20.
- ^ M134G for WP. (pl)
- ^ 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
- M134 Minigun at Modern Firearms
- Exploded diagrams and specifications
- GAU-17 info at NavWeaps.com
- Specs on a variety of minigun models
- 1985 Patent on a Handheld Minigun Design
- Video showing a CG animation of the firing process of a minigun
- Helicopter mounted applications video on Military.com
- The M134 Minigun in film and Handheld M134 Minigun – As used in "Predator" and "T2" at imfdb.org