5.56 minigun

[george_995]

Decent read, I never knew these existed.

 

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-miniguns-smaller-cousin-was-a-flop-ab8ec8396afa

[unforgiven]

Great read brother George,that might work with the Sig brace. >:D

[Dane Armory]

28 lbs plus ammo... would be fun to weld it like Jessie V in the Predator.

[392heminut]

Back years ago before General Dynamics bought the rights from G.E. I read an article on the 5.56 miniguns. They were pretty obscure back then and the article claimed that at that time there were actually only two working examples of the guns in existence. I'm guessing that since General Dynamics acquired the rights they've built more of them.

[planeflyer21]

Isn't the Dillion mini-gun a 5.56?  Looks like they're having some success in sales. 

[392heminut]

Dillon Aero builds a 7.62 minigun but I don't know if they build a 5.56 version or not.

[ChaseFan9]

It's a pretty good idea on paper, but for the cost, not to mention the price of the platform to put it on, 7.62 and up are much more effective in a broader range of situations.  And unless you're shooting blanks like ol' Jessie was, the strongest man in the world couldn't handle the recoil of a man-portable version.  I think the recoil on the 5.56 version was something like 500 lb/ft/sec or something

[ponce]

Up to 12,000 rounds per minute the article says. Considering how compact the minigun is,  the 556 version must be even moreso.

Edited March 29, 2015 by ponce

[ChaseFan9]

Up to 12,000 rounds per minute the article says. Considering how compact the minigun is,  the 556 version must be even moreso.

General Dynamics raised the cyclic rate to make it appeal more to the military (I assume), but I read GD replaced the XM214 in their catalogue with the Iron Fist ADS in 2011, which Rafale and IMI are continuing development on as of last December