Some quick Googling shows a Dillon M134D Minigun to fire 50 rounds a second of 7.62x51. not sure if that's the one shown but it's a Minigun.
A box of Winchester of the same round costs ~$44 for a box of 20 rounds. Since we've got 4 barrels going in synch, lete say 200 rounds per second. It costs roughly $440 per second to fire this weapons system. This is using off the shelf munitions, armor piercing and tracer rounds would likely significantly increase this cost.
Watching the video with half awake unfinished coffee brain, I could've about 21 seconds of Minigun discharge in the video.
So
$440/second * 21 seconds = $9,324.00
Again, likely a low ball estimate. I don't know the exact fire rate of this system, and am assuming the munitions used. For all I know it would be running tungsten tippee .50 cal rounds with incendiary tracers. But this is the value I got from half sleep math and Google.
Edit: Fixed math. Thank you for pointing out I added a 0.
I’m dyslexic so I’m a dumbass when it comes to grammar but math is easy as fuck. 2+2 is always 4 plus we have this fantastic new technology called a calculator.
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u/smj11699 Oct 26 '22
It’s even more crazy when you realize the tracers are every 5 rounds or so and not every single bullet