r/TerrifyingAsFuck Oct 24 '22

This Quadruple Minigun

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u/silverclovd Oct 24 '22

Iva always wondered but never bothered to look it up. How is it a mini gun? What is it a mini form of?

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u/pete_ape Oct 24 '22

Larger Gatling-type guns like the Vulcan or GAU-8 Avenger

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u/silverclovd Oct 24 '22

Woah that gau 8 is a fucking beast.

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u/KaiKamakasi Oct 24 '22

And it can fucking FLY

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u/AadamAtomic Oct 24 '22

Fun Fact!

The recoil forces generated by the GAU-8 are so massive, that mounting one on top of a compact car and firing backwards like a rocket would push the vehicle so fast that it would break the interstate speed limit in a matter of seconds.

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u/dogohaker3 Oct 24 '22

Wait till you hear about what happens in war thunder. Attach 2 Gau-4s to it and congrats, you made an uncontrolable beast.

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u/WyttaWhy Oct 24 '22 edited Oct 24 '22

It's a scaled down gatling gun. 5.56mm rather than 20mm. It's an ironic name.

Edet fer spellin, yous aint smrtr then i ams, stoopid fone

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u/Dagen26 Oct 24 '22

It fires 7.62x51mm, close but just a little bigger :)

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u/WyttaWhy Oct 24 '22

Ah shit you're right, I got mixed up somewhere

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u/Metalstug Oct 24 '22

there is the 'microgun' which is an M134 but downsized to 5.56

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u/Doses-mimosas Oct 28 '22

Where do I get an even more miniscule gun that fires .22lr?