Minigun Function

A CGI video showing you in slow motion exactly how a minigun works.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mechanics
• machinegun
• minigun
• gatling
• cool
• fascinating
• gadget

[ThatGiantRussian]

@dlinechamp78 Engineer Is Credit To Team Now Make Me A Sasha!

[7249xxl]

could you make a vid of how the bolts work and a vid of the feeder/extractor

[dragoneris]

Can´t see how to bullet goes foward can anyone explain? That part is mechanical or eletric?

[mrjimmyos]

@eventror The part that puts the bullet forward probably does that

[dlinechamp78]

This is why i'm pursuing a career in Mechanical Engineering!!!

[KottonmouthSoldiers]

@ken0is0gay0fan0club the vehicle/platform upon which it is located. a 7.62x51mm M134 gatlingun weighs 300 pounds. a 7.62x51mm fired from a 10-pound rifle is relatively mild. so, 30x that, given this is happening 2000+ times a minute, equals very little recoil.

[FEELtheNUMB]

Actually, the round is shot off not by a single hammer but by a little jolt of electricity. So the rof is determined by the speed of the barrels rotating considering whether or not the belt will feed properly into each individual barrel. At least that's how it works in the Vulcan 20 and 30 mm cannons (miniguns)

[sharpshooter48]

@eventror if you look at the white thing at the back of the bullet you see it go back and spring forward which fires the bullet

[eventror]

Do you know how the bullet is fired?

[karmakid732]

very easy to understand

but is it electric operated