The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling” design relies ...

Just over a 140 years ago, Richard Gatling's famous multiple barrel invention became the scourge of the battlefield with its fearsome firepower and was used by colonising European powers to decimate ...

Profense’s M134 Gatling Gun has been operational in Indonesia since 2014, a purchase the company believes is down to the weapon's key features, such as the Aeroclamp, that enhance the weapon’s ...

The Bell UH1 Huey helicopters proved that the concept of air cavalry was feasible during the first days of the Vietnam War. However, their M60 machine guns were not powerful enough to defend the ...

Profense, manufacturers of the M134 minigun, is looking to expand its global footprint in the next 12 months as interest grows in the weapons system. The M134 Gatling Gun is an electrically driven, ...

U.S. Marines conduct a close-air-support exercise in a UH-1Y Venom helicopter. The GAU-21 machine gun is a lightened version of the powerful M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun. The M134 (aka GAU-17 ...

Profense, a U.S. military contractor, shows off the M134 gun used by armed forces. Profense demonstrated the weapon Monday at SHOTShow’s industry day at Boulder City Rifle and Pistol Club. Profense is ...

The XM556 Microgun is smaller and lighter than some current 5.56mm belt-fed Squad Automatic Weapons currently on the market but with 4x’s the firepower. It has much less weight and a smaller footprint ...