is this a real minigun? man holding it is from CDG cartel. I thought these were super heavy.

Go to the 14:00 mark. That's the only video you'll ever see of a guy hip shooting a minigun with full power ammo. It's wildly dangerous. Mat's a pretty strong guy and it literally slid him backwards in the dirt.

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Diligent-Parfait-236@reddit

Based on the second burst I think he's just stumbling backwards after losing his footing, not that it isn't a bad idea.

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alexmikli@reddit

I'm so happy that someone out there lived the dream

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annonimity2@reddit

The battle rifle fell out of style because it was uncontrollable in full auto, this thing could probably pick you up and throw you with enough ammo.

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fuzzycaterpillar123@reddit

So instead of rocket jumping, which is dangerous, we should put mini guns on our arms … got it!

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CCPCanuck@reddit

Don’t skip leg day

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TacTurtle@reddit

So we need a fat guy or sumo to carry it?

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BandPDG@reddit

??? The MK44/M134 fires 7.62 NATO... one round at a time - which generates less than 20 Ft-Lbs of recoil in most firearms. Given the weight of these guns, that felt recoil will be significantly less. Once overcoming the initial recoil, this would be very manageable for an average shooter - assuming they had the gucci suspension JV was using to balance and aim the weapon. I say NBD.

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ChevTecGroup@reddit

You'd be wrong. I've seen people try it. And I took the 300pb number straight from a military technical document

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AngriestManinWestTX@reddit

IIRC the minigun they used in Predator and T2 were also limited to 1200 RPM or so. Maybe that had an influence too.

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ChevTecGroup@reddit

They were shooting blanks. But yeah maybe

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davytoogravy@reddit

Its firing like 60 rounds a second lol

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talon04@reddit

I mean theres video of James Cameron shooting one while holding it.

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expertninja@reddit

Not for Jesse Ventura though. He could do it, I saw it in a documentary once.

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skygt3rsr@reddit

Old painless

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Agile_Tit_Tyrant@reddit

Well, he IS a sexual Tyrannosaurus.

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skygt3rsr@reddit

Just like me

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Agile_Tit_Tyrant@reddit

Dug into this comment section like an Alabama tick! 😆

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skygt3rsr@reddit

And we ain’t got time to bleed

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SquareRelationship27@reddit

How about like Arnold? Can I hold it like he did in Terminator 2?

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BandPDG@reddit

The gun was mounted on a load bearing suspension. While nowhere near something we would actually field...in theory, it could be done with someone of the right build and disposition....

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Bloodysamflint@reddit

How TF do the cartels get this kind of shit?

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CubaNSeeD@reddit

Operation Fast and the Furious…

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SaltyApple8@reddit

That is nothing compared to the amount of guns they get in a month by themselves.

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CCPCanuck@reddit

someone is familiar with Eric Holder

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PandorasFlame1@reddit

Garwood Industries

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FarmerKook@reddit

The ATF

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Due_Most9445@reddit

We give Mexican military weapons.

Corrupt people be corrupt.

Money changes hands.

Cartel now has a minigun

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CCPCanuck@reddit

thank you Eric Holder

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Walleyevision@reddit

We arm one cartel (illegally) to take out another. They do or they don’t but they don’t return the weapons when they win or if they lose just goes to the other side.

As someone once said….why do you think a mil-spec hammer costs $800? Something has to fund all the shady deals our government is doing to us and the rest of the world.

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1rubyglass@reddit

Don't forget the air forces coffee cups...

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Dcm155@reddit

The United States ATF

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Starman562@reddit

Killing soldiers and taking their gear usually works.

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SingleIssueVoter69@reddit

Gunbroker

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Christophe12591@reddit

Dude idk why this made me laugh so hard but thank you for making my evening Reddit browsing session worth it

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Deathregent@reddit

Sure looks real

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TacTurtle@reddit

They are like 65lbs for the steel version, 42-44lbs for the ones with a titanium rotor and housing.

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ILikestoshare@reddit

Holy crap. So that dumb politician was actually right?!

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EsotericAbstractIdea@reddit

ar-15, m134, same thing

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Feeling-Antelope4857@reddit

Look at the vein popping on his hand dude

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cmhbob@reddit

Looks like an M134 which specs out at 85 pounds. The receiver of the M2HB weighs about 60 pounds and while I didn't want to do it long, I could hold it for a few minutes.

That cradle position is pretty easy to hold something heavy in.

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alexmikli@reddit

The lightest one, thex XM214, is about 22 pounds. Not sure if any still exist though.

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sootfactory335d@reddit

I just googled m134 weight and seems there is a heavy varient thought I've cleaned, handled, shot, carried, loaded MANY of these guns and never seem to have come across this beast of a 134 lol. Though I guess they exist so I suppose I'll eat crow.

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sootfactory335d@reddit

I'll tell you right now an m134 doesn't weight 85 pounds unless that's with ammo can included. 40 pounds maybe!

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2017hayden@reddit

I’ve held more than I’m able to lift on my own in a position like that for a fairly considerable amount of time. You’re absolutely right that’s a pretty easy position to hold something in.

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Luffewaffle@reddit

I can carry a whole ass maxim machine gun at a 5’10 130 pound guy lmao

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PandorasFlame1@reddit

The M134 lightweight mod weighs 41lbs, otherwise it weighs about 85lbs. Unloaded. No battery.

Also that there is probably a Garwood Industries minigun. Illegally sold to the cartels in the mid 2010s until he was raided in 2017 by the feds.

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smedr001@reddit

They aren't super heavy, you just can't shoot them freehand.

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Nomad_StL@reddit

Can't be much heavier than an AR-15, those things weigh as much 10 boxes you might be moving.

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SnooCheesecakes2465@reddit

Add an external power supply and 4k rounds and its no longer man portable

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meegsmooth@reddit

I'm sure they aren't that heavy. Unless you are built like a starving Ethiopian child or something.

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Ok_Mud_8998@reddit

What's heavy on a mini gun is the ammo. Carrying a meaningful supply for an m134, for example.

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RockSteady65@reddit

The whole nine yards right?

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bearlysane@reddit

Well, and the recoil is heavy, too.

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Double_Minimum@reddit

The recoil is probably not that bad given the weight and a 4000 round/min rate. Especially if you are holding that ammo (600 rounds would make you a 400lb setup easy. Plus you just spray these things anyway, and for actual human use, it would be slowed down to like 1500 rds/min

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bearlysane@reddit

I’m mostly going off the videos where they shoot one.

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Double_Minimum@reddit

Yea, dude looks like he is doing it for first time. More muscles and a different stance. In the end the extra rounds don’t really add up to greater recoil like you think, and this gun has spinning momentum and weighs way more than most 5.56 rifles.

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fjzappa@reddit

Yeah ok, but it would be difficult to fire it from that position, what with the spinning barrels and such.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

This isn't it, but there's also the prototype XM556 microgun, a 5.56 minigun that weighs like 20 something pounds.

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Due_Most9445@reddit

Could have sworn I saw a 22lr variant at some point somewhere.

Could have been a fever dream though since the amount of jams must be insane with it

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

My dream is a .22 microgun that feeds from a hopper. Just toss a brick of junk .22 in there. Hopper system somehow aligns and feeds each cartridge. Any misfires just get ejected.

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Due_Most9445@reddit

So what you're saying is a hopper fed to a shaker table/conveyor that stands the cartridges facing down on their rims on a rail guide to a rotating gear that picks the cartridge off the rail and deposits it onto a table which then chambers, fires, and kicks the round out?

https://youtu.be/E7s__boxX-g?si=IOARBwaIjQXtM0SM

Something like this almost

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LtDrinksAlot@reddit

https://youtu.be/5yCyOZ1N_8I?si=C9zaQ3ZXZdo073E7

cool thing about miniguns is any misfires just get ejected out and you keep going.

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