Minigun

//ˈmɪniˌɡʌn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A machine gun with several rotating barrels, capable of firing several thousand rounds per minute.

    "You know, what I'm actually thinking- is, if the deathclaw event actually happens, will the minigun on [that] Vertibird still be a minigun, or will it be something completely different?"

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chaingungatling gun

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"You know, what I'm actually thinking- is, if the deathclaw event actually happens, will the minigun on [that] Vertibird still be a minigun, or will it be something completely different?"

Etymology

From mini- + gun, so-called because General Electric designers scaled down the rotating-barrel 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon for 7.62×51mm ammunition (in order to create a weapon with a higher and more reliable rate of fire).

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machine gun

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