XM133 Minigun

Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M133
Type	Gatling-type machine gun
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designer	General Electric
Manufacturer	General Electric, Garwood Industries , Dillon Aero, DeGroat Tactical Armaments, McNally Industries LLC
Specifications
Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO
Caliber	7.62 mm (0.308 in)
Action	Gas-operated

The XM133 Minigun is a 6-barreled Gatling-type machine-gun. The weapon is a self-powered, gas-operated variant of the M134 Minigun.^[1] It fired over 3000 rpm but was not put into production.

The XM133 is a gas-operated machine-gun. It is nearly identical to the M134 but has barrels with ports that align with the piston drive in the center of the barrel cluster.

References

↑ United States, 1969. p. B-2.

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Cannon

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German Empire

7.92×57mm	Fokker-Leimberger

China

7.62×54mm	CS/LM12 Hua Qing Minigun Various other 7.62×54mm weapons

12.7×108mm	CS/LM5 Various other 12.7×108mm rotary guns

14.5×114mm	Various other 14.5×114mm rotary guns

30mm	Type 1130 CIWS Type 730 CIWS

Iran

7.62×51mm	Akhgar

12.7×108mm	Muharram

23×115mm	Asefeh

7.62x54R	Slostin GShG-7.62

12.7×108mm	Yak-B 12.7

23×115 mm	GSh-6-23

30×165mm	GSh-6-30

United States

.22LR	Neal submachine gun

5.56×45mm NATO	XM214 Microgun Aeroknox XM556

7.62×51mm NATO	XM133 Minigun M134

12.7×99mm NATO	GAU-19

20×102mm	M61 Vulcan M195 M197 XM301

25×137mm	GAU-12 Equalizer GAU-22/A

30×113mm	XM188

30×173mm	GAU-8 Avenger GAU-13/A

37×219mm/35×228mm	T250

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