The Dillon M134D is an electrically powered, six
barreled, Gatling gun capable of fixed rates of
either 3,000 or 4,000 shots per minute. It can be
powered by AC or DC power sources. The weapon is
chambered in 7.62 mm NATO with magazine available
in 1500, 3000 or 4400 rounds capacities. The M134D
is a modular system, allowing easy adaptation to
any platform. This flexibility allows it to perform
equally well in the fixed-forward fire or crew serve
mode. With an average of 30,000 rounds between stoppages,
the Dillon M134D is one of then most reliable weapons
in the World.
The
standard Aero fires 3,000 shorts per minute.
That equals 50 shots per second. No other
7.62 mm weapon comes close to this rate
of fire. Fast shooting is important to suppress
multiple targets in compressed periods of
time. More importantly, fast guns as M134
D is more accurate than slower firing weapons.
There are two reasons for this and both
are a result of the high cyclic rate. First,
Gatling guns experience virtually no recoil.
The M134D fires 50 shots per second, meaning
there is 1/50th of a second between each
shot. Because the time between shots is
so short the M134D, on a properly engineered
mount, simply moves aft with the first shot
with no tendency to pitch up or yaw. This
makes the weapons far more stable and easier
to aim. Secondly, in the time it takes to
fire one round from an M-240, four rounds
are fired from the Gatling gun - this makes
for very dense shot grouping. This also
means that with four times the number of
impacts in the target area, there is a four-fold
reduction in the amount of times it takes
for a gunner to see his hits and adjust
his aim.
On the land the M134D is currently deployed
worldwide for convoy escort, border patrol,
and VIP protection.
Specifications
Caliber
7,62
mm NATO
Country
users
United
States, United Kingdom,Bahrain,
Jordan and Colombia
Pakistan
plans to conduct another test of tactical missile Nasr (Hatf IX) in
May 2012 able to carry a nuclear warhead, said Saturday, May 19, 2012,
the television channel Geo TV. According to the channel, the Pakistan
army is fully ready to test.
