Tip of the Spear: Riverines’ GAU-17 Minigun

Feuer Frei! · 08-01-11, 09:25 AM

Check out this latest installment of Military.com’s Tip of the Spear video series featuring sailors from Detachment 2 of the U.S. Navy’s Riverine Squadron 3 showing off the six-barreled, electronically-controlled GAU-17 minigun found on their armored Riverine Patrol Boats.

http://www.military.com/video/ammuni...1086377191001/

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Platapus · 08-01-11, 07:27 PM

Love that "raspberry" sound guns like that make.

The laser designator was a nice touch too.

That thing must eat the ammo!

Feuer Frei! · 08-01-11, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Love that "raspberry" sound guns like that make.

The laser designator was a nice touch too.

That thing must eat the ammo!

What i noticed at first is the sound when on full fire, sounds like a BrushCutter

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Love that "raspberry" sound guns like that make. The laser designator was a nice touch too. That thing must eat the ammo! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.