Does this sort of gun exist? If so, what's it called?

Question

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/tr/f/f7/Vulcanraven.jpg

Does the machine gun this guy is using exist in real life? If so, what's it called?

Answer 1

Mini-gun, Gatling gun, or Vulcan cannon.

The machine gun exists in real life but no application of it involves what would probably be a 200+ lb drum mag on a soldier's back.



Individual soldiers only carry such weapons in our modern video games (see link). http://www.whatistheorangebox.com/trailers/tf2_03.htm



For David D:

A SAW is a Squad Automatic Weapon.

Ft. Dix is not located in Trenton, NJ. I know because I've been to the base...more than once. Ft. Dix is located Southeast of Trenton, NJ.



EDIT: Google?

Answer 2

No.



Supposedly it is a belt fed rotary machine gun like a Gatling gun or Vulcan used on military jets.



However, a gun of that design would have so much recoil no one would be able to handle it. Even when mounted on an A-10 jet, the recoil has a measurable effect on the forward motion of the plane.



If you want an idea of the recoil, shoot a 44 Mag and then imagine that amount of recoil doubled and coming 600 times a second.

Answer 3

I'm not even sure what kind of backpack the man in the picture is wearing, but it looks too large to be feasible. (Even for the Swartzenegger character holding it)



As for the gun itself, it looks like a M134 minigun. The size of the gun (especially its caliber) makes it seem too impossible to be carried by a single person. Usually guns of a similar type would be mounted either to helicopters as secondary infantry garrisoned weapons or to airplanes as primary weapons.



In the 1960's, the US army experimented with making infantry-portable miniguns. If you were looking for a gun close to the one in the picture, try the 'XM214 Microgun'



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/XM214_Minigun.jpg

Answer 4

NO, that actual weapon does not exist. It seems to be based on an actual weapon called a "mini-gun".

The problems with a hand held mini are; it needs a power supply and a large enough magazine to hold a huge amount of ammo. Something that large and heavy would be WAY too heavy to carry on an average soldiers back.

Answer 5

sort of... it's called a "minigun" or a Gatling gun or possibly the M61 Vulcan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan The thing on the dudes back appears to be an ammo drum of some sort.. Not likely that a real human could carry that much.. but due to the high cyclic rate of fire of the Vulcan one would need that much if a battle was to last more than one or two seconds.

Answer 6

It looks like a mini gun. They put those gun on helicopters and they can mount them on light armored vehicles but there is no way a human would be able to carry that gun and the ammo in a tactical environment. Plus when its shot the amount of force it has would make the weapon extremely inaccurate, it would have to be mounted on a steady platform to be any good.

Answer 7

Yes there is a gun like that used by out military. It is called a SAW. Spraying Assault Weapon. It is carried by an individual. It is carried with a shoulder harness and is belt fed. This gun can also be seen in the movie Predator . Jesse the Body Ventura uses it in a couple of scenes. IT IS A REAL GUN CARRIED BY 1 PERSON !!! The gun only weighs about 30 pounds.



Yuriy,

Thanks for the correction. I was stationed there in 1987 for Basic

training. I was with Alpha co. 326 Infantry. From July 15 through September

30th. From there I went to Fort Sill Oklahoma. I know Ft Dix is not in

Trenton. However it is about 15 to 20 miles away.That is the nearest

big city. I too have been there a few times. However it has been almost

20 years ago. Mcguire air force base is also located in the area. Again

thanks for the info, and have a Merry Christmas.



by the way my M.O.S. was 31 v, that's what I went to Fort Sill for.

That is located, outside of Lawton, Oklahoma

Your Googeling skills are outstanding !!!!

Answer 8

It's a mini-gun. Yes. My dad had one on his cobra. The thing on the guy's back is probably a generator for the gun. They are too heavy to be carried like that in real life.

Answer 9

Your Post/Avatar is obnoxious!



The Cartoon(cartoons are not real) depicts a fantasy weapon.



The military has many Gear Operated weapons like that but most are mounted. The thing on his back is pure fantasy.



Ret. USAF SNCO

Answer 10

It is a Gatling gun and the barrels rotate to prevent overheating of any one barrel. Overheating would cause barrel warping and failure. This weapon is designed to be mounted on a fixed surface ( Helicopter, tank etc. ) not to be held be some super human.

Answer 11

Not with the giant turbine on the back but the gun he's holding is a gattling gun

Answer 12

I believe it is a m61 Vulcan

Answer 13

That particular unit is a six shot Laus Rocket.

And if that Gunnery Sergeant were to fire it like that, he'd lose his leg.

Yeah, it exists but you would be hard pressed to find one outside of the Armed Forces.