minigun

• mini-gun

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪniˌɡʌn/
• Hyphenation: mini‧gun

minigun (plural miniguns)

1. A machine gun with several rotating barrels, capable of firing several thousand rounds per minute.
   • 2019 October 24, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, Fallout 4 But I Randomized EVERYTHING‎^[1]:

     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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