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David Mackintosh <da...@ndmack.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <3180be83...@nntp.best.ix.netcom.com>, Clay Cahill
><Cha...@ix.netcom.com> writes
>>Former Human Sargeant <cr...@arkon.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>... nor is
>>there anything very mini about a real mini gun, either. In T2 it was a
>>superhuman robot and in Predator, it was Arnold the Barbarian... in
>>Real Life (tm) the mini guns that are mounted on choppers weigh like
>>300 pounds. So do mini gunners come trained in 5 seconds with cybentic
>>limbs and spinal cord to hold those guns? Or  is the name and weapon
>>simply a conciet that we should understand to mean 'nasty light
>>machine gun' as 'man portable' it aint and it certinaly doesn't refer
>>to the mini guns of the 80's and 90's.
>>

>Actually it was the cowboy type person who owned the Mini-gun in
>Predator, and he was not superman!  And even if he was, the other guy
>who used it was not superman either - so mini-gunners should just be
>quite strong.  The mini-gun that is mounted on choppers etc are
>probbably Vulcan Cannons which ARE VERY HEAVY!!

No, Clay was right.  The minigun used in Predator, T2, etc, is a 7.62
minigun that is mounted on helicopters such as the OH-58 Kiowa and the
infamous LOACH.  These are light observation helicopters that can't
afford the huge weight of a 30mm gun or the massive Vulcan cannons.
(Although I guess you COULD call these a Vulcan, they are much smaller
than the REAL Vulcan.)  I don't know how much they weigh, but having
carried belts of 7.62 ammo for the M-60, I know you would NEVER be
able to carry the weapon and enough ammo to make it worthwhile for any
distance of importance.  The way that thing was humped around in
Predator was totally farcical.  But it was still cool.  =)