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New Common Minigun Variant To Replace All Existing Versions Eyed By U.S. U.S. forces have accumulated a maze of different Minigun variants since the first versions entered service more than six decades ago. Joseph Trevithick Published Jan 15, 2026 1:52 PM EST The U.S. military is looking at replacing all of the different versions of the famous Minigun in service today with a new standardized type that would be designated the GAU-24/A. The iconic six-barrel Gatling-type 7.62x51mm machine gun, capable of firing thousands of rounds per minute, first entered service in the 1960s, and America’s armed forces now have an array of variants spread across their arsenals. The Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO U&W) within the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) put out a request for information contracting notice regarding the GAU-24/A plan this week... Complete article, lots of photos: https://www.twz.com/land/new-c...versions-eyed-by-u-s | ||
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I CAN NOT WAIT for the CMP to get those old ones!! ___________________________________________ Life Member NRA & Washington Arms Collectors Mistake not my current state of joshing gentle peevishness for the awesome and terrible majesty of the towering seas of ire that are themselves the milquetoast shallows fringing my vast oceans of wrath. Velocitas Incursio Vis - Gandhi The good thing is that if Plan A fails, there are 25 other letters in the alphabet. | |||
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Streamlining the supply chain makes sense, but why hasnt that happened decades ago. “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “ in my opinion, anything that we can do to trigger a potential aneurysm in a leftist is a good thing and worth doing” nhtagmember 2025 | |||
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