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Word: miniguns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...deadly arsenal. Moving in for the kill, the two-man crew-pilot and copilot-gunner-have at their fingertips six missile launchers, a swiveling belly-turret with a 30-mm. automatic gun, and a nose turret armed with either a 40-mm. grenade-launcher or a six-barrel minigun that fires 6,000 rounds per minute. A special helmet linked to an infra-red light beam allows the pilot to aim his fire system by moving his head, while the gunner, using a periscopic sight, can presumably hit an object as small as a car radiator cap from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Cheyenne Warrior | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

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