EX-17 Heligun

EX-17 Heligun
Type	Machine gun
Specifications
Weight	13,6– 15 kg
Length	760 mm

Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO
Caliber	7.62 mm
Barrels	2
Action	Gas operated
Rate of fire	4000-6000 rpm
Feed system	Belt

The EX-17 Heligun is a two-barrel 7.62 mm calibre machine gun.^[1]^[2]^[3] The weapon is gas-operated and was developed by Hughes Aircraft for use in the OH-6 recon helicopter.^[1]

Overview

The Heligun was developed by Hughes Aircraft as part of a complete package for the OH-6 recon helicopter. It offered a number of significant advantages over the Minigun – it was half the weight, self-powered (not electrically driven), and had a higher 6000RPM firing rate. Ultimately, it was not adopted because the reliability (mean time between stoppages) couldn’t quite be brought up to par, and US Army officials decided that it didn’t offer enough improvement over the already adopted M134 Minigun to be worth the switch.

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