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Heligun EX17 1966 Multibarrel MG- Hughes Aircraft Proposal

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Heligun EX17 1966 Multibarrel MG- Hughes Aircraft Proposal

118 pages, about 11" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice copy. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated. Text in English

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The Heligun was developed by Hughes Aircraft as part of a complete package for the OV-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 mind-boggling 6000RPM firing rate. Ultimately, it was not adopted because the reliability (mean time between stoppages) couldn’t quite be brought up to par, and Army officials decided that it didn’t offer enough improvement over the already adopted M134 Minigun to be worth the switch.

  • Hughes 1966 Heligun EX17 Machine Gun Proposal for US Govt.
  • Hughes Aircraft
  • Comparisons
  • Effectiveness
  • Features
  • First and Second year Development
  • Gun Fixtures
  • Gun Specifications
  • Illustrations
  • Interim Manual
  • Introduction
  • Need
  • Safety
  • Scope of Work
  • Weight

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