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Anonymous
When the U.S. entered the Vietnam War during early 1960s, it found it needed to arm its helicopters to provide additional firepower against enemy infantry. Those applications also required a high rate of fire delivered in short bursts, so General Electric designers simply scaled down the 20 mm M61 Vulcan for 7.62 x 51 mm NATO ammunition. The resulting weapon, known as the Minigun. Wikipedia--FTW
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