Insane Footage of Apache Helicopters minigun

[BP2K2Max]

this vid's sick, and Metallica playing in the background is just the cherry on top.


Mini Gun

[blindside.AMG]

It's a repost but I didn't mind watching it again.

[BP2K2Max]

yeah? i serached for apache and mini gun and came up with nothing. that sucks. enjoy it anyway.

[Porsche]

Apache.... right, let's see what I can do.


The Apache is has a belly mounted M230 chaingun, a single barrel, not-gatling gun.

There was much more additional footage, most of which was from a UH-1 Huey, armed with an GE M134 gatling gun, same one in T2. Normally these things are mounted on vehicles, you actually see an old UH-1 in the background of T2, suggesting where it came from.

Lastly, they had footage of Monster Garage's Rx-7 'Sandrail' which failed horribly, and was shot by Dillon Minigun mounted on a Suburban. which is a derivative of the M134.

I actually found a link to this video under the M134 title. So sorry, but this isn't Apache footage, not entirely anyways.


M230:http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...mages/m230.jpg M134:http://dillonaero.com/layout1/page/t...TOKEN=46528074

[-The Stig-]

none of those were AH-64 Apaches

They were UH1H Huey's... and a few MD500's.

And looked more like Vietnam/Korea footage more than Iraq...

Anybody else notice the Chevy starter lookin thing ontop of the minigun? I suppose a fast turning, high torque electric motor such as a starter motor would work great for turning the barrels of a mini-gun. Way to outsource. hehe.


Overall, damn impressive! Good find!

[-The Stig-]

Damn, he beat me too it....

[Porsche]

Originally Posted by RedNeck383

Anybody else notice the Chevy starter lookin thing ontop of the minigun? I suppose a fast turning, high torque electric motor such as a starter motor would work great for turning the barrels of a mini-gun. Way to outsource. hehe.

Yeah, forgot to mention the MD500's. But now it's confirmed there's no Apache's. You could tell by the firing rate too, the M230 fires 625 spm wheras the other two are 3000-4000 spm.

BTW, it's just listed as an external 3hp motor for the Apache's gun, prolly sometihng similar on the others, wonder how fast this thing spins?

[kicker1_solo]

reminds me of a video game, that's sweet

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by kicker1_solo

reminds me of a video game, that's sweet

yeah... I remember that game.

[TRDboi]

Damn!!!!

[ec437]

seen it before... but why do the bullets glow like that?

[freakray]

Originally Posted by ec437

seen it before... but why do the bullets glow like that?

It's not the bullets that glow, it's the tracer.

The tracer helps the pilot track where his bullets are going.

[ec437]

so its a sort of chemical that they put on the bullets?

[freakray]

Originally Posted by ec437

so its a sort of chemical that they put on the bullets?

Tracer ammunition uses a bullet that contains a pyrotechnic composition (similar to that used in a flare) in a hollow base, which is ignited by the cartridge powder when fired.

It's almost like a chemical round as opposed to your standard steel, copper, lead or otherwise round.

Here's a really nice article for you to read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracer_ammunition

[ghostguy6]

thats some cool footage, firing off roughy $50,000 in tracer rounds from heuys and scorpian attach helicopters just to entertain a few people on the internet. What will the US government do next?