Live Firing GAU 21 (50 Caliber Machine Gun): Blistering 10,000 Rounds

[@zigwil153]

that fire rate for a 50 is nuts

[@SeanDailey-dy8tn]

Gau 19 is even faster

[@rad7646]

Damnnn it's like a MG3 and a Ma Deuce had some sort of weird love child... Def a timeless piece of history in the making

[@LordOceanus]

Its an outgrowth of the old M-3 Aircraft version of the M2. The Ma Deuce has been able to throw 1200RPM since the 30s. This is just the newest one.

[@calebbowling4137]

The browning got an upgrade

[@phil20_20]

They should put this on the M1 replacement.

[@dimitrimativa5568]

All the machine gun show in this video are not Gau21…the machine gun with standard cooking handle is not an open bold one that means it’s Gau18 or another M3AN configuration

[@김명환-d9m]

f 86 sabre

[@piggysleft]

Incorrect , the barrel life isn’t 10k rounds , think about it , it fires @ 1000 rpm ! So after a string of 10 minutes of intermittent fire your barrels destroyed ? Mag capacity is 600 rounds normally with 4 reloads per aircraft.

[@MarkJacksonGaming]

-- The F is that make that barrel out of? Wishes? The wizard I picked up on the side of the highway couldn't forge that :)

[@TrevorGray4758]

I shot this gun in a H60R and I’ll say. Even though it’s a fun gun to shoot on a good day. It had a lot of problems. Honestly the M240 is a better gun in my opinion. It just felt more reliable and accurate for what we were doing.

[@JimmySailor]

All the high ROF brownings are difficult to maintain. The aircraft versions of the .30 cal were notoriously difficult to keep running at a stated ROF of 12-1500 in WW2. The aircraft an/m2 50 cal ram up to 850. All of this leaves me wondering why the electric GAU 19 isn’t better in every way.

[@phil20_20]

Because it's electric.

[@MarkJacksonGaming]

-- We got our pick of the litter in SOC. Picked the M-60 for most mounted applications. This was late 90s so they weren't standard issue, but there were plenty around.

[@bryantmartin4026]

@@phil20_20 boogie woogie woogie....sorry i had to...but I agree with you so theres that.

[@BananasFroggy]

Me need

[@sheeeitmayn4384]

How does the barrel not instantly melt 😂

[@taxiholocaust5951]

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[@northkoreabestkoreao9690]

There’s a big fan blowing air over it.

[@rain_f]

Because it's an aircraft weapon, there enough air flow to cool the weapon

[@garyK.45ACP]

So a barrel life of 10 minutes of fire! Yikes.

[@dimitrimativa5568]

This is 6000 sec when you now that the rate of fire is 1100 rds/min max : 18 rds/sec this is a lot of target you can engage and an huge probability to hit👍😉

[@localparfait]

It seems like not a lot, even though it is. Less than 10 minutes of fire will destroy it. How many outings. My car gives me a miles and a date. How many operations. Like how much ammo do they even carry.

[@mortiarty7842]

@@localparfaitwell barrel is replaceable all that matter is the receiver and internals, it would matter on a cannon since you can’t just replace it in a battle

[@willisfernandes2366]

It's no match against the Russian NSV, Dushka and the Russian kpv heavy machine, which is capable of firing a devastating 14.5mm caliber rounds. Go Russia love from India 🇮🇳

[@joopgerritsen8190]

Perfect weapon for riots in city's

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

Aw ... No tracers?Imagine aP-51 with six of these ... Or a P-47 Thunderbolt with EIGHT; or a B-25J "Gunship" with 12 of 'em ...

[@phil20_20]

There's a "Multi-purpose" round that serves the purpose. It's AP-explosive w/tracer, unless they got rid of the tracer part in the new version.

[@phil20_20]

This was originally designed for aircraft in WW2. There were development delays I presume. It had reliability issues.