"and you could get a ton, and i mean a TON, of ammo (don't remember the caliber) get in a high place, or maybe in an aircraft, you could mow them down like ants"

"Haul the thing back to base. Display it very prominently. Sit back as nobody ever messes with us again.

I mean, would YOU pick a fight with the guy with the minigun?"

"Yes, because machine guns make people cocky. All it takes is one round from a bolt-action that someone knows how to use and your gunner is gone."

"I would take it if i had an established fortress. But in ANY other situation it would be almost useless because of weight and inaccuracy."

"You can get the same effect out of a M240 with less weight and more maneuverability (based off the 7.62mm minigun, since the 20mm and 30mm variants are generally mounted in aircraft).

And a M-14 (I know, not a bolt-action) firing the same ammo will be able to reach out and touch that gunner without them able to get a shot off. And that DMR just used one round to do what the minigun would burn hundreds trying to accomplish.

I'm also not sure, but I don't it would be likely for you to be able to "pull the barrels," and even if you could there's only one firing mechanism, so I don't know what you'd do with the rest.

I just see the minigun as a waste of time, space and ammo. If I want rapid fire 7.62mm, give me a M-240. Worked for my gunner throughout Iraq."

"There's been some limited usage on ground vehicles, and they're considering reviving the 5.56mm Microgun as a CIWS weapon for tanks and APCs. "