INDIVIDUAL AND CREW-SERVE WEAPONS
GAU-19/B Lightweight Gatling Gun
INDIVIDUAL AND CREW-SERVE WEAPONS
GAU-19/B Gatling Gun
GAU-19/B Lightweight Gatling Gun .50 Caliber
Lightweight, Reliable, Lethal
The GAU-19/B .50 caliber Gatling Gun is a lightweight gatling gun for application on a variety of air, land and sea platforms, including helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, land-based vehicles, naval vessels and high-speed patrol boats.
With a rate of fire of 1,300 shots per minute, the .50 caliber GAU-19/B provides superior firepower in a lightweight system. The total system weight of the three barrel GAU-19/B is neutral to that of a single barrel machine gun.
Lightweight and devastating firepower make the GAU-19/B the ideal weapon system for air, land or sea operations.
The GAU-19/B has an unmatched 40,000 mean rounds between failure with the first scheduled maintenance begining at 35,000 rounds. It fires a standard NATO .50 caliber M9-linked ammunition. The gun’s automatic clearing cycle ensures live rounds are not left in the gun.
GAU-19/B Lightweight Gatling Gun Technical Specifications
| Gun type | .50 caliber, three barrels |
| Reliability | 40,000 mean rounds between failure |
| Scheduled Maintenance | 35,000 rounds |
| Gun Weight | 106 pounds |
| Rate of fire | 1,300 shots per minute |
| Dispersion | 2.0 – 5.0 milliradians diameter, 80 percent circle |
| Recoil force | 575 pounds at 1,300 shots per minute |
| Ammunition capacity | 500 – 1,200 rounds |
| Ammunition | Standard NATO .50 caliber M9-linked |
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