Dillon Aero M134D Press Video

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Dillon Aero, Inc. is the manufacturer of the Air Force GAU-2B/A (Army M134) 7.62×51mm minigun used primarily by 160th SOAR. The company has completely redesigned the weapon and significantly improved its reliability while reducing its weight. Its production facility is located in Scottsdale, Arizona.The U.S. Government purchased about 10,000 miniguns during the Vietnam War. By 1975, the manufacturer ceased making spare parts because the Army possessed a large inventory, but by 1985, there were few spares left in inventory. Units could not maintain them, so by the 1990s only Task Force 160 and some Navy Special Boat Units kept them in regular use. Around 1990, Dillon Aero coincidentally acquired a large number of surplus miniguns and spares from a "friendly foreign user."[1] Unaware of the U.S. Army's use of the weapon, Dillon Aero experienced continuous failures and determined that the surplus parts were worn out. Dillon identified the source as design-related and decided to fix the problems rather than simply put the parts into storage.

The M134D was a steel housing and steel rotor. Since 160th SOAR was their primary customer, Dillon Aero saw an opportunity to reduce the weapon's weight. They developed a titanium housing and rotor which reduced the design weight from 62 pounds (28 kg) to 41 pounds (19 kg). However, the titanium housing reduced service life to 500,000 rounds, which was higher than a conventional machine gun's 40,000 round lifespan, so Dillon Aero went back to a steel barrel. The change added only 1 pound (0.45 kg) to the weight but increased the service life to 1.5 million rounds.This hybrid, designated the M134D-H, is as of 2013 used by various 160th Regiment units.In addition to the weapon design, Dillon has improved specialized weapon mounts and ammunition-handling systems.[1] Initially, they manufactured mounts for aviation systems. Then from 2003--05, the Navy began mounting Dillon miniguns on specialized small boats. In 2005, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division procured guns to mount on Humvees. Army Special Forces on the ground in Iraq mounted M134Ds on vehicles, where their extremely high volume of fire stunned insurgents and caused them to quickly break off attacks.

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