Posted: 10/8/2006 5:59:54 PM EDT
| Alot of nice weapons in this flic...but I have one question. What gun does The Terminator use for the majority of the menu? The lever action one? Everyone refers to it as a shotgun, but I've never seen a shotgun that's lever action or one that leaves just one large hole in things (unless he uses slugs exclusively?)? Great movie...best terminator easily! |
+1 especially riding the HD. Kudos to whomever found it to make it happen, since it is one of the most obscure guns to ever make it into modern major film... |
Yes a real m134. It was a rental from the now defunct Stembridge Gun Rental company which provided guns for a bunch of movies. I believe it was the same one from the Predator film. They had to lower the rpm so it could be handled when fired and also so it would use less juice. That part was left out of the movie, I guess the terminator just plugged the gun into himself? 
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What kind of power source did it have to be plugged into? What in the hell are miniguns used for anyways? Is that a weapon off of aircraft? And why is it called a minigun? hah |
Not sure on power source. They're designed for military aircraft use so whatever voltage an AC-47 or helo would have. The high rate of fire is great for aircraft use because of the short time window to engage targets. Called a 'minigun' because it's a scaled down 7.62 NATO version of the G.E. Vulcan fighter aircraft 20mm cannon. |
So basically they took a minigun off a helicopter, and put hand controls and a strap on it? 7.62 is how much smaller than 20mm? Got a pic of both rounds ? :) |
You pretty much have two standard power supplies for aircraft, you either have 115V 400HZ AC, or 28V DC. |
It is not a 20mm gun that fires 7.62mm rounds. The 20mm version is pretty freaking big and is only fitted to stuff like fighter aircraft, the phalanx CIWS, and some other mobile AA gun system. GE scaled it down to a much smaller size to fire 7.62mm rounds so it could be used by troops. It already has hand controls on it since it is meant to be operated as a fixed position machine gun by door gunners and the like. It was probably modified for the movies to make holding it easier with the crossbar thingie. The recoil/thrust is too great to hold it while firing continuously, so they slowed down down the rate of fire to a more manageable frequency. It still shot fast as hell though.
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And when I pilot hands you a shaver, and asks you to put on a different plug so he can use it in the aircraft, just do it. Then follow him out to the bird and make sure you have a camera.....how those guys had the IQ to bring the wheels off of the ground and bring them back down in less than 2 pieces, I'll never know.... 
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Gotchya, so I'm assuming they were using blanks while firing it? How fast does that thing normally spin? |
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www.pureluckdesign.com/videos/Dillon%20minigun%20demo.jpg and www.dillonaero.com/videos.html Mini's in action. Figure 1 in 5 is a tracer, and THEN count rounds! Oh, and a neat animation for all you home-builders out there.... www.pureluckdesign.com/videos/Gau17animation.wmv |
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I have an original press kit for "Predator" and it mentioned two 12 volt batteries were required to power the minigun. They chose to use a chopped lever action shotgun because it was cool and a new generation of moviegoers could see an actor flip one John Wayne style.  Kinda funny how everyone seemed to carry 1911's in T2. Except the T1000, of course. Scott |