Well back on the origional topic...for now.
I've got the Osprey book on Special Operations Patrol Vehicles and inside they have a couple of images of a HMMWV packing a Minigun. Alededly they are used for counter ambush when running in a convoy. The guns themselves are geared to only 2,000~3,000 rpm so you arn't shooting 100 rounds a second but it still eats ammo like a hog. Apparently someone remembered that gunmen who will stay and fight against a M2HB will run from a minigun. They found that out after mounting miniguns on PBR in Vietnam. the only real issue with a minigun besideshow much ammo it uses is that it has limited penitration compared to a Ma Duce.
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