Tip of the Spear: Riverines' GAU-17 Minigun

1 Aug 2011

Check out this latest installment of Military.com's Tip of the Spear video series featuring sailors from Detachment 2 of the U.S. Navy’s Riverine Squadron 3 showing off the six-barreled, electronically-controlled GAU-17 minigun found on their armored Riverine Patrol Boats.

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