2017年1月11日 · Empty Shell recently developed a cutting-edge version of the M134 Minigun chambered in 5.56mm NATO that the company calls the "XM556 Microgun." While there h...

The XM556 Microgun was designed and engineered around the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. This defensive suppression weapon is significantly smaller and lighter than it's big brother the M134. It was meant to stand in place of anywhere high suppressive fire wanted without the weight or footprint of the larger M134 electrically driven Gatling gun system.

Here's a quick 100 round burst of the XM556 Microgun in 5.56mm firing at 6000 rounds a minute (100 rounds a second). More information at www.emptyshell.us

Feast your eyes on the XM556 Micogun in 5.56mm. This extremely downsized minigun goes through rounds so fast, it’s almost beyond belief. The first part of th...

2017年5月23日 · Firing 4,500 rounds per minute, the CIWS is a self-contained point-defense system that can be fitted to most any naval vessel. The terrestrial version of this system is called the C-RAM Centurion. C-RAM stands for “Counter Rocket, Artillery, Mortar.”

虽然xm556的机枪火力和覆盖区域面积比m134小，但是射速高，提供火力是现役班用机枪的4倍。在保证足够弹药和电力的情况下，xm556可以用于城市作战和特种作战任务中，可以有效对付500m内的目标。并且随着电池的发展，xm556有可能会配备更轻便的电池。

2017年1月11日 · Empty Shell designed the XM556 Mircrogun to use many, though not all, existing M134 mounting solutions. What this means is that the XM556 could legitimately revolutionize vehicular defenses against hostile insurgents. The gun is small enough to mount on any military vehicle from an M1 Abrams main battle tank down to a four-wheeler.

2017年2月23日 · The XM556 Microgun currently has a user-selectable rate of fire between 6,000 and 12,000 rounds per minute. So, aside from some truly epic YouTube videos, what does the Empty Shell XM556 Microgun really bring to the table?

2019年2月5日 · Half the size of an M134 Minigun, the XM556 Microgun achieves it’s compact size by firing the smaller 5.56mm round. Traditional miniguns fire the 7.62mm round. Designed as a defensive...

2017年2月1日 · We all know the famous GE M134 Minigun from the movie “Predator,” right? My first thought was “mini, minigun” as I looked over the XM556 Microgun from Empty Shell Defense. This is a .556 version of the 7.62mm six-barreled, rotating machine-guns build by General Electric then sold to General Dynamics and perfected by Dillon Aero.