M13 link
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The M13 link, formally Link, Cartridge, Metallic Belt, 7.62mm, M13, is the U.S. military designation for a metallic disintegrating link specifically designed for ammunition belt-fed firearms and 7.62×
M13 links reassembled to previously fired 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge cases
M13 links connect up to 200 7.62×51mm NATO rounds contained in an M19A1 ammunition box used to feed an M240G machine gun
A gunner from the HMS Lancaster's ship's company takes part in small arms firing at sea (SAFAS) using a pintle-mounted GPMG with an EOTech holographic weapon sight and an ejected M13 link piece and cartridge case collection bag
M134 Minigun
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The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire. It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an e
M13 link
…for the United States and among NATO for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. As of 2017, it has been in use for over 60 years and is used on the Dillon M134D Minigun, M60 Machine Gun, FN MAG/M240, Mk 48, MG3, HK21, MG5, UKM-2000, K16, SS-77, and Negev NG-7, among others. Some countries redesignated the M13 link when…
Mounted on a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter
View of M134 from inside a UH-1 Huey, Nha Trang AB, 1967
A U.S. Air Force rotary-wing crewman fires a minigun during the Vietnam War.
A Royal Navy minigun, separated from mounting and ammunition