CODE – 04-132-967

NAME – XM214 Externally-powered Machine Gun

COMMON NAMES – Microgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1967

CALIBER – 5.56x45mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 73 cm (28.75 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 53.8 cm (21.2 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 30.5 cm (12 in)

LOAD – M193 Spitzer-pointed full jacketed ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 5.70 mm (0.224 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 3.56 g (55 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 1000 m/s (3280 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 1782 j (1314 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 9.30 kg (20 lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (DRIVE) – 3.40 kg (7 lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (FEEDER) – 1.27 kg (2 lb 13 oz)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 13.97 kg (30 lb 13 oz) with electric motor, feeder

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 20.69 kg (45 lb 10 oz) with electric motor, feeder, loaded with 500 rds linked

WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 38.6 kg (85 lb 2 oz) on M122 tripod, with electric motor, feeder, battery pack, control system, gun cradle, ammunition rack, feed chuting, loaded with 1,000 rounds M195 Ball

TYPE OF MOUNT – M122 tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 6.35 kg (14 lb)

WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 87.91 kg (193 lb 13 oz) mounted on aircraft pintle, with electric motor, feeder, power supply, control system, ammunition can, feed chuting, loaded with 2,000 rounds M195 Ball.

TYPE OF MOUNT – Aircraft-type Pintle

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 19.96 kg (44 lb)

POWER REQUIREMENTS – 28 vdc, 7 amps (intermittent)

POWER SUPPLY WEIGHT – 14.97 kg (33 lb)

ELECTRIC CONTROL SYSTEM – 6.80 kg (15 lb)

SIGHTS – None

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)

OPERATION – Electric, external drive motor

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

CYCLIC ROF – 400 to 6,000 rpm

FEED DEVICE – XM27 disintegrating metallic link belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – XM27 Link – 2.1 g (30 grains each, 500 XM27 links – 1.05 kg (2 lb 5 oz)

Ammunition Can and Feed Chuting (EMPTY) – 5.33 kg (11 lb 12 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 6.72 kg (14 lb 13 oz) 500 rds M195 ball linked)

Ammunition Can and Feed Chuting – 32.21 kg (71 lbs) loaded with 2,000 rounds

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four – 2,000 rd Ammunition Cans (8,000 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 128.82 kg (284 lbs)

MANUFACTURER – General Electric Co., Armament Systems Department, Burlington, Vermont – General Dynamics

STATUS – Development

SERVICE – Evaluation