"Minigun" refers to a specific model of weapon that General Electric originally produced, but the term "minigun" has popularly come to refer to any externally powered rotary gun of rifle caliber.
"Minigun" se odnosi na specifični model kojeg je General Electric izvorno proizvodio, ali pojam "minigun" je popularno došao do toga da se odnosi na bilo koji vanjsko pogonjeni Gatling gun puščanog kalibra.