[Mantis]

Ah well I was late to the party so wanted to get my 2¥ in.

[Michael Chandra]

Charges Mantis' credstick. Thank you for the donation good sir.

[UmaroVI]

It also does 1.5x DV with Suppressive Fire which has some amusing uses.

[CanRay]

It also does 1.5x DV with Suppressive Fire which has some amusing uses.

"Do you know that Suppressive Fire actually CAUSES fires?  It's a fact, I've experimented extensively."  "USING A FULL BELT OF TRACERS!!!"  "Well, that might have something to do with it, yes..."

[Mirikon]

Mmm. Suppressive fire with FA grenade launchers with WP grenades...

Sorry, lost track of things for a moment. But yes, miniguns are far from pointless, though they certainly aren't much good as a man-portable weapon. Slap one on your Steel Lynx, however, and watch the fun. Just make sure to buy LOTS of ammo.

[All4BigGuns]

Mmm. Suppressive fire with FA grenade launchers with WP grenades...

Sorry, lost track of things for a moment. But yes, miniguns are far from pointless, though they certainly aren't much good as a man-portable weapon. Slap one on your Steel Lynx, however, and watch the fun. Just make sure to buy LOTS of ammo.

Add on the FA grenade launcher with White Phosphorus grenades as an under-barrel weapon on that Steel Lynx's mini-gun.

[Mirikon]

Better yet, two Steel Lynxes, one with the minigun, one with the grenade launcher, both doing suppressive fire. Make them keep their heads down or catch lead, and then use overlapping grenade rules! Mmmm.

[Aryeonos]

At that point you might as well upgrade to the GE light autocannon and the multiple missile launcher from SR4A.

[CanRay]

Panther Assault Cannon with an Underbelly Panther Assault Cannon? 

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Wait, you can be Gas-vent 3 on a minigun?  Do you have to pay for it 15 times, once for each barrel?

[Aryeonos]

Miniguns usually only have 6 barrels, the GE Six Pak had 6 barrels (obviously), the GAU-19A was 3 barrels, if I recall correctly. My memory is a little fuzzy but I seem to recall the minigun in second edition resembling the GAU 3 barrel triangular setup.

In any case, you're just porting the barrels at the right angles to bleed off excess gas to reduce felt recoil (also bullet velocity but that's not in the rules). Anyone doing that should be charging by the barrel, they could, but RAW the wouldn't have to.

[Michael Chandra]

At that point you might as well upgrade to the GE light autocannon and the multiple missile launcher from SR4A.

According to SR4a, you can't, since SR4a contradicts Arsenal and says your max of mounts is Body/3, rounded down. That means no drone can have more than 1 weapon mount. Since Vehicle Weapons are all heavy and require Reinforced Weapon Mounts, which use 2 mount-space, that'd mean a drone cannot get a Reinforced Weapon Mount.

[CanRay]

Unless it comes with one, stock, in which case it was designed with one in mind from the factory floor. 

[Michael Chandra]

That's true and I checked the list, alas there's no reinforced weapon mount drones in Arsenal and SR4a.

[Mantis]

There is in WAR!, or are we just not going to mention that book? Also there are some in This Old Drone as well.