The minigun is a rotary machine gun based on the Gatling principle, with the M134 version developed in the United States in the 1960s for aircraft and vehicle use. Its spinning multi barrel design became famous through action films and shooters, where the long wind up and overwhelming rate of fire made it a symbol of excess firepower, far beyond a simple pew pew effect. Online, short recordings of that burst circulate as a reusable effect for gaming clips, parodies and exaggerated fight scenes.