I went with machine gunning because I thought it made sense based on the passive effect I saw in the item file so if I was accurate in that assumption, absolutely!
The unlock level may be up to your discretion as I haven't used it yet, not certain if it's needed at machine guns level 11 😅
From my experience so far, every vulture turns into one of those when they die regardless of how. This includes the dev gun.
Have not tried command killing them now that I think of it but will let you know the outcome