About The 30 mm gun in the A10
| About The 30 mm gun in the A10 |
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April 1st, 2011
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| | The 30 mm gun in the A10 info LeEnfield Rides again  |
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April 1st, 2011
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 Oh! you meant the gun in the plane!  | |
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April 1st, 2011
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The base I used to work at had them flying all the time. The sound they make is amazing. You can feel it in your bones. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp. It's probably the most intimidating sound there is.
Infantry leads...... Last edited by Big_Z; April 1st, 2011 at 14:30.. |
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April 1st, 2011
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I'd love to see a large aircraft with two of these things on weapon pylons...   "This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience"- Dwight D. Eisenhower , Jan 17,1961. |
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April 5th, 2011
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Bloody hell, I thought that thing was the plane!!
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April 19th, 2011
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Fully loaded GAU-8 cannon has twice the weight of a 1967 VW Beetle! The GAU-8 cannon was well under design when the two prototype aircraft, when the Northrop YA-9 and the Fairchild Republic YA-10 started their designs for the prototypes. I also find it interesting the A-9, A-10 and Su25... three aircraft with the same mission with entirely different design approaches. |
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April 19th, 2011
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I'd love to see a 3 barrel 120mm rotating smooth bore platform on a tracked chasis or naval vessel.... Just think the 30mm sounds intimidating....now try the 120..... Sure won't be thousands of rounds a minute but hey... You have to picture that next to a Peterbilt however... |
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