A10 Warthog 30mm gun
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In the Army, I was a 16R Vulcan crew member. Very similar weapon, but 20mm and mounted on an APC. Lots of fun to shoot
I understand that if the 30mm needs to be removed, the tail of the plane needs to be supported!
Very cool video!
Thanks
Very cool video!
Thanks
Very familiar with that, as i worked as an armament specialist on A-10s for 15 years. CTANG JAW
Of additional interest is the ALA (ammunition loading assembly) which simultaneously loads new ammo as the old "brass" (Al) is unloaded.
Driven off of aircraft hydraulics, interesting stuff @ 1:30
Boy the sound @ :30 brings back the memories
Of additional interest is the ALA (ammunition loading assembly) which simultaneously loads new ammo as the old "brass" (Al) is unloaded.
Driven off of aircraft hydraulics, interesting stuff @ 1:30
Boy the sound @ :30 brings back the memories
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In the Army, I was a 16R Vulcan crew member. Very similar weapon, but 20mm and mounted on an APC. Lots of fun to shoot
The M61 Vulcan was definitely a workhorse. I know it was designed for mounting on aircraft, but it made its way to other platforms like the Phalanx CIWS (aka R2D2).
yeah, here is what my weapon system looked like
Does it require an engine running to power the hydraulics?
I was told of the (few apparently) times the M113/Vulcan was used on convoy duty in SVN. If there was ever a sniper or even the suspicion that there was a possible ambush setup the Vulcan would just chew down the jungle to 3-400 yards deep. Even the VC had better sense than to hit those. The problem was they were few and far between.
I heard it ended up being of limited use for its intended use against aircraft. I mean - why would an aircraft opt to get close to it when it can be avoided.
But for CIWS, the GAU-8 ended up being used this way:
They push aircraft into the reach of AA missiles, that's the use. Or missile batteries push them down into the range of artillery, they are a combined system. Pick your poison.
Give it the whole 9 yards!
There’s controversy over its use. For a while they weren’t using them. Depleted uranium is mildly radioactive, and chemically toxic.
There are (4) types of ammunition used;
High explosive
Incendiary
Depleted uranium
Training
The "training" ammunition has a steel head and is still used in combat for destroying lightly armor or trucks.
When in Kuwait we loaded what is referred as a "combat mix"; the rounds are a mix of the above 4 type.
(i.e 1 HE, 1 incendiary, 1 depleted uranium, 1 training, rinse repeat)
99.98% of the rounds i loaded were blue tipped (training)
High explosive
Incendiary
Depleted uranium
Training
The "training" ammunition has a steel head and is still used in combat for destroying lightly armor or trucks.
When in Kuwait we loaded what is referred as a "combat mix"; the rounds are a mix of the above 4 type.
(i.e 1 HE, 1 incendiary, 1 depleted uranium, 1 training, rinse repeat)
99.98% of the rounds i loaded were blue tipped (training)
Hi
Do they still use the depleted uranium rounds? I know that after gulf war and bosnia, there were many health concerns involving that type of munition.
Might still be used in some cases. Depleted uranium is mildly radioactive. The half-life of U238 is in the billions of years and other isotopes are in hundreds of thousands. But uranium is chemically toxic.
