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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Furball on April 20, 2003, 11:17:57 AM

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: Furball on April 20, 2003, 11:17:57 AM

Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer' http://www.luft46.com/armament/mk108.html

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: frank3 on April 20, 2003, 01:04:14 PM

Nice :)

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: AcesGun on April 20, 2003, 03:03:20 PM

I wouldnt like to be the guy flying in front of that thing.

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: Rasker on April 21, 2003, 02:57:23 AM

whoah, only 127 lbs, wonder if they make shoulder holsters for that thing?  Be the first on your very bad block! :)

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: Imp on April 21, 2003, 10:37:01 AM

You would be better off with 30mm chaingun from the Apache on a M2 mounting :D

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: Shane on April 21, 2003, 11:12:07 AM

i love it when the german chicks say, "is that a mk108 in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"

:cool:

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: JB73 on April 21, 2003, 02:05:14 PM

what makes me curious....

he weight listed (127lbs) not super heavy.... so why is there such a performance degridation when loading these 30mm's in LW planes in AH?

is it a different variant than what we have?

is it the ammo that causes such horrible performance?

oh well my 2¢

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: fats on April 21, 2003, 03:42:19 PM

I have MK 108 listed at 88 kg ( ~194 lbs ) and mass of 100 round belt ( doesn't list type ) being 59.5 kg ( ~131 lbs ).

No idea if AH has the Fw 190A-8 rigged so that selecting the MK 108 also implicitly adds the mass of additional armor and not just the weapons'.


// fats

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: GRUNHERZ on April 21, 2003, 04:07:07 PM

In a Bf109G6/G10 you can definitely feel the difference in handling with MK108 vs a single 20mm, but its nowhere near the difference when mounting gondolas so a 30mm is  a better choice for more instantaneus firepower.  However overall the single 20mm will give about the same number of kills per sortie as the 30mm, because its easier to hit in a turn and the firepower isnt bad at all because you can, and should,  fire  the single 20mm and two 13mm at once as the trajectory is nearly identical.

Title: Mk108 'Pneumatic Hammer'
Post by: JB73 on April 21, 2003, 06:16:45 PM

yeah exactly fats ... this link showes the lower weight but,

even using your weights listed the 30mm in the A8 would be about 350-400lbs total.

it sure feels like ALOT more than that with the 30's added