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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: HavocTM on October 27, 2003, 03:55:42 PM
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When you care enough to send the very best and 30mm just isn't big enough:
(http://www.bops.us/images/how.jpg)
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hey there americans and where is the pilot:rofl
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1 - lots of Americans flew spits.
2 - the pilot is flying the plane :-)
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That the inside of an AC-130? Looks like a 75mm? in front, 40mm in the background.
Smooth, always wondered how they fired that big gun.
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That's from a Orion I think, it's a 75 howitzer
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Looks more like the 105mm on an AC130.
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That is correct... it is the 105 mm Howitzer on the AC-130 gunship. I would *NOT* like to be on the receiving end of that bad boy.
The Hurri shakes a lot firing its 40mm, I wonder how bad the airframe jumps when this guy fires!
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Note that this plane has 4 engines and is ALOT bigger :eek:
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Here is the external view, in action:
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ac-130-spectre-44.jpg)
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nice! note that the plane bankes a lil' for the inpact!
btw, how the heck can you aim that thing going 200+?
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They orbit a single point when firing... at night time a time lapse photo looks like a big tornado made of fire.
I don't remember the size of the circle, but the computer keeps the guns trained on a single point as they circle.
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Originally posted by HavocTM
The Hurri shakes a lot firing its 40mm, I wonder how bad the airframe jumps when this guy fires!
actuallt IRL the hurri was THE most stable fighter platform the british had for the 40mm cannon...the cannons were set to fire at the same time...so shaking was minimal...what the would do is dive down to 50 feet or lower fly next to the ground towards there target fire a couple shots of 40mm and break off...the 40mm cannons were angled at 0deg so that by putting your gunsight on the tank the plane wouldent lose altitude and crash
as for fitting that monster gun in a WW2 fighter plane thats just plain rediculous
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Spitfire! LOL a plane for powerpuff girls
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal2/1801-1900/Gal1835_Spitfire_Guevara/gal1835.htm
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MUAHAHAHAHA!!!
(http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW/Hs129-75mm-6.jpg)
(http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/bombers/b25g-7.jpg)
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Perk Bomber! Perk Bomber! Perk Bomber!
Yeah!
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Originally posted by HavocTM
They orbit a single point when firing... at night time a time lapse photo looks like a big tornado made of fire.
I don't remember the size of the circle, but the computer keeps the guns trained on a single point as they circle.
What exactly is the advantage of using this cannon instead of bombs/rockets?
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Originally posted by frank3
What exactly is the advantage of using this cannon instead of bombs/rockets?
It's cheap bulk firepower, with better accuracy than dumb iron bombs.
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262 and ju-88 ( and outher sI guess) had this gun
HUGE
(http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm5.jpg)
The BK-5 was an adaptation of a tank gun and was intended primarily for use against Allied heavy bombers. Its magazine held 22 rounds and the gun had a rate of fire of 45 rounds per minute. BK-5 cannon were installed in some Me 410 twin-engine interceptors and experimentally in the Me 262 fighter, but the war ended before testing with the latter aircraft could be completed. Only about 300 of the guns were produced and combat usage was limited. When Reich Marshal Hermann Goering was captured and questioned on May 10, 1945, he mentioned the BK-5 experiments translated as follows:
"You might find around Germany some jet airplanes equipped with anti-tank guns. Don't blame me for such monstrostities. This was done on the explicit orders of the Fuehrer. Hitler knew nothing about the air. He may have known about the Army or Navy, but absolutely nothing about the air. He even considered the Me-262 to be a bomber and he insisted it should be called a bomber."
SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 135 lbs.
Muzzle velocity: 1,600 ft./sec.
Gun length overall: 45 in.
Barrel length: 23 in.
Maximum rate of fire: 45 rounds/min.
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maybe it was used for an airbrake :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by frank3
What exactly is the advantage of using this cannon instead of bombs/rockets?
You get a handful of bombs and missiles/rockets on a plane, but in AC130 you can carry a whole lot of ammo and deliver it to target with near pinpoint accuracy.
So it can pretty much bring down whole lot more than bombs can.
Although I would only use it without any excessive AA in the area..
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the pilot uses its Hud display on side window to aim it the loaders load it and when ready pilot does the shooting.. I have great avi on that abou t7 mins long taking out trcks and cars and poeple with the twin 40mm and the 105 . great to watch. unless you get sick at seeing body parts fly when they hit some people nice shot of a guy getting hit with the 105 and seeing two parts fly about. rmeinds me of Puff the Magic dragon back in a day
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Can I get a copy of that?
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Somehow I don't think its the pilot doing the shooting and the 'HUD' part of it.
To my knowledge AC-130 does have it's own fire controller and he does not use plain HUD, but more sophisticated ways of targeting
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email me and i will try to figure out a way to get it to you or find the link again so you can get the short movie of it. (spectre)
And i guess i am going back to when the mini gun (puff the magic dragon as we called it) .was the C47 Fire Dragon nickednamed Puff the magic dragon is what i saw. I hate to have to prove things but from a web page for the i dont think so.. I did the research for you. should of looked it up like i just did to show ya
Capt. Terry arrived at Bien Hoa in October 1964 and immediately checked the maintenance records of the C-47 section of the Ist Air Commando Squadron. He picked out a fairly low-time aircraft which was delivering supplies and mail out of Nha Trang. The aircraft, C-47 No. 43-48579, was ferried back to Bien Hoa where Terry and his crew mounted three of the GE Minigun pods in the cargo compartment. Two were mounted in the last two windows on the port side, while the third would fire out the open cargo door. A trigger button, which could fire all three guns individually or simultaneously, was mounted on the pilot's control wheel. A Mark 20 Mod 4 gunsight, the same as used in A-IE Skyraider fighter-bombers, was mounted in the left cockpit window.
Gunship c47 (http://www.ac-119gunships.com/gunshipac47.htm)
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(http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/ac47_01.jpg)
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Lol would be nice to see a minigun equipped Skytrain in AH2 :D
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Here is a night shot of one sending nice littel presents to gooks down on ground, compliments from Puff
(http://www.332nd.org/dogs/sarge/AC%20video/conefire.jpg)
GooB here are two you can get. 5 megs each
A c130 at work on a bunch of coward terrorists..
C130 with sound 7 mins of action (http://www.332nd.org/dogs/sarge/AC%20video/AC130%20Gunship-1.wmv)
C130 no sound but a few strikes (http://www.332nd.org/dogs/sarge/AC%20video/AC130%20Gunship-2.wmv)
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Originally posted by GScholz
MUAHAHAHAHA!!!
(http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW/Hs129-75mm-6.jpg)
(http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/bombers/b25g-7.jpg)
That first plane i think is a Me210/410 Hornisee
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Tought it was a Ilyushing