<!--QuoteBegin-Roberto+Mar 2 2005, 11:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Roberto @ Mar 2 2005, 11:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> miniguns, these aren't your hand cranked gattling guns of custer's day <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> my mistake i thought they were the same thing ive heard military personel call them gatling guns
<!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Mar 2 2005, 10:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Mar 2 2005, 10:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Roberto+Mar 2 2005, 11:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Roberto @ Mar 2 2005, 11:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> miniguns, these aren't your hand cranked gattling guns of custer's day <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> my mistake i thought they were the same thing ive heard military personel call them gatling guns
and here is the biggest gatling gun/minigun of them all, fits in the belly of the a10 <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Fun fact: The A-10 was build AROUND its gun, rather than having the guns AROUND the design.
Another fun fact: Gattling gun, in englsh, means "Rapid Fire Awesome"
<!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Mar 2 2005, 11:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Mar 2 2005, 11:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Fun fact: The A-10 was build AROUND its gun, rather than having the guns BUILT INTO the design. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> thats why its so awsome <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Nice find, except for the pointless repitition of footage.
I hope most people already realise this but those streaks are just the tracer rounds. I have no idea how many rounds between tracers but I'd imagine it's at least three or four.
In any case, while we're at it, the A-10's gun can fire something like 4000 rounds per minute (I think it used to be either 4200 or 1200 or so depending on the pilot's settings, but that they've since taken out 4200 mode. After all, if you can zap a tank with a quarter of the ammunition why risk wearing out the gun?)
<!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Mar 3 2005, 12:08 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Mar 3 2005, 12:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So... I'm assuming I can pick one of these up at my local Army Surplus Store? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> wal-mart actually
Gatling gun. Wal-Mart. On sale. Hmmm,that'll teach the next person to own me at NS. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> UUURRRGHHHHHH!!!
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<!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Mar 3 2005, 07:27 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Mar 3 2005, 07:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> and here is the biggest gatling gun/minigun of them all, fits in the belly of the a10 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Psh, lies.
The a10's role is meant to be a tank killer, it is getting old and was meant to be replaced but it did its job so damn well they kept it for another 10 years untill its replacment comes
Just a fun fact: Only every 8th round is a tracer round. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The A10 is still in service due to it's incredible durability. Everything is physically rigged, there's no servos, it's all cable. An A10 can be shot to pieces and, as long as the pilot is still in one piece, be flown safely. This also makes the flight control systems of the A10 immune to EM disruption weapons.
When a pilot is preparing to fire his gun, he gets up a decent amount of speed towards his target because when he opens fire, the force exerted on the front of his craft due to the acceleration of the bullets is so great that the craft experiences a significant loss of airspeed.
The A10 is still in service due to it's incredible durability. Everything is physically rigged, there's no servos, it's all cable. An A10 can be shot to pieces and, as long as the pilot is still in one piece, be flown safely. This also makes the flight control systems of the A10 immune to EM disruption weapons.
When a pilot is preparing to fire his gun, he gets up a decent amount of speed towards his target because when he opens fire, the force exerted on the front of his craft due to the acceleration of a sheer mass of lead is so great that the craft experiences a significant loss of airspeed.
By the way, firing the cannon will not stop the plane, as some believe. It will cause a loss of power due to the tremendous recoil, but that force is "only" approximately 10000 lbf. The engines produce 9,065 lbf each at military thrust. The A-10 is built to be able to stay aloft even if it loses an engine. Thus, even if fired for extended periods of time, the cannon will not be able to stop the plane.
Then again, Scythe only says that "the craft experiences a significant loss of airspeed." This is certainly true to an extent, as the net forward thrust decreases, and wind resistance slows down the plane to a point where the two forces once again cancel each other out.
The pilot sits in a 400-kilogram titanium "bathtub," supposedly impervious to anything up to and including 23mm rounds.
The weakest point of the A-10 is of course the need for air cover. Against a fighter jet, the A-10 is a sitting duck with its comparatively abysmal acceleration and top speed. It carries two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for self-defence, but those are short-range infra-red missiles, and the A-10 is likely to simply be shot down with a medium-range radar missile. The best chance an A-10 would have for survival in a dogfight would be against an inexperienced pilot without missiles, as the Warthog is fairly nimble and has a smaller turn-radius than even the F-16 (due to the large wings and the slow flying speed).
<!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Mar 3 2005, 03:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Mar 3 2005, 03:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Roberto+Mar 2 2005, 11:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Roberto @ Mar 2 2005, 11:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> miniguns, these aren't your hand cranked gattling guns of custer's day <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> my mistake i thought they were the same thing ive heard military personel call them gatling guns
and here is the biggest gatling gun/minigun of them all, fits in the belly of the a10<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> This weapon is called "GAU-8/Avenger 30mm Automatic Gun " built by ex General Electrics- Martin Marietta Armament Systems for the "Fairchild Republic A/OA-10-Thunderbolt II (Warthog) Air to Surface launch system".
A 7 barrel gattling gun used primarily in the air to ground role as a soft target killer and tank buster this lil device is powered by 2 13hp strong electromotors ,(Drive System Hydraulic, Electric, Pneumatic) the rate of fire depends on how many motors are activated.easy spoken, the gunner can adjust the rate of fire he wants to use. with one motor the rate of fire is about 1800-2100/min, with both motors 4200/min. The newer models using just one 26 HP (35,4 kW) electro motor.
<a href='http://yanai.blackmage.org/vidsngames/avengertestfire.wmv' target='_blank'>Avenger Test Fire Video</a> (maybe you have to use "save target as")
The weapon is 6,40 m long (barrel lenght 2,90 m) and got a diameter of 35,6 cm the wheight is about 281,2 kg without the helical ammocontainer. The cylinder shaped ammo container is 1,85 m long and got a diameter of 87,6 cm. The complete system wheight is about 1,8 tons
The gun fires a mix of both "PGU-13/B HEI High Explosive Incendiary" and "PGU-14/B API Armor Piercing Incendiary" ammunition, manufactured by 2 different companys ; Honeywell and Aerojet. The Honeywell manufactured API ammo is a little bit faster (1030 m/s) than Aerojet´s API (980 m/s) .
Muzzle velocity 980 m/s API (Aerojet) 1030 m/s API (Honeywell) 983 m/s API-PGU-14/B 1021 m/s HEI-PGU-13/B 1036 m/s TP PGU-15/B
The PGU-13/B HEI High Explosive Incendiary round employs a standard M505 fuze and explosive mixture with a body of naturally fragmenting material that is effective against lighter vehicle and material targets.
The PGU-14/B API Armor Piercing Incendiary round has a lightweight body which contains a sub-calibre high density penetrator of Depleted Uranium (DU). In addition to its penetrating capability DU is a natural pyrophoric material which enhances the incendiary effects.
The PGU-15/B TP Target Practice projectile simulates the exterior ballistics and provides a ballistic match to the HEI round and is used for pilot training. A typical combat load for the GAU-8 would include 1,100 rounds of 30mm high explosive or armor piercing ammunition.
The ammo is stored in an 1,85m long cylindrical shaped helical magazine,that is able to hold 1174 rounds,and is positioned at the end of the weapon system.The ammo itself is fed linkless,spent cases are getting transfered back into the magazine,to avoid damage on the plane.
The ammunition supply system is able to operate in speeds between 1800-4200 rounds per minute, and is powered by 2 hydraulic turbines with 42,2 HP (57,4 kW). If one hydraulic engine gets defective, the system is still able to operate with a firingrate of 2100 rounds per minute. The weapon is getting reloaded by a system called ALS (Ammunition Loading System)... a trailor mounted device wich gets docked to the reloading ports of the gau. it removes spent cases, and reloads the whole system in less than 13 minutes. <img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_07.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/GAU-8-Avenger2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
The 30mm API is mixed with 30mm High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) at the factory and is called Combat Mix Ammunition. The ratio of API to HEI rounds in the Combat Mix is 4:1. Combat mix is a sequential mixture of DU and HEI rounds in which 1 HEI round followed by 5 DU rounds are fired by the AN/GAU-8 gatling gun, followed by one HEI round. DU is the primary munition for the A/OA-10 in a combat environment.
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_02.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> the plastic rings around the projectile are nice to see on this pic,they help to enhance the lifespan of a barrel. <img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_06.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/Rokke-Depleted-Uranium-DU21apr03h.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/Rokke-Depleted-Uranium-DU21apr03g.GIF' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Firing range is more than 1200 m with a max muzzle velocity of 1189m/s . This Weapons insane Average Recoil Force of 10,000 Pounds (44.5 kN) is able to slow the A10 down to Stall speed. Thats why the firing mechanism got a.... i think it was a 0.5-1 second Firing limiter..... uh... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Pithlit+Mar 3 2005, 10:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pithlit @ Mar 3 2005, 10:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why does the shoots emit these horrid red sparks?
and now we need a real vid of an 8-ball <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> because they are filled with magic dust...
<!--QuoteBegin-sheena yanai+Mar 3 2005, 03:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sheena yanai @ Mar 3 2005, 03:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Pithlit+Mar 3 2005, 10:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pithlit @ Mar 3 2005, 10:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why does the shoots emit these horrid red sparks?
and now we need a real vid of an 8-ball <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> because they are filled with magic dust <b>of awesome</b>... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Fixed.
<!--QuoteBegin-rabbity+Mar 3 2005, 11:52 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (rabbity @ Mar 3 2005, 11:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ooo incendiary boolits <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> BUZZ... wrong rabbiteh. You'll find that it's not incendiary in any way. Those bullets are your average. The fires are brought on by the immense friction on the bullet as it travels through the air, in effect, it's moving at a speed and rotation where the bullet becomes so hot, it will start a fire on most things on contact. The fact that they did this in the desert where there's lots of dried wood and plants to burn off, makes it simple enough to see how such things can happen. Same applies for the cars. The impact of of the bullet on the car has caused most of the upholstery to burst into flames in a sort of DUP style effect. (ever see that video of the first gulf war, where some guy gets hit by a depleeted urainium .50 cal and bursts into flames? same thing)
<!--QuoteBegin-Owen!+Mar 3 2005, 08:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Owen! @ Mar 3 2005, 08:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-rabbity+Mar 3 2005, 11:52 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (rabbity @ Mar 3 2005, 11:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ooo incendiary boolits <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> BUZZ... wrong rabbiteh. You'll find that it's not incendiary in any way. Those bullets are your average. The fires are brought on by the immense friction on the bullet as it travels through the air, in effect, it's moving at a speed and rotation where the bullet becomes so hot, it will start a fire on most things on contact. The fact that they did this in the desert where there's lots of dried wood and plants to burn off, makes it simple enough to see how such things can happen. Same applies for the cars. The impact of of the bullet on the car has caused most of the upholstery to burst into flames in a sort of DUP style effect. (ever see that video of the first gulf war, where some guy gets hit by a depleeted urainium .50 cal and bursts into flames? same thing) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> No...
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That was quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen.
my mistake i thought they were the same thing ive heard military personel call them gatling guns
<img src='http://palpatine.chez.tiscali.fr/Warfare/Auto/Gallery/gau-8a2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
and here is the biggest gatling gun/minigun of them all, fits in the belly of the a10
my mistake i thought they were the same thing ive heard military personel call them gatling guns
<img src='http://palpatine.chez.tiscali.fr/Warfare/Auto/Gallery/gau-8a2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
and here is the biggest gatling gun/minigun of them all, fits in the belly of the a10 <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fun fact: The A-10 was build AROUND its gun, rather than having the guns AROUND the design.
Another fun fact: Gattling gun, in englsh, means "Rapid Fire Awesome"
thats why its so awsome <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
but cool footage anyway.
I hope most people already realise this but those streaks are just the tracer rounds. I have no idea how many rounds between tracers but I'd imagine it's at least three or four.
In any case, while we're at it, the A-10's gun can fire something like 4000 rounds per minute (I think it used to be either 4200 or 1200 or so depending on the pilot's settings, but that they've since taken out 4200 mode. After all, if you can zap a tank with a quarter of the ammunition why risk wearing out the gun?)
wal-mart actually
Does anyone know if you can find a video of the A-10 in action?
Has anyone actually made a video of the A-10?
Wal-Mart.
On sale.
Hmmm,that'll teach the next person to own me at NS. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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"Control here send in the dogs"
"Roger"
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Psh, lies.
Tell that to the ship-mounted Phalanx gun!
<img src='http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/weapons/phal-blk1b.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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- Shockwave
When a pilot is preparing to fire his gun, he gets up a decent amount of speed towards his target because when he opens fire, the force exerted on the front of his craft due to the acceleration of the bullets is so great that the craft experiences a significant loss of airspeed.
--Scythe--
When a pilot is preparing to fire his gun, he gets up a decent amount of speed towards his target because when he opens fire, the force exerted on the front of his craft due to the acceleration of a sheer mass of lead is so great that the craft experiences a significant loss of airspeed.
--Scythe--
375 MB?
And it didn't look like a real gun at all when it was just shooting green stuff at a hill :o
By the way, firing the cannon will not stop the plane, as some believe. It will cause a loss of power due to the tremendous recoil, but that force is "only" approximately 10000 lbf. The engines produce 9,065 lbf each at military thrust. The A-10 is built to be able to stay aloft even if it loses an engine. Thus, even if fired for extended periods of time, the cannon will not be able to stop the plane.
Then again, Scythe only says that "the craft experiences a significant loss of airspeed." This is certainly true to an extent, as the net forward thrust decreases, and wind resistance slows down the plane to a point where the two forces once again cancel each other out.
The pilot sits in a 400-kilogram titanium "bathtub," supposedly impervious to anything up to and including 23mm rounds.
The weakest point of the A-10 is of course the need for air cover. Against a fighter jet, the A-10 is a sitting duck with its comparatively abysmal acceleration and top speed. It carries two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for self-defence, but those are short-range infra-red missiles, and the A-10 is likely to simply be shot down with a medium-range radar missile. The best chance an A-10 would have for survival in a dogfight would be against an inexperienced pilot without missiles, as the Warthog is fairly nimble and has a smaller turn-radius than even the F-16 (due to the large wings and the slow flying speed).
my mistake i thought they were the same thing ive heard military personel call them gatling guns
<img src='http://palpatine.chez.tiscali.fr/Warfare/Auto/Gallery/gau-8a2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
and here is the biggest gatling gun/minigun of them all, fits in the belly of the a10<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This weapon is called "GAU-8/Avenger 30mm Automatic Gun " built by ex General Electrics- Martin Marietta Armament Systems for the "Fairchild Republic A/OA-10-Thunderbolt II (Warthog) Air to Surface launch system".
A 7 barrel gattling gun used primarily in the air to ground role as a soft target killer and tank buster this lil device is powered by 2 13hp strong electromotors ,(Drive System Hydraulic, Electric, Pneumatic)
the rate of fire depends on how many motors are activated.easy spoken, the gunner can adjust the rate of fire he wants to use. with one motor the rate of fire is about 1800-2100/min, with both motors 4200/min. The newer models using just one 26 HP (35,4 kW) electro motor.
<a href='http://yanai.blackmage.org/vidsngames/avengertestfire.wmv' target='_blank'>Avenger Test Fire Video</a> (maybe you have to use "save target as")
The weapon is 6,40 m long (barrel lenght 2,90 m) and got a diameter of 35,6 cm
the wheight is about 281,2 kg without the helical ammocontainer.
The cylinder shaped ammo container is 1,85 m long and got a diameter of 87,6 cm.
The complete system wheight is about 1,8 tons
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_03.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/04.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
The gun fires a mix of both "PGU-13/B HEI High Explosive Incendiary" and "PGU-14/B API Armor Piercing Incendiary" ammunition, manufactured by 2 different companys ; Honeywell and Aerojet.
The Honeywell manufactured API ammo is a little bit faster (1030 m/s) than Aerojet´s API (980 m/s) .
Muzzle velocity
980 m/s API (Aerojet)
1030 m/s API (Honeywell)
983 m/s API-PGU-14/B
1021 m/s HEI-PGU-13/B
1036 m/s TP PGU-15/B
The PGU-13/B HEI High Explosive Incendiary round employs a standard M505 fuze and explosive mixture with a body of naturally fragmenting material that is effective against lighter vehicle and material targets.
The PGU-14/B API Armor Piercing Incendiary round has a lightweight body which contains a sub-calibre high density penetrator of Depleted Uranium (DU). In addition to its penetrating capability DU is a natural pyrophoric material which enhances the incendiary effects.
The PGU-15/B TP Target Practice projectile simulates the exterior ballistics and provides a ballistic match to the HEI round and is used for pilot training.
A typical combat load for the GAU-8 would include 1,100 rounds of 30mm high explosive or armor piercing ammunition.
The ammo is stored in an 1,85m long cylindrical shaped helical magazine,that is able to hold 1174 rounds,and is positioned at the end of the weapon system.The ammo itself is fed linkless,spent cases are getting transfered back into the magazine,to avoid damage on the plane.
The ammunition supply system is able to operate in speeds between 1800-4200 rounds per minute, and is powered by 2 hydraulic turbines with 42,2 HP (57,4 kW).
If one hydraulic engine gets defective, the system is still able to operate with a firingrate of 2100 rounds per minute. The weapon is getting reloaded by a system called ALS (Ammunition Loading System)... a trailor mounted device wich gets docked to the reloading ports of the gau. it removes spent cases, and reloads the whole system in less than 13 minutes.
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_07.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/GAU-8-Avenger2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
The 30mm API is mixed with 30mm High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) at the factory and is called Combat Mix Ammunition. The ratio of API to HEI rounds in the Combat Mix is 4:1. Combat mix is a sequential mixture of DU and HEI rounds in which 1
HEI round followed by 5 DU rounds are fired by the AN/GAU-8 gatling gun, followed by one HEI round. DU is the primary munition for the A/OA-10 in a combat environment.
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_02.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
the plastic rings around the projectile are nice to see on this pic,they
help to enhance the lifespan of a barrel.
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/gau8_06.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/Rokke-Depleted-Uranium-DU21apr03h.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://yanai.blackmage.org/random/Rokke-Depleted-Uranium-DU21apr03g.GIF' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Firing range is more than 1200 m with a max muzzle velocity of 1189m/s .
This Weapons insane Average Recoil Force of 10,000 Pounds (44.5 kN) is able to
slow the A10 down to Stall speed. Thats why the firing mechanism got a.... i think it was a 0.5-1 second Firing limiter..... uh... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
awww.. i bore you all.. sorry
and now we need a real vid of an 8-ball
and now we need a real vid of an 8-ball <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
because they are filled with magic dust...
and now we need a real vid of an 8-ball <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
because they are filled with magic dust <b>of awesome</b>... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fixed.
BUZZ... wrong rabbiteh. You'll find that it's not incendiary in any way. Those bullets are your average. The fires are brought on by the immense friction on the bullet as it travels through the air, in effect, it's moving at a speed and rotation where the bullet becomes so hot, it will start a fire on most things on contact. The fact that they did this in the desert where there's lots of dried wood and plants to burn off, makes it simple enough to see how such things can happen. Same applies for the cars. The impact of of the bullet on the car has caused most of the upholstery to burst into flames in a sort of DUP style effect. (ever see that video of the first gulf war, where some guy gets hit by a depleeted urainium .50 cal and bursts into flames? same thing)
BUZZ... wrong rabbiteh. You'll find that it's not incendiary in any way. Those bullets are your average. The fires are brought on by the immense friction on the bullet as it travels through the air, in effect, it's moving at a speed and rotation where the bullet becomes so hot, it will start a fire on most things on contact. The fact that they did this in the desert where there's lots of dried wood and plants to burn off, makes it simple enough to see how such things can happen. Same applies for the cars. The impact of of the bullet on the car has caused most of the upholstery to burst into flames in a sort of DUP style effect. (ever see that video of the first gulf war, where some guy gets hit by a depleeted urainium .50 cal and bursts into flames? same thing) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No...
Some of us prefer to watch fake wars...