got this pic in a email today, nice gun

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 16 Aug 2010, 2:39 pm

#796511

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 16 Aug 2010, 2:45 pm

#796514

nice, i need one of those for sydney trafic

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Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 16 Aug 2010, 4:07 pm

#796524

You could mid mount one in a Kombi and have the barrel up the little 'aisle' between the front seats with a little hole in the front nose 😂😂😂😂😂😂

That'd keep the morons at bay.

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66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 16 Aug 2010, 4:22 pm

#796530

The good ole gaiu 8. As fitted to the a10 warthog Aka tank killer. That beauty can fire 80 rounds per second and each round is about the size of a red bull can. Run terrorist run.

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Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 16 Aug 2010, 4:28 pm

#796532

66deluxe wrote:The good ole gaiu 8. As fitted to the a10 warthog Aka tank killer. That beauty can fire 80 rounds per second and each round is about the size of a red bull can. Run terrorist run.

I believe their bullets travel at supersonic speed. So the bullets hit the target before they even hear the sound!

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2,282 posts · joined May 2003 · 16 Aug 2010, 4:54 pm

#796538

If I had one of those do you think the missus would behave?????😏

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Aug 2010, 5:28 pm

#796545

ian.mezz wrote:

HOLY COW BATMAN

that is a Big Gun....

don't look that big on the Wart Hogs.....

LEE

PS: must be recoil-less otherwise the Wart Hog would go backwards...
basically.. a re vamped Gatling Gun...

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729 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 16 Aug 2010, 6:24 pm

#796567

I watched a show on Fox the other day about the Warthog.
It DOES actually slow the plane down a bit when they fire the weapon.Obviously,not by much but man,I'd hate to be in the line of fire!

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 16 Aug 2010, 8:07 pm

#796602

Yes the recoil does slow the aircraft down the pilot has to throttle up the engines to keep aircraft on target. Although the ammo is stores in that big drum it's only enough for 10 seconds of firepower. You tube a10 and their is some insane footage my favourite is A10 gun test the sound is awesome.

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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 17 Aug 2010, 12:14 pm

#796757

What a great photo Ian! It comes straight from the Wikipedia site about the GAU-8 Avenger cannon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger

Before this US gun was built in the 1980s, the previous biggest aircraft cannon was the Bordkanone BK7.5 (75mm) fitted to several German aircraft during the war, such as the Henschel HS29 and Junkers 88. Only 30 rounds a minute, but not bad for the 1940s.

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