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Interesting. That's a similar weapon, but it's also single barrel, so it's certainly comparable, but doesn't fire nearly as quickly, and carries far fewer roun
by astrodust 11y ago
Interesting. That's a similar weapon, but it's also single barrel, so it's certainly comparable, but doesn't fire nearly as quickly, and carries far fewer rounds: 126 vs. 1100.
The weapon I was thinking of is the Phalanx (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS), a naval weapon, though even that fires smaller shells at a slower rate.
The GAU-13 slower, smaller pod version of the GAU-8 is an interesting test, but it doesn't seem to have caught on.
That video you linked to had a related video on the A-10 reloading procedure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSpkL1InuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSpkL1InuA That is a lot of bullets.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> The weapon I was thinking of is the Phalanx (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS), a naval weapon, though even that fires smaller shells at a slower rate. The Phalanx CIWS uses the a version of the M61 Vulcan 20mm gatling gun, as have lots of Air Force fighters (from the 1950s through current fighters like the F-22 and F-18.) So, its not exactly a weapon that "nothing in the world short of warships" has.
- astrodust 11y agoStill not sure what you're saying here. Is there a 30mm gatling gun with over 1000 rounds of ammunition on anything other than a warship? Tanks have larger bore primary weapons, but given how the gun inside the A-10 is too huge to fit in any normal tank, I doubt they're ever equipped with one.