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I am told the gun is also quite good at shooting ground troops. A relative of mine had an A-10 stay with his group most of the night. Every time the enemy dec

• astrodust 10y ago
  That zipper noise: To think that those are 30mm rounds being fired at that speed is just plain scary. http://www.xdtalk.com/attachments/img_7014-jpg.34438/ http://www.xdtalk.com/attachments/img_7014-jpg.34438/ If one of those is lingering, I wouldn't even fight if I was the enemy. It might not be able to kill a modern main battle tank, but I bet spraying it with rounds like that would fuck it up pretty seriously.
• hermitdev 10y ago
  The A-10 delivers rounds at a rate that the individual shots are indistinguishable to the the human ear. Another story that I've heard is that a B-1 flying at operational altitude (200 ft above ground level, mach 2) was often as effective as dropping munitions.
  • dotancohen 10y ago
    > Another story that I've heard is that a B-1 flying at operational altitude (200 ft above ground level, mach 2) was often as effective as dropping munitions. That very topic is being discussed right now on the Aviation Stack Exchange: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/35771/is-it-correct-that-a-jet-fighter-can-be-used-as-a-non-lethal-sonic-weapon/ http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/35771/is-it-corr...
  • ravingraven 10y ago
    The B-1 can not even reach Mach 1 at such a lot altitude. It's maximal operating velocity (at any altitude) is Mach 1.25. People tend to really underestimate how much harder it is to go faster once you reach 0.90 or so, especially at low altitudes.