"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/06/2014 at 16:18 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/06/2014 at 16:18 • Filed to: planelopnik | 1
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Awesome video goodness of a pair of F-14s making some terrific low level passes before executing a strafing pass with its 20 mm !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 6-barreled Gatling gun. Filmed in 1993 at Ft. Chaffee in Arkansas.
Video: YouTube via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> ttyymmnn
02/06/2014 at 16:28 |
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Sadly, the new "does it all" F-35 doesn't have a gun. Seems they've forgotten the lessons learned in Vietnam with the F-4.
Thunder
> ttyymmnn
02/06/2014 at 16:33 |
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VERY NICE.
I got to do something similar around the same time, only with A-10's doing some plinking rather than F-14's.
Thanks for sharing this.
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ttyymmnn
> Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
02/06/2014 at 16:48 |
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Really? According to a document linked from the F-35 Wiki article (" F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Media Kit Statistics ." JSF.mil August 2004), the F-35A has a 25mm cannon, while the F-35B/C has a 25mm cannon "missionized in a stealth pod." Sounds similar to the afterthought gun pod on the F-4.
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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> ttyymmnn
02/07/2014 at 09:10 |
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Ack! Should have researched before jumping in here... Yep, I was thinking of the B and C models - you're right, the A does have a fixed cannon. I'm curious to know how much the gun pod affects RCS on the Navy and USMC variants now.
William Byrd
> ttyymmnn
02/07/2014 at 09:50 |
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:53 and 1:27, I got a little erect. That's a hell of a noise. Awesome.