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*Cue Ride of the Valkyries*
>> Anonymous
Oh wow, thunderbolt parade, that's pretty awesome right there.
>> Anonymous
nice pic, i love thunderbolts
>> Valverde
awesome pic, most durable plane of the year!
>> Anonymous
They couldn't even kill Scorponok fail.
>> Anonymous
they need to stick that gun on a tank.
>> Anonymous
GAU-8 on a tank?

Lulz.
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>> Doppelgänger !.97.to9elc
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>>180524
But if they kill Scorponok, he won't conveniently reappear in the sequels!
>> Anonymous
LMFAO
>> Anonymous
>>180566
been putting 20mm vulcans on apc's since Vietnam.
>> Anonymous
>>180813
GAU-8=30mm.

Fail.
>> Doppelgänger !.97.to9elc
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Actually, the prototype T249 Vigilante had a 37mm Gatling gun as its main weapon.
>> Anonymous
>>180872
Oh wow, do want to see that in action.
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>>180872

More effective for crowd control than this.
>> Anonymous
>>180916
Turning the crowds into pink mist isn't 'controlling' them...
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>>180922

u sure?
>> Anonymous
>>180929
I suppose you wouldn't need to use crowd control a second time.
>> Anonymous
I laugh at the fact America is all like YAY we put a 30mm gun on a plane finally, while the rest of the world makes 30mm standard.
>> Anonymous
>>180937
Our 30mm gun rotates though!!!
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>>180937
compare the 30mm standard (left) to the A-10's round (right).
>> Anonymous
>>180966
Bah. Come back with a true comparison without zooming and then we'll talk business. Until then, sage.
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>> Anonymous
>>180966
STFU and lurk just a bit moar, faggot.
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>>180975

hmm, ok
lets take a look-see

30x113B: 348 gram projectile @ 805m/s
= ~115000 joules muzzle energy
30x173: 378 gram projectile @ 1021m/s
= ~197000 joules muzzle energy


don't understand the hostility with the facts.
>> Anonymous
To all those who would doubt what the GAU-8 can do, I work with the Air Force munitions systems, and the 30mm round is simply unbelievable. Not to mention, the GAU-8 fires them at about 3600 rounds a second. There is nothing on a modern battlefield that 30mm CAN'T kill. Pretty much always with less than a dozen rounds. The A-10 is an awesome aircraft, and the things are QUIET, too. They'll definitely sneak up on some sand-niggers before they blow them to shit.
>> Anonymous
That plane is basicly a grenade-firing minigun that can fly
>> Anonymous
It's too bad the A-10 sucked cocks in Aerofighters Assault, the SU-35 too. The F-14 and FSX were fucking awesome though.
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>>180813
True! Such as this South Korean K263A1 20MM self-propelled anti-aircraft Vulcan gun carrier.
The 20mm AA Gun Carrier provides effective suppression against not only aircraft at low altitude but also ground targets. Firing 3,000 rounds per minute, it can deliver direct effective fire against ground targets within 2km and air target within 1.2km. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/kafv.htm
Not a tank, but an armored personnel carrier.
>> Anonymous
>>180922
Yes, these are german forces. If, they'll do anything wrong (im mean _!ANY!_) they'll be sought after our (german) judicativive.
They have no A10-Gatling-Gun, but they have the trust of the citizens, wich is more worth than everything.

Greetings.
>> Anonymous
>>181054
>>180524
Too bad that's fiction. Now for some physics on how much damage a round from a GAU-8 can do.

Total Kinetic Energy (KE) = .5 mass x velocity^2.

So, A .45 caliber bullet weighing 15 grams traveling at 288 meters per second (.015kg/2)x288mps^2=619 joules of energy. For comparison, consider when a 139 lb man falls out of bed for one meter: (63.04kg/2)x9.81mps^2= 618.5 joules of energy.

So, being shot by a .45 is roughly equivalent to falling out of bed for a mid-sized man; the difference being that the bullet's force is centered around a dime-sized area. But what about the 30 millimeter round weighing .91 kilograms and traveling at 1500 meters per second?
(.91kg/2)x1500^2= 1,023,750 joules of energy.

Divide 1,023,750 by 619 and you get 1653.87, or the equivalent of 1,653.87 .45 caliber bullets hitting you at once, or [1,023,750/63.2kg/9.81=] that 139 lb man falling 1651.23 meters or a little over a mile.
>> Anonymous
Saw one of these do a demonstration at the pittsburgh 911th air wing this summer.
I was impressed that it could fly so slow and stay over a target area for a long time, all the while raining destruction. Definitely a powerhouse in it's day.
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A photo of the machine that reloads the ammo drum.
>> Anonymous
you need to check the physics better. a man falling only 3 meters will not accelerate to 9.81 m/s/s before hitting the floor.

he'll only reach 7.67 m/s/s before slamming the floor.