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Oto Melara showcases for the first time its 20 mm Gunship air-to-ground gun system
Air Recognition ^
| 07 May 2015
Posted on 05/08/2015 8:24:28 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Still doesn’t = the WartHog.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:31:33 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The NG needed a few of these in Baltimore mounted on some MRAPs. A few rounds over the heads would have calmed things down pretty quickly.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:34:06 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: sukhoi-30mki
For more info, dial up Spooky or Puff from the Vietnam war.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:38:09 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Wow - Fifteen seconds worth of test rounds were fired in the company range during system development. That’s so unimpressive words fail me.
To: sukhoi-30mki
(want one mounted on roof of my house for perimeter defense)
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:38:46 PM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: GreyHoundSailor
15 seconds of test rounds = 1000 rounds. So, while not all that impressive in absolute terms, it’s nothing to sneeze at either.
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posted on
05/08/2015 8:47:09 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: telstar12.5
That gun costs more than the house! ;)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Sounds like a very late coming copy of Puff the Magic Dragon from the Vietnam era.
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posted on
05/08/2015 9:01:57 PM PDT
by
Will88
To: ProtectOurFreedom
A few rounds at the heads & upper torso’s would have quieted things down even more quickly for those “kids” of 0bama!
To: Spktyr
It certainly is - considering we’d fire that much every week underway. 1000 rounds in a year of testing doesn’t speak well of the test program.
To: SandRat
I take it you have never seen Spooky or Puff do their thing? Quite different from what the A-10 does or can do.
If you are pinned down at night and about to be overrun, this is what you want overhead.
To: GreyHoundSailor
The gun isn’t ‘new’ - it’s the 20mm GE Vulcan design that’s been around for decades. That part doesn’t really need to be tested especially since this company’s been making them for years. What is new is the system they’ve already been making for a while is now in a palletized form, that’s pretty much it.
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posted on
05/08/2015 9:23:36 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
a better cheaper and more green plan turn loose about 60 Spanish fighting bulls in groups of 10
streets would be clear in no time
catch bulls and put out to pasture till needed again
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posted on
05/08/2015 9:46:20 PM PDT
by
mouser
(Run the rats out its the only chance we have)
To: GreyHoundSailor
They don’t let the designers have much fun. 15 secs of fire?
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posted on
05/08/2015 9:53:16 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: GreyHoundSailor
“Wow - Fifteen seconds worth of test rounds were fired in the company range during system development. That’s so unimpressive words fail me.”
Yeah, I noticed the same thing. Makes zero sense.
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posted on
05/08/2015 10:13:41 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: doorgunner69
To: sukhoi-30mki
They better have one heck of a gyro system on that tinkertoy.
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posted on
05/08/2015 10:28:13 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: MaxMax
The Fiat of Gattling guns.
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posted on
05/09/2015 1:41:36 AM PDT
by
DAC21
To: DAC21
You do know they bought the gun from the US, right?
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posted on
05/09/2015 3:38:15 AM PDT
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Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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