I was told by an airman a single round of ammo costs about $135. Emptying the entire magazine is about $160,000 worth of BRRRRRRRRRRRRTTT.
BRRRPPPPP. . .BBBRRRRAAAAPPPP. . .
First sound are the bullets breaking the sound barrier, the second sound (lower sound) is the sound the gun makes when it is fired.
When you pull the trigger, the recoil is so sharp and abrupt, imagine your HUD shaking into a momentary blur and the shoulder straps lock like when you abruptly stomp on the brakes in your car.
The heat build-up of the barrels is so intense you only hold the trigger for no more than a second. The old WWII videos showing an aircraft “walking” its rounds into a target is no more.
112,600 RPM, 3,400-3,600 FPS, training round can penetrate up to an inch and a half of armor from 4,000ft. . .heck of a killer round that is far superior to a 20mm pop-gun or that 30mm short round the Apache fires.
Truly the “Fist of Gawd” when Attacking a target.
the A-10 30,, round remain the most accurate and deadly round ever fired by an airborne
About 10-12 years ago I was surfing on “The High Road” (a gun-oriented website) and one guys whose property was next to a base in AZ offered to send anybody an empty shell casing from the A-10s gun for just the mailing cost, so I got one. A .50 caliber shell fits inside and rattles around like a .22 shell in a .50 casing. Yeah, its that big.
I believe that the plane was built around the gun. It is simply one of the most magnificent creations around, and almost has that otherworldly effect like seeing the SR-71. You can hardly believe that they were designed in the mid-20th Century by humans.
And one single AGM-179 JAGM air-to-ground missile costs $324,805. A 100-round bust will shred a tank much more cheaply.