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To: C19fan

A cannon is of such limited use today in aircraft, its the weapon of last resort... and likelihood of either side scoring a kill with a cannon in air to air combat is insanely low.

A Business Insider review found that the last time a US plane shot down an enemy aircraft with guns was most likely the Cold War-era tank buster A-10 downing an Iraqi helicopter in 1991.


8 posted on 01/23/2019 6:52:23 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Agree on the premise during a dogfight.

I’ve also watched F-18 HUD camera video of Marines doing gun runs on AAA sites during the first GW.

Keep the guns, ya never know when they become handy.


19 posted on 01/23/2019 7:10:21 AM PST by BigpapaBo (If it don't kill you it'll make you _________!)
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