To: IronJack
What plane had the cannon? Another F16?I think Vulcans are exclusively A-10 Warthog ordnance.
13 posted on
03/20/2020 7:13:50 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
(The living will envy the dead.)
To: Lazamataz
The MK 61 Vulcan is a 20mm. The Warthog is a GAU 8 30mm cannon.
41 posted on
03/20/2020 7:25:46 AM PDT by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: Lazamataz
No the M61 is the primary air-to-air gun on all NATO planes, since probably the F-100. Probably another F16.
55 posted on
03/20/2020 7:32:57 AM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Lazamataz
General Electric's 30-millimeter GAU-8 Avenger cannon has been the primary weapon of the U.S. Air Force's A-10 ground-attack plane for more than 40 years. The gun in the article was most recently used on the F-14. It was develop after ww2 and used a lot on during the Korean War.
68 posted on
03/20/2020 7:41:04 AM PDT by
jpsb
To: Lazamataz
No, 15, 16,18’s all have them.
The Hog’s is just BIGGER!
To: Lazamataz
That’s what I thought too. But maybe not ...
In any case, this is a disastrous failure of trigger discipline.
To: Lazamataz
Nope. M61 A1 20mm Vulcan is standard armament on the F-16.
To: Lazamataz
I think Vulcans are exclusively A-10 Warthog ordnance.Negative. The M61 Vulcan is the 20mm Gatling-style cannon. The M134 Minigun is the 7.62mm version.
The A-10 uses the GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm Gatline-style cannon.
133 posted on
03/20/2020 10:15:32 AM PDT by
Ol' Dan Tucker
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To: Lazamataz
147 posted on
03/20/2020 2:40:32 PM PDT by
Trailerpark Badass
(There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
To: Lazamataz
Actually the A10 is one of the few that doesn’t have a Vulcan,
155 posted on
03/20/2020 8:01:24 PM PDT by
Kadric
To: Lazamataz
The cannons in the A-10 Warthogs are 30 mm, not 20mm.
“The A-10 was designed around the 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger....”
159 posted on
03/21/2020 9:32:56 AM PDT by
matthew fuller
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