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To: Yo-Yo

The F-35A carries 181 rounds for its gun which is capable of firing at 3000 rounds/minute. The F-35B/C with its pod can carry 225 rounds. Whoopee!!!! The A-10 carries over 1100 rounds.


20 posted on 02/24/2012 6:48:46 AM PST by saminfl
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To: saminfl
The F-35A carries 181 rounds for its gun which is capable of firing at 3000 rounds/minute. The F-35B/C with its pod can carry 225 rounds. Whoopee!!!! The A-10 carries over 1100 rounds.

The F-35 uses a 25mm gun, the A-10 a 30mm. The legacy F-16 carries 511 20mm rounds, the F/A-18C 578 20mm, and the AV-8B uses an external gun pod with 300 rounds of 25mm.

24 posted on 02/24/2012 7:09:39 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: saminfl

In other news scientists discovered oranges are totally different than apples. Film at 11.


45 posted on 02/24/2012 10:58:49 AM PST by TalonDJ
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