Posted on 08/31/2013 9:14:50 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
I momentary flick of the trigger pumps out 20 or 30 rounds
You’ll have 8 to 10 pulls of the trigger before you’re out. If you don’t have a close-in kill by then, you’re probably dead anyway.
It’s an interceptor not a fighter. Make a pass, shoot down some bombers and bug out.
s/b A momentary...
A Mig 15 was meant to shoot down bombers.
MIG-31’s have shot down exactly one plane; a jet airliner.
Another fighter gets close, the required manoverability is built into the AA-8 missiles, not the aircraft.
The gun is for "shot across the bows" use (actual meaning, not rodeo clowen meaning)
Most fighters carry about that much, look into F-18, F-16, F-15 etc, the A-10 is in a different category. They are usually 25mm, and big enough, not much smaller than 30mm.
If you are referring to KAL 007, it was a SU-15 that shot it down.
Most fighter carry many more rounds that that piece of junk.
A 20mm in any jet is a far smaller round than a 30mm of the A-10. Heck, the Apache carries the 30mm and its round is a pop-gun round when compared to the A-10. http://www.hightech-edge.com/wp-content/uploads/20mm-30mm-comparison.jpg
Like I said, they likely put the gun on that junk for a one-pass-haul-a$$ run during the merge. That piece of junk can’t turn worth a darn and therefore they have no need to dedicate much for the dogfighting world.
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