[Cogadh na Sith]

I will have to admit that I don't even know what a M-61A1 is.

Just say: "GE brings good things to light."

Heh, heh... I crack myself up.

[ScreamingFist]

After some serious thinkin' (and some consultation), you are correct. I wouldn't call this a gun, controlled shaped charge explosion would be more correct. Good ideas Chookter.

[yarddog]

It must be a Vulcan. That is the only thing I can think of which fires that fast.

I grew up near Eglin AFB's largest bombing range. I used to sit with binoculars at the top of my parents pasture and watch the planes bomb. Every now and then I would hear a short one or two second roar and I knew it was a vulcan.

Eglin used to put on a firepower demonstration once a year and one of the things they would do was fire a succession of machine guns beginning with an 1895 Browning, etc. Finally they would fire a burst from a Vulcan. Absolutely amazing.

Another thing they would do was have an F-104 come by and launch a sidewinder, then he would shoot it down with another sidewinder. The announer would say that they sidewinder was so sensitive it could track the heat from a cigarette. It was always amusing to watch people around me putting out their cigarettes.