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- From: Don Palmrose <dpe@inel.gov>
- Subject: Re:Bradley AA version (was Re:helos vs tanks)
- Message-ID: <Bzo8D8.BHB@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: INEL EG&G Idaho
- References: <BzMA51.1oq@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:24:43 GMT
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- From Don Palmrose <dpe@inel.gov>
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- In article <BzMA51.1oq@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, ksw3@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (KENNETH STARR WATSON) writes:
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- > From ksw3@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (KENNETH STARR WATSON)
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- > Why not add a 30mm GAU-8A cannon (the kind the A-10 carries) to the Bradley. Supposedly
- > its extremely effective against armor and would probably make a decent
- > point defence weapon as well? There's always the ammo problem, but if you
- > took an M3 and removed the TOWs you would probably have more than enough
- > room for ammo. The only problem is that I don't know how effective the
- > GAU-8A would be against missles and such. Just a random thought.
- > Ken Watson
- > Ksw3@lehigh.edu
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- Why not take the US Navy's Phalanx CIWS and mount it on top of a Bradley if
- you want a gatling gun for AAW. It has its own tracking and fire control
- system and the magazine can be modified so as to fit down inside of the
- Bradley so that it can shoot more than the 900 rounds on the Navy ships.
- Besides it was designed for shooting down missiles and aircraft within 6000
- yards and is of a modular design to boot (i.e. all you need is the proper
- power supply and the connections for the operator's control panel).
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- Don Palmrose
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- and those that protect or support the power projectors."
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