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- From: Max Abramowitz <madmax@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>
- Subject: Re: Bradley AA version (was Re:helos vs tanks)
- Message-ID: <Bzo8IK.BMG@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
- References: <BzMA51.1oq@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:27:56 GMT
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- From Max Abramowitz <madmax@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>
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- In <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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- Mounting a 30mm GAU on a ground vehicle probably would not work. At
- least if it did work it would not be as effective as the same weapon
- mounted on an airborne platform.
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- The A-10's GAU is effective, because it targets the thinner top armor
- of tanks and armored vehicles.
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- In addition, the planes airspeed increases the relative muzzle
- velocity. Does anybody know if this is a significant factor to the
- effectivness of the GAU on an A-10 (or any airplane for that matter)
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- max abramowitz
- m-abramowitz@uchicago.edu
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