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- From: Patrick Eves <patrick.eves@canrem.com>
- Subject: bradley aa version (w
- Message-ID: <Bzs8JI.Kuy@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: NCR Corporation -- Law Department
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:18:54 GMT
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- From Patrick Eves <patrick.eves@canrem.com>
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- GE> Problem with 30mm weapon use is there is no AP round in service
- GE>- the A-10 and Apache AH-64 helicoter use a dual purpose 30mm round
- GE>that is slow and probably won't defeat the future threat land combat
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- Someone will probably have already pointed this out by the time my message
- makes the rounds, but I thought I should mention to Gallaghe that the
- A-10 and the AH-64 have different types of 30mm cannon. Actually, the only
- similarity is the caliber.
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- The GAU-8 Avenger used on the A-10 uses a special 30mm DU penetrator, on top of
- a relatively enormous (roughly the size of a milk bottle) cartridge. The
- A-10 is the only platform to carry the Avenger cannon.
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- The 30mm Hughes chain gun carried by the Apache uses the NATO standard 30mm
- round, a smaller round used mostly by the British, called by them the 30mm
- ADEN, I believe. British Harriers carry 30mm cannon chambered for this round,
- and the Scimitar light tank uses the same round in its 30mm cannon. Going way
- back, I think the first use was in the Fox armoured car, but I'm not sure.
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