"Business End" of an A-10

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"Business End" of an A-10

Post by 456THBG » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:00 am

For all you A-10 fans!!! Took this picture at the Blue Angels Airshow in Memphis this past weekend...

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Re: "Business End" of an A-10

Post by smittyrob64 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:28 am

Gotta love the GAU-8 Avenger, nice pic.

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Re: "Business End" of an A-10

Post by cjg476 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:42 am

Funny I saw this tag...one time on mission...we were being covered by a fighter wing during the night...and all i could hear is a distant hum every so often as i was trying to sleep in my humvee...finally I got up and was like what the #$@* is that?...and a colonel was like that son is our cover...he was like those are a-10's hitting ground targets ahead of us...I had a new respect for those guys after that
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Re: "Business End" of an A-10

Post by B17Fortress » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:47 pm

If only A-10s performed strafing runs for birthday parties...

Is it true that the bullets fired from the Vulcan will hit the target before the sound of the gun firing is heard?
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Re: "Business End" of an A-10

Post by smittyrob64 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:31 pm

It's true the sound is heard after the gun fires, but it's not a vulcan cannon which fires 20mm. It's the 30mm Gau-8 Avenger cannon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Z3mHWsIWU

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Re: "Business End" of an A-10

Post by B17Fortress » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:14 am

smittyrob64 wrote:It's true the sound is heard after the gun fires, but it's not a vulcan cannon which fires 20mm. It's the 30mm Gau-8 Avenger cannon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Z3mHWsIWU
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Re: "Business End" of an A-10

Post by Ruger » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:43 am

B17Fortress wrote:If only A-10s performed strafing runs for birthday parties...

Is it true that the bullets fired from the Vulcan will hit the target before the sound of the gun firing is heard?

Actually, that's true of many guns. Handguns are largely subsonic, but just about any rifle bullet travels supersonic. My rifle can break Mach 3 with some bullets, and I don't shoot what is considered to be a "fast" cartridge.

Yet another movie myth... You'll never hear the shot that gets you, muchless have time to try to take cover...

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