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| Author: | Bacon Bits [ 27 Feb 2004, 07:14 ] |
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I was just wondering what the minimum range is for employing the GAU-8, that includes altitude as well as distance from the target. Lets say the target is an APC, how close to the target would a pilot get before breaking off an attack. If the info is classified, then fair enough, but I have noticed one or two silly stories in the press over here about a fratricide incident in OIF which I have issues with, I suspect some of the victims have been watching too many war films with low flying Japanese Zero's strafing fleeing soldiers........but then again I wasnt there so who knows? All comments appreciated. |
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| Author: | prkiii [ 27 Feb 2004, 08:29 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I was just wondering what the minimum range is for employing the GAU-8, that includes altitude as well as distance from the target. Lets say the target is an APC, how close to the target would a pilot get before breaking off an attack. If the info is classified, then fair enough, but I have noticed one or two silly stories in the press over here about a fratricide incident in OIF which I have issues with, I suspect some of the victims have been watching too many war films with low flying Japanese Zero's strafing fleeing soldiers........but then again I wasnt there so who knows? All comments appreciated. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> not to highjack your thread...but were did you get the picture in your avatar? Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood moderator.....<img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle> If you can't go fast...go Ugly |
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| Author: | Yojimbo [ 27 Feb 2004, 09:56 ] |
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u got links to the stories bacon? whats so special about his avatar prkiii? |
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| Author: | TinyGiant [ 27 Feb 2004, 11:00 ] |
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There's really nothing classified about it. We've trained to fire the gun down to a cease fire 75' AGL and 2000' S/R. However, that has to be qualified. Nowadays there really isn't a reason to continuously employ the weapon that low and that close. Given... against hard targets such as tanks, we definitely want a slant range of less than a mile and our squadron had our share of low altitude flying during OIF for TIC situations and weather requirements. |
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| Author: | prkiii [ 27 Feb 2004, 11:25 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> u got links to the stories bacon? whats so special about his avatar prkiii? <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Nothing special...just looks good & I was wondering if he had a larger version or could point me in the right direction... Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood moderator.....<img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle> If you can't go fast...go Ugly |
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| Author: | Bacon Bits [ 27 Feb 2004, 17:51 ] |
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Thanks for replying TG, those were the sort of figures I imagined from stuff I 'd seen in books etc. As for the avatar, it was the result of a bored half hour last week. Far from being buzzed by a low flying Hog, I 'made' the pic from a shot I took last year of 77-259 which hangs from the roof at the American Air Museum at Duxford, when you see the doctored picture up close you can see the joins where I crudely pasted the sky together! prkiii, I can email you the pic, plus another undoctored one from another angle if you want. Edited by - Bacon Bits on Feb 27 2004 4:52 PM |
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| Author: | prkiii [ 27 Feb 2004, 18:31 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> prkiii, I can email you the pic, plus another undoctored one from another angle if you want. Edited by - Bacon Bits on Feb 27 2004 4:52 PM <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> sure...thanks... Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood moderator.....<img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle> If you can't go fast...go Ugly |
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