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For Point 1 and 2, that I definitely understand. What I am trying to say is that the concept of EXACTO allows sniper to go from place to place without worrying to re-zero the rifle.
On point 4, if this concept became real, this will be very useful for assassinations and hitting high value targets
Jura The idiot
General
the most recent on the airborne 4" etc.:
around 01:00 ... and in the text:
(in the video inside, I liked most the loading part
around 01:00 ... and in the text:
Jura The idiot
General
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
AC130 retirement and design changes in the works.
To summarize, The USAF is moving to slow the retirement of it's AC130U, as realistically the potent 105mm Howitzer mounted in the bird is more cost effective then the smart bombs and 30mm currently in the interim AC130W Stinger II and production AC130J Ghostrider. The Air Force will retain the W ( little more than Harvest Hawk) and now modify production AC130J with the M102 105mm Howitzer standard,
to understand the logic and it's very good logic. a 105mm shell cost $400.00 a missile shot? a low cost missile 312 fold. AC130 can also carry a lot more 105mm shells then missiles and the have a smaller warhead then a SDB well still being precision.
kwaigonegin
Colonel
Not to mention putting the fear of God onto the enemy. Sometimes all you need to do is make an appearance and people dissapear w/o needing to fire a single shot. Psychological warfare is seldom taken into account when considering these things but they play such an important role IMHO.
Just like you only need to hear the GAU-8 .. you hear the props or the
You only need to hear these sounds ONCE and it stays in your memory forever.
These gunships are excellent for non-symetrical warfare. F-35 and other 5th gen fighters are all good and bad but when you fight a low tech enemy you need 'low' tech equipment with tons of firepower. Apaches, AC130s and A10 bring real lasting pain. An AC130 raining thousands of 25mm, 76mm ,105mm down on a convoy or a structure etc puts the fear of God that simply cannot be match by dropping a couple JDAMs from altitude or a cruise missile hit from 500 miles away.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Kwai, Armament for AC130 Variants has varied but never included a 76mm gun.
First generation had 7.62x51mm miniguns and 20mm Vulcan cannons
then came 762 miniguns, 20mm Vulcan cannons and 40mm L60 Bofors
then AC130E and AC130H with 20mm vulcans 40mm Bofors and 105mm howitzer.
Ac130U upgraded to 25mm Equalizers 40mm Bofors, and a M102 105mm Howitzer
The AC130W is based on the USMC harvest Hawk which is a rear ramp mounted weapons launcher and a 30mm Bushmaster III with the addition of wing mounted weapons based on MC130W's
AC130J will be identical to AC130W except based on C130J and now including a M102.
the 40mm L60 Bofors cannon was a WW2 anti aircraft gun widely used by naval and Armies world wide. by late war Jets started to appear and the L70 was created with a faster rate of fire. that gun is the standard for swedish CV90. by the 60's the 40mm Bofors started being phased out by the L70 Mark 1 a 57mm gun a derivative of which the Mk 110 57 mm gun is in US service and has been fitted to LCS classes. 76mm is another naval gun but the size and weight would be prohibitive on a C130
First generation had 7.62x51mm miniguns and 20mm Vulcan cannons
then came 762 miniguns, 20mm Vulcan cannons and 40mm L60 Bofors
then AC130E and AC130H with 20mm vulcans 40mm Bofors and 105mm howitzer.
Ac130U upgraded to 25mm Equalizers 40mm Bofors, and a M102 105mm Howitzer
The AC130W is based on the USMC harvest Hawk which is a rear ramp mounted weapons launcher and a 30mm Bushmaster III with the addition of wing mounted weapons based on MC130W's
AC130J will be identical to AC130W except based on C130J and now including a M102.
the 40mm L60 Bofors cannon was a WW2 anti aircraft gun widely used by naval and Armies world wide. by late war Jets started to appear and the L70 was created with a faster rate of fire. that gun is the standard for swedish CV90. by the 60's the 40mm Bofors started being phased out by the L70 Mark 1 a 57mm gun a derivative of which the Mk 110 57 mm gun is in US service and has been fitted to LCS classes. 76mm is another naval gun but the size and weight would be prohibitive on a C130
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
747-8 was more or less the only choice. Airbus Early on said they would not offer the A380 as it would not make a profit to build a handful of those Flying Cruise Liners in the US just for the USAF. so it was Boeing vs.... No one. Lockheed long ago left the Commercial Airliner business and MD merged with Boeing. the options were 747-8 and 787 and in terms of square footage 747-8 for the win. if all goes well the next president will be the first to get a Ride in these. specs wise these birds will likely be major upgrades over the current VC25's that means EMP hardened with advanced communications including video conferencing and satellite TV. What will it look like?
Well I happen to have a link to Greenpoint Technologies who do Boeing contracts for this class.
Naval Today said:
In addition to a full compliment of assault helicopters and a wing of AV-8B HArriers, the Marines on this vessel will also get to shore with US LCACs.
