USA - Air Force Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II (all models) 81-0960
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Operator: USA - Air Force - 81-0960
Aircraft: Fairchild - A-10 Thunderbolt II (all models)
Airport: Poland - Radom - Sadków (EPRA)
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2009-8-28 by Sebastian Szatyłowicz [Contact]
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(29.3.2010, 16:30 CET)
From Wikipedia " 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling-type cannon. One of the most powerful aircraft cannon ever flown, it fires large depleted uranium armor-piercing shells. In the original design, the pilot could switch between two rates of fire: 2,100 or 4,200 rounds per minute; this was changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rounds per minute. The cannon takes about half a second to come up to speed, so 50 rounds are fired during the first second, 65 or 70 rounds per second thereafter. The gun is precise; it can place 80% of its shots within a 40-foot (12.4 m) circle from 4,000 feet (1,220 m) while in flight. The GAU-8 is optimized for a slant range of 4,000 feet (1,220 m) with the A-10 in a 30 degree dive."
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