Getting back in, just stuff

[pep]

C130 nick name gun ship.

[john k]

Is that on permanent display?   Lots of firepower to be just sitting.   I always wondered what the mini-guns firing does to the airframe?

[Rural53]

Is that on permanent display?   Lots of firepower to be just sitting.   I always wondered what the mini-guns firing does to the airframe?

Not much compared to the 40mm Bofors and the 105mm howitzer!

[pep]

Is that on permanent display?   Lots of firepower to be just sitting.   I always wondered what the mini-guns firing does to the airframe?

Yes on display, air frame is beefed up and inspected regularly . It's called a major overhaul, engines removed, plane jacked, landing gear tested, every system is checked, inspected reinstalled.

Plane is spotted, secured, spun up ........ think dyno. Checked for leaks, flight controls and so on.

In a jet, that is a hell of a ride.  Testing the after burners, plane noses over.  Almost to the point of bottoming out the nose gear

The chalks are massive, from the tarmac too about a foot higher then the top of the tire, main gear.

Not much compared to the 40mm Bofors and the 105mm howitzer!

Yes, there is a port just behind the 2 cannons to the rear, but covered.

[john k]

The 105mm gun is the same as on the M-60 tank.  Above the gun tube is a hydraulic cylinder that takes up the recoil, inside the tank is still an awesome shock.  Can see from the videos the gun mount is well insulated, but darn, is still bolted into aluminum.

[DeadNutz]

At an airshow I bought a t-shirt from an AC-130 Spectre squadron that says " you can run but you'll only die tired."

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[pep]

Down the road

[Lookin4_67GalaxieConv]

Down the road

Very nice.  Unfortunately there's so much damn building going on, soon your area will be another Alpharetta.

[jabberwoki]

Yeah really nice. i`d sit down in that creek with a beer and be quite happy.

[muddy]

Down the road

Beautiful!

Sent from the twisted mind of the mudman

[mdlbldrmatt135]

The 105mm gun is the same as on the M-60 tank.  Above the gun tube is a hydraulic cylinder that takes up the recoil, inside the tank is still an awesome shock.  Can see from the videos the gun mount is well insulated, but darn, is still bolted into aluminum.

John,  It's actually a M102 105mm towed Howitzer, not quite the gun out of the M60 series tank.

[john k]

Ah, different gun, but the same shell?   Looks the same when you see the air crew reloading.   The shell is a handful, inside a cramped tank turret too.  The aiming system,  must be interesting, with the pinpoint accuracy the are recieving.  Thanks for the update. 

[mdlbldrmatt135]

Shells are different too

Yeah those Gunships & Crews are something else for putting rounds on target Accurately.

Arty: straight
Tank: reduced neck

[pep]

Cool part