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elmayerle said:I've seen various designations for this variant, but Deino posted an artist conception out of Flight and a top view over on another forum.
The F-15 Eagle will be able to carry the 30mm rotary barrel General Electric GAU-8/A cannon for ground attack in the wing root in place of the current General Electric M61, in a centreline pod or in the conformal fuselage pallets. If the wing root position is adopted, the GAU-8/A linear ammunition feed will be changed to belt feed in order to utilise the existing ammunition bays.
Dronte said:Does somebody have a picture of the gun originally foreseen for the F-15, the GAU7, that it used caseless ammunition?
Matej said:STOL?? Here is the way how to start.... ;D
Matej said:Dronte said:Does somebody have a picture of the gun originally foreseen for the F-15, the GAU7, that it used caseless ammunition?
Only munition...
Not all telescoping munitions are caseless, right? At least from the caseless standpoint there were problems with clearing out gun jams (since I think the breech is sealed) and there were issues with heat transfer during rapid fire (a normal gun the heat is removed via the spent casing).sferrin said:Matej said:Dronte said:Does somebody have a picture of the gun originally foreseen for the F-15, the GAU7, that it used caseless ammunition?
Only munition...
Anybody remember telescopic ammunition that was suppose to be the next big thing back in the late 80's?
Sundog said:Here's the F-15XX
TinWing said:What is the vintage of this proposal? Any details?
Matej said:TinWing said:What is the vintage of this proposal? Any details?
The simpliest as it can be written - In MDD were lazy people that didnt want to design ATF, so they proposed this super improved F-15 as an alternative.
I'll see if I can scan those photos later this week.