USAF at Work

**Bgchuby01** · 08-11-2009 12:46 PM

This video was taken from inside the cockpit of an A-10
(Warthog) by
the
pilot. It was a night view. What you see is from 9700 feet away
(almost
two miles). Four terrorists are walking along a street with no
clue
that
someone is watching them........ from almost 2 miles away. The
A-10
fired a
30 mm cannon WITHOUT injuring the dog nearby who escaped
unharmed.
You can
see the gun camera shake a bit as the pilot fires; then count
about
4
seconds for the rounds to travel 2 miles. Every tenth round is a
tracer, so
the bullets you actually see are every tenth; they are getting
hit
with
hundreds of rounds, but the tail wagging dog gets the heck out
of
Dodge!
Muzzle velocity on the 30mm cannon is 2430 feet per second.

The result is that four fewer guys won't be blowing up women and
children anymore! GITMO won't have a prisoner problem and the
Terrorists
get their 72 Virgins. Everyone is a winner. Don't you love it
when a
plan comes together !

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**Chris** · 08-11-2009 04:48 PM

That's the 25mm gun on an Apache helicopter. The 30mm on the A-10 fires at 4200 rounds per minute. a one second burst delivers 70 rounds. Youy cannot detect it's cyclical rate. It just makes a BRRRRRRRRRRRR sound. Each round impacts with the kinetic energy equivalent of a 3,000 lb car travelling 50 mph and striking it's target. 70 times a second.