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Lkorrow> Top Gun... I wonder how many rounds they could fire during the Vietnam war.


Dear Linda,
I went looking to see how much cannon ammo the F4 Phantom
carried . . no luck yet.

But, I found this site telling me the Tomcat only had
about ten seconds worth of cannon fire.

http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-m61.htm

I suspect most fighter air craft had relatively low
ammunition loads - space and weight concerns. (Ammo
is heavy.)

But, with really good targeting and a good, well trained,
experienced pilot I suspect they could shoot down several
other jets before they ran out.

A three second burst . . . right on target . . .
20mm exploding cannon rounds would tear another plane
up. (You can't put much armor on an airplane and
still expect it to fly.)

Zim.




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Re: When it comes to Military Aircraft
By: lkorrow
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Mon, 03 Jul 17 5:48 AM
Msg. 28290 of 47202

Zim,

Yeah, you're right on interceptors, I was visualizing an interdiction in the scenario where they're tailing (Russians) or escorting (Chinese) our non-combat aircraft, as has occurred in recent times.

Top Gun... I wonder how many rounds they could fire during the Vietnam war.


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