(Pechs1) wrote:
robvr- Navy Phantoms were capable of carrying
a 20mm gunpod, but there is an
abundance of references stating this weapon
was worse than useless for
air to air use, and thus not carried. BRBR

The biggest obstacle was the weight of the thing
and how ya had to 'bring it
back'. If ya had 2 and 2 and the pod, max trap
was in the 4.0 range. Plus wing
tanks got the crap beat outta them on the boat.


P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter
and Combat Buckeye Phlyer
I always wondered why Navy Phantoms never carried the gun pod, despite
requests from pilots to have a gun. Didn't Randy Cunningham say that if he
had a gun on 10 May '72 he would've had several more MiG kills?

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