October 17th 07, 04:22 PM
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"Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun"
Looking at the photo, they ahve alre\dy armed the Osprey with a lance - true
grass roots weaponry
"Vince" wrote in message
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Henry J Cobb wrote:
Vince wrote:
David Lesher wrote:
Mike writes:
Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/
Posted : Thursday Oct 11, 2007 15:11:37 EDT
Air Force and Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys may get a turret-mounted
machine gun, fulfilling a long-sought requirement for a forward-firing
defensive weapon and making it
unique among today's U.S. transport aircraft.
Strange no one is discussing how much such weighs; in an airframe
already short of payload...
and balance
its a side to side prop-rotor configuration
hang a thousand pounds on the chin and see what happens
It's belly, not chin mounted.
-HJC Fact correcting Vince is endless fun.
You missed my point
you cant hang it on the chin, they tried and they found that out
it was the original concept even up to 2005.
Also under consideration is a redesign of the V-22’s nose to accommodate
a chin gun, Birkholz said. “It’s all do-able,” he said. “It’s just
expensive.”
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.o.../V-22_Aims.htm
it wasn't doable
you can hang it on the belly at the center of lift,
that is where they put the cargo hook
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...ng_M777_lg.jpg
nothing is free
Vince
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