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Old October 21st 07, 06:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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Default "Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun"

On Oct 21, 7:47 am, "Paul J. Adam" wrote:

7.62 is okay for suppressive fire against infantry, but if the V-22 is
supposed to be doing any sort of self-escort then it really needs more
range and hitting power (it may have enemy helicopters to cope with, and
certainly wants to engage light vehicles). Something like a M3M .50"
would be a decent compromise between terminal effect and weight.



The once suggested system was the GDAS GAU-19 3 barrel .50 cal
gattling gun. Weighing 456 lbs.

http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2002gun/depasqual.pdf

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