"Brett" wrote in message ...
"Tony Williams" wrote:
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| Incidentally, there is still some mystery about the current situation
| - I have it on good authority that GD (given the job of integrating
| the BK 27 to the F-35) have proposed using the GAU-12/U instead
| (allegedly for cost reasons), but every publication I have seen on the
| F-35 still mentions the BK 27. Can anyone point to a definitive
| reference?

GD's web site? "The 25mm GAU-12/U system produced by General Dynamics
Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) was recently selected for the
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)..."

http://www.gdatp.com/products/lethal...12u/gau-12.htm

Many thanks - that wasn't there last time I looked!

Tony Williams
Military gun and ammunition website: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk
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