F-35 Cannon test
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FUKKINGHELL!
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perfect birthday present
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@echo34 it wont be and will not be installed, external gun will defeat the purpose of the stealth, in any potential air threats it will fly in stealth mode. I guess its just meant to be a ground pound gun.
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@echo34 Wait so this is only on the F-35 A? How is the dumbass who came up with that idea?!
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@k2477456 Only the USAF F-35A has an internal gun. The F-35B and Navy's F-35C have no internal gun - have to carry an external gun pod.
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eats sukhoi for breakfast and mikoyan for lunch...
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Dear Santa...
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@FlightDreamz they took the fucking gun off!?
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just fuck
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@FlightDreamz And then you have the ground support role as well, nothing beats knowing that you can strafe targets in support of ground troops.
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@echo34 agreed, it probably isn't even connected to a lead computing gun sight. A gun is required 100 of the time. it took the designers till the E model of the F-4 Phantom to figure it out in nam.
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Navy are absolutely impossible to work with when it comes to the F-35... they complain about everything.
I really with the U.S. Navy would reconsider and install this gun on the F-35C. It's my opinion they omitted it so the F-35 wouldn't compete with their F-18E/F's but it's a poor decision in my view. Remember the F-4 Phantoms in Vietnam that wished they had a gun when enemy MiG's closed within sidewinder range, or the F-4's ran out of missiles or they just didn't work? The AIM-9X sidewinder and the AIM-120 AMRAAM are great missiles but their not perfect, sometimes you need a gun.
FlightDreamz 1 year ago 7
@FlightDreamz there will be an external gun pod version for the C and B, don't think it will be as effective though.
echo34 9 months ago 4