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Sciroccology said:
fathomfive said:
Sciroccology said:
fathomfive said:
I accidentally deleted my post before
"Accidentally". Yeah, right.
It's true. Honest.I was aiming for the 'edit' button and got confused by my night vision. They all look the same from this high up. I couldn't be certain. I had a mission. It is an easy mistake to make, even for an experienced PH'er. Do I need to be re-certified before I'm allowed to
Don1 said:
Yanks and friendly fire. You would have thought they would have learnt by now...
It certainly is a good thing Brits never do friendly fire, isn't it? ETA: The car company could sell that ride to some wannabe gangsta' types; you know, the kind that put those fake adhesive bullet holes on their cars.
Edited by Jimbeaux on Thursday 26th February 18:12
king BBC in here.rhinochopig said:
Ok wrong target entirely, but that's an impressive grouping from 1.5 miles away. Some people would struggle to achieve that with a sniper rifle, laid flat and motionless - never mind doing 400kts at several hundred feet.
The 20mm gun on an F-16 can fire 100 rounds per second, so it isn't that surprising they land close together. 
Now I'm far from an expert, but that doesn't look like it's been hit by 20mm rounds.
I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
Mr Whippy said:
Now I'm far from an expert, but that doesn't look like it's been hit by 20mm rounds.
I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
A10 has a 30mm cannon not 20mm - big big difference in destructive capabilityI have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
Mr Whippy said:
Now I'm far from an expert, but that doesn't look like it's been hit by 20mm rounds.
I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
My understanding ;I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
Reason being that the 30mm in the A10 is designed to cut through tanks with its armour piercing ammunition. The 20mm rounds fired by a vulcan cannon as fitted to a F16 explode on impact as they are designed to cut other thin skinned aircraft in two.
IanMorewood said:
Mr Whippy said:
Now I'm far from an expert, but that doesn't look like it's been hit by 20mm rounds.
I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
My understanding ;I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
Reason being that the 30mm in the A10 is designed to cut through tanks with its armour piercing ammunition. The 20mm rounds fired by a vulcan cannon as fitted to a F16 explode on impact as they are designed to cut other thin skinned aircraft in two.
I've shot at lots of metal things with lots of different types of guns (mis-spent youth on a farm), and they never look like that, which looks more like someone has hit it with a big fencing mallet.
Also, didn't the A10 fire every 3rd a DU round, and the other two HE rounds (maybe not on practice runs as per my photos in the book!?)
I still call fake
Obviously 20mm ball or training rounds, I would hope.
I suspect this could be a reserve piot although it doesn't state such.
We had an incident in NJ a couple of years ago. A reserve pilot who was supposed to be attacking FortDix/Maguire missed and hit NJ
Result was a rather large forest fire, roads impassable due to smoke and some houses reduced to charcoal. No fatalities.
I beleive that guy was a col.(res.)
Ft Dix/Maguire is quite a large target. BTW
I suspect this could be a reserve piot although it doesn't state such.
We had an incident in NJ a couple of years ago. A reserve pilot who was supposed to be attacking FortDix/Maguire missed and hit NJ
Result was a rather large forest fire, roads impassable due to smoke and some houses reduced to charcoal. No fatalities.
I beleive that guy was a col.(res.)
Ft Dix/Maguire is quite a large target. BTW
Mr Whippy said:
IanMorewood said:
Mr Whippy said:
Now I'm far from an expert, but that doesn't look like it's been hit by 20mm rounds.
I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
My understanding ;I have a book about the A10 Thunderbolt and they stick old vans/cars on the ranges and the holes look just like normal smaller bullet holes in cars, just much bigger (lots of pictures)
Unless this was some weird training ammo!?
Reason being that the 30mm in the A10 is designed to cut through tanks with its armour piercing ammunition. The 20mm rounds fired by a vulcan cannon as fitted to a F16 explode on impact as they are designed to cut other thin skinned aircraft in two.
I've shot at lots of metal things with lots of different types of guns (mis-spent youth on a farm), and they never look like that, which looks more like someone has hit it with a big fencing mallet.
Also, didn't the A10 fire every 3rd a DU round, and the other two HE rounds (maybe not on practice runs as per my photos in the book!?)
I still call fake
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