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Steve Carlton 09-26-2023 04:47 PM

I've heard it described as "a gun in search of an airplane."

Here's What You Need To Remember: As a result an alternative was found — depleted uranium, a by-product of the enrichment of uranium for nuclear power reactors. It boasts approximately 60 percent of the radioactivity of naturally-occurring uranium. As an added benefit, fragments burst into flames when they break off from the main projectile. General Electric’s promotional material is careful to generically describe the depleted uranium as a “heavy metal.”

General Electric’s 30-millimeter GAU-8 Avenger cannon has been the primary weapon of the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack plane for more than 40 years. It also arms the Goalkeeper naval close-in weapon system.

It’s a huge and awesome gun.

The GAU-8 has seven independent barrels with rotary-locking bolts that are mechanically actuated. The weapon is powered by a pair of hydraulic motors and can, in theory, spew up to 4,200 tank-smashing, depleted-uranium rounds per minute.


https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/uranium-bullets-10-warthogs-cannon-truly-fearsome-weapon-164803

Deschodt 09-27-2023 07:54 AM

It was a good series.. What on earth did Nicole Kidmann do to her face though ? Aging gracefully would have been better for sure.

flatbutt 11-24-2024 04:20 AM

Zoe does a great job of creating Jo a duplicitous monster if ever there was one.

Steve Carlton 11-25-2024 10:27 AM

Lioness S2 is very good. S2E7 airs 12/1 and the finale airs 12/8. That Little Bird's got a serious bite! Like a baby A-10 Warthog.

pwd72s 11-25-2024 10:34 AM

I'd be curious to know what real special ops guys think of this series. Probably about the same that pro pool players think about some movie scenes. It's called "willing suspension of disbelief".

Steve Carlton 11-25-2024 02:17 PM

There's this:

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Deschodt 11-26-2024 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton (Post 12364159)
Lioness S2 is very good. S2E7 airs 12/1 and the finale airs 12/8. That Little Bird's got a serious bite! Like a baby A-10 Warthog.

It's a great show... 12/8 is good, I can then cancel paramount and hop onto the next subscription... there's some WW2 british SAS show on MGM i wanna see..


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