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Originally posted by m21sniper
The AC-130 is actually the single most precise weapons system in the USAF, and the most persistant too. I think they're fantastic platforms when the environment is permissible, and they are most definitely utterly awe inspiring to see in action.
They're upgrading 'em all now with Mk144 30x173mm guns (to replace all the 40mm and 25mm mounts). That's the same caliber as the gun of the A-10. Very, very powerful round.
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Yes, I like expensive military hardware too, lots of fun.
Still, it's just more machine gunning the natives because they can't stop you. As the British troopers used to say in Africa, "We shall not fear the Hottentot because we have the Maxim gun and they have not".