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It is the 30mm round and not the dinky 30mm the Apache uses either. The F-35 uses a 25mm round and carries 184 rounds I believe.
You are correct, the cannon was designed and then the aircraft designed around it.
While not a dogfighter it has taken down fighters such as the F-16 when the Viper comes down to play with the Warthog. 7g's at 300kts is a surprisingly tight turn to those fighter jocks pulling 8-9gs at 450kts and no plane wants to be in front of that cannon, though they carry the AIM9L as well.
Glen, the sensor fused weapons will take over the role of that big cannon and the SDB can glide out to 50 (or so I am told) miles to take out a building or encampment.
The A-10 is an awesome place kicker but it is a 45 year old place kicker and they are running more 2 point conversions now and only kick very long field goals now.
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