*pccchhhht BRRRRRRRRRRR * will never get tired of insanely high fire rate weapons😩
@billpugh586 ай бұрын
Yeah they mostly miss on the battlefield though😂
@randomexcalmain45126 ай бұрын
@@billpugh58 if you are shooting at an aircraft you only need a few shots to land
@pickeljuice93256 ай бұрын
@@billpugh58 we call that accuracy by volume
@6uiti6 ай бұрын
search "2000 rpm pistol"
@aaronlarson43586 ай бұрын
VVVRRRRRRRRRRRTTTT
@kevinfidler62876 ай бұрын
Works perfectly for lightly armored targets, which just so happens to be ~99% of fighter aircraft.
@gamechip066 ай бұрын
Who is in the 1% 💀
@Vitamin_jp6 ай бұрын
I thought I read somewhere the other day that the last time a plane was lost due to plane-to-plane machine gun fire was in like 1992?
@danielshults52436 ай бұрын
@@Vitamin_jp I'm kind of shocked it's that recent.
@nguyenhoangan-matt6 ай бұрын
@@gamechip06heavily armoured attack airplane like the a-10 or su-25
@connorbossong57736 ай бұрын
@@Vitamin_jpyeah that’s cause dogfighting never happens anymore everything is long range attacks now, which kinda render short range machine guns useless
@Karagoth4446 ай бұрын
A10 goes brrrt, F16 goes zrrrt
@kookie_krumbs6 ай бұрын
Fr
@AW-jy4bt6 ай бұрын
Minigun go weeeee
@IceTTom6 ай бұрын
Got it, thanks 👍🏿
@godlugner53276 ай бұрын
Money printer go DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKA
@amldesh6 ай бұрын
And we all humans goes, faaart... 😂😂😂
@shawncot2 ай бұрын
Packed neatly is an understatement. If you've ever had to remove n replace/repair one you'd agree.
@NandR24 күн бұрын
I worked on the same gun on CIWS. Good lord I’d hate to work on in a cramped jet. But it still has that same sound.
@jennacoryell416019 күн бұрын
How are they sighted after installation?
@QuisUtDeus82818 күн бұрын
@@jennacoryell4160 they have a thing to bore sight everything (guns, HUDs, laser designstors, etc)
@Cmoney86012 күн бұрын
@@QuisUtDeus828 They have a thing huh? 😂😂😂
@tristandaries11296 ай бұрын
Just to be clear, he said 100 20mm rounds per second, not 120mm rounds
@ibelieveingaming35626 ай бұрын
To be clear this device pushes 21 pounds of metal and high explosives at you at a flow rate of 1800 feet per second every second that it stays on.
@GewelReal6 ай бұрын
@@ibelieveingaming3562and 3 football fields
@EarthIsFlat4566 ай бұрын
@@ibelieveingaming3562 1800 feet? How many hands are these?
@MusicallyMotivated.6 ай бұрын
@@ibelieveingaming3562for this, you have to calculate by switching the measurement system from Donuts-Per-Bald-Eagle to the all-sane and logical Metric system for a better understanding
@c1985paul6 ай бұрын
@@EarthIsFlat456I don't know, but it's about half the width of your mom.
@aviationgeek218866 ай бұрын
F-16: my plane has a gun A-10: my Gun has a plane😅
@TimeSurfer2066 ай бұрын
At Osan AB in Korea one day, playing D&D at the Rec Center, one of the players said he was an A-10 Pilot. I countered with, "With all due respect, Sir, no you aren't. "You are a GAU-8 Pilot, that wears an aircraft body." "I stand corrected, Specialist." "Wrong again, Sir, you're sitting."
@midlbrwn156 ай бұрын
@@TimeSurfer206and did the entire crowd start applauding too?
@confusedbuddy51566 ай бұрын
Gun got wings 😅
@travishart47066 ай бұрын
Stole
@pex_the_unalivedrunk67856 ай бұрын
I am the 666th like...antichrist confirmed! edit: aww, someone else liked the comment right after me and ruined it! 👿
@Patrick_9196 ай бұрын
It's wild how the bullets are just inches from the fuselage as they exit the barrel.
@Isaac-ho8gh6 ай бұрын
Not really, their shockwaves from travelling faster than speed of sound can't damage anything.
@anthonylabrecque33966 ай бұрын
@@Isaac-ho8gh fkn WAT?
@Roddy5566 ай бұрын
@@anthonylabrecque3396why you don't not understand proper good?
@crf80fdarkdays6 ай бұрын
@@Roddy556bloody fucken
@dukecraig24026 ай бұрын
@@Isaac-ho8gh There's only ever been one supersonic gun kill in history from what I understand, generally guns aren't used at supersonic speeds, they're used at close range after the fur ball starts and everyone's maneuvering so much their energy and speed are down.
@Ataturk694 ай бұрын
imagine getting sprayed down by 500 rounds in 5 seconds
@musthavebeenEscobar4 ай бұрын
no
@bjbrick13 ай бұрын
Not a game I want to play either.
@ferydickdong22352 ай бұрын
I think you just turn to vapor
@ShivajivlawandeDeshmukh2 ай бұрын
It cant shoot single man ...if its really your Bad Day😂😂😂
@Ataturk69Ай бұрын
@@ferydickdong2235 red mist
@Bubba.Bennettt5 ай бұрын
It’s crazy that it only takes 5 seconds to run out of ammunition, imagine being mid dog fight and all you hear is “BRRR-click”
@HunterXray5 ай бұрын
More like "Brrrreeeeee" as the rounds run out and you just hear the electric motor spinning the barrel. :)
@midgarw67755 ай бұрын
Honestly if this or its counterpart finds itself in a dog fight then they both already fucked up
@badmoose015 ай бұрын
If you hear them the bullets weren’t intended for you
@PostAloneD5 ай бұрын
if youre in an F16 and youre in a dogfight and have to use the M61 you have fucked up royally several times over
@anarchyandempires54525 ай бұрын
@@PostAloneD If you somehow manage to run out of ammo without shooting down your opponent on top of that.... Then Bro you never belonged in that fighter to begin with.
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n6 ай бұрын
A minute of talking, 1 second of "The Amazing Gun Sounds". Can't do that to us man.
@jev28675 ай бұрын
There was a second of gun sound? 😂
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n5 ай бұрын
@@jev2867pccchhhht BRRRRRRRRRRR!!
@DionLewiis5 ай бұрын
if he plays more than 1 second then the USAF will copyright strike his channel
@jev28675 ай бұрын
@DionLewiis Sound copyright? He's got video clips.
@fabianherrera54275 ай бұрын
@@DionLewiis nah fool, you mean airstrike? 😂
@DAWNTHEGARD5 ай бұрын
A-10: “I FIRE 45 RED BULL CANS A SECOND”
@some_texan5 ай бұрын
W refrence
@lukedukehunter765 ай бұрын
W reference
@bigstuff525 ай бұрын
yah but if I fight a capable country with a good air force my A-10 gets shot out of the sky...
@rustynailz1785 ай бұрын
@@bigstuff52 Only 5 have been lost ever, it's not an air to air fighter, its a ground attack vehicle, a role in which performs like a surgeon's blade even the hardest terrorist fighters feared that noise in Iraq. It is a flying tank and not easy to knock out of the sky, one A10 in Iraq took a direct hit from a small shoulder fired SAM and still made it back to base.
@lilrich12435 ай бұрын
@@rustynailz178yeah I saw s documentary on how they want to retire the a10 for the f35 Even though it was introduced in the 70s that thing is still highly effective even in today's advanced world. And despite its age it's still cheaper to maintain than the f35. I don't think anything will ever beat that brrrrrt sound
@RougeComputer3 ай бұрын
Nothing sounds better than rapid fire guns, fishing reel going off, or a good ole V8 rolling by with a supercharger whine.
@samuelanders7597Ай бұрын
That is the most American song, second only to the star spangled banner 😂
@DennepeerRelaxationАй бұрын
Thanks for the fishing reel one mempry . Been a while. 😊
@jgbreezerАй бұрын
I also quite like a turbocharged flat 4
@Xihrzah14 күн бұрын
murica! pew pew!
@5fifty55 ай бұрын
F-16 is my everyday carry. Don't leave the house without it.
@Truthorfib5 ай бұрын
Air defense missiles that are cheaper makes the bird go away. 😂 Remember the US has never faced an actual modern army with modern air defenses..
@Redslayer865 ай бұрын
As it was meant to be.
@Oderus11514 ай бұрын
Ol' reliable
@DebunkPropaganda4 ай бұрын
@@Truthorfib And that's what special forces are for - going behind enemy lines and taking out SAM anti-air battalion's, attack helicopters do a great job at flying under the radar and accomplishing that too. And then of course you've got stealth aircraft too. And if the SAM battery is near the coast, you can just send in a naval task force to bombard it.
@GrandDukeMushroom4 ай бұрын
do you have a concealed permit for that?
@Sky-nb8qh4 ай бұрын
“If you hear the sound, you weren't it's target"
@ardonjr4 ай бұрын
This came up to my mind too, but I have no clue where it's from.
@jordanthompson96763 ай бұрын
@@ardonjr i have heard this said about snipers as the bullet moves faster than the sound. So if you heard it, it wasn't meant for you
@ardonjr3 ай бұрын
@@jordanthompson9676 Yeah I understand that, but from which movie is this quote?
@appiconll3 ай бұрын
Damn!!!!
@RAGHIDELGHALLAL-hb2ft3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂@@ardonjr
@Botmini176 ай бұрын
Calling 20mm tiny is crazy
@ChesterManfred5 ай бұрын
For real. That's freaking ridiculous. This is the kind of people that would diss 22.
@khraix59085 ай бұрын
Tbf he did say in comparison
@jsosa50755 ай бұрын
@@khraix590820mm is not that much smaller than a 30mm
@d3ltaohniner2615 ай бұрын
20mm is still a damn anti-material round, the weapons firing them are actually referred to as "cannons", because they're well over the threshold of even .50 BMG, which is where man portable arms and true heavy armaments diverge. Sure, there are .50 BMG rifles, and even 20mm shoulder fired anti-tank rifles, but that's right at the upper limit of what you can put to your shoulder and fire without it becoming unsafe for the operator.
@yungdraco60755 ай бұрын
there is this thing called a comparison between two things maybe learn how to listen buddy
@ghostnoise17114 ай бұрын
This one took "It costs $400000 to fire this weapon for twelve seconds" and quadrupled down
@Grifter20721 күн бұрын
Who touched my gun?
@Aardcore5 ай бұрын
first time i have EVER heard an F-16 firing its gun like that, and I was not expecting such a wickedly cool sound
@misterbonzoid56234 ай бұрын
Yeah; cool. The sound of multiple screaming daeths. Get outta yo mama's basement and live.
@mt_gox4 ай бұрын
What's the difference between "first time i have heard" and "first time i have EVER heard"?
@PsycheHED4 ай бұрын
@@mt_gox EVER being placed there means in his whole life.
@mt_gox4 ай бұрын
@@PsycheHED So if EVER is not placed there it means in part of his life? What grammatical rule is that? Cite sources.
@mt_gox4 ай бұрын
@@PsycheHED so "first time i have heard" means he's heard it before?
@ChristianStout5 ай бұрын
Pilots say they only get two or three trigger pulls before the magazine is empty, so they have to be certain their target is lined up perfectly.
@betterthanyesterday39124 ай бұрын
That's crazy. Is that the best way to do it?
@Zeeboklown4 ай бұрын
The recoil also pushes the craft so hard that it basically fights the engine and wins so they have to compensate when they fire
@RavenMobile4 ай бұрын
@@Zeeboklown Aim the gun backward for a nitro-style boost!
@patrickgriffitt65514 ай бұрын
There is a limit to the amount of ammo you can carry. Fighters don't have a lot of space available.
@felixchaus3 ай бұрын
@@betterthanyesterday3912 The window when the target is in the aim point is so short, that you need alot of ammo in the air for one or few to hit. Kinda same as like kids playing with water, one drives a bike and other tries to wet them with water balloon. Chance of hitting is really small, but with a water hose, change of hitting is much higher
@Stella-gm7bo6 ай бұрын
Doesn’t matter how tiny it is. When you’re a squishy little human, it’s gonna hurt. Edit: for those saying it’s not tiny, I know. I am simply referring to the video. Also, it’s relatively tiny compared to something like say a 30mm or a 40mm. Also for all those that said you won’t feel a thing, I know too. It’s a joke.
@sanatan09906 ай бұрын
doesn't*
@ockerdebokx33696 ай бұрын
its not used against humans
@honor9lite13376 ай бұрын
Sure, just its collateral damage. @@ockerdebokx3369
@Supersonic_av6 ай бұрын
@@ockerdebokx3369yeah but that shit would rip you up
@AW-jy4bt6 ай бұрын
20mm is not tiny 😮. Even if the A-10 Vulcan is 30mm. Miniguns use 7.62mm
@anomonyous4 ай бұрын
That's a lot of freedom per second.
@androiddevice61023 ай бұрын
No freedom for commies and nazis
@lmeza1983Ай бұрын
a very democratic process...
@Marc42Ай бұрын
@@lmeza1983The continuation of politics by other means... democracies better be ready to defend themselves when push comes to shove!
@iatsdАй бұрын
Only a fvcking psychopath would describe a weapon as "freedom". It's the same sort of insanity that thinks the answer to gun massacres of schoolchildren is to arm teachers
@legendaryash6 ай бұрын
Just a small correction. The F-15 was the aircraft that was designed to have a gun to fix the problem of no gun in the original F-4s, the F-16 just followed suit.
@CeeJMantis6 ай бұрын
I think what he means is that the F-16 fills more similar role to the F-4, and also that every fighter after the F-4 has learned the same lesson when it comes to having a cannon.
@therealinak6 ай бұрын
The F-4E fixed the problem of having no gun by 1967 by having a gun, the same M61 used up to the F-22. The claims of the short are false, pretty much in line with most of this AI generated trash. The newer jets were made to be better at a lot of things. However, the F-4 not having a gun wasn’t one of them, cause the Phantom had a great gun and was getting kills with it long before the 15 or 16 first flew.
@garyeaton57196 ай бұрын
The F-104 was the first to have a rotary cannon, soon followed by the F-100. Major mistake not including one for the F-4, they assumed missiles would’ve all they needed…. Wrong!
@MisterMick1136 ай бұрын
This is partially true but doesn't reflect what really happened. The F111 was supposed to be what the F15 became but didn't pan out as planned. Then studies to develop the F15 happened, experience in Vietnam showed a smaller and lighter craft with high thrust to weight would offer better performance and the pentagon realized the F15 program couldn't deliver enough fighters in number at low enough cost. So the F16 was a lighter and cheaper day fighter at first to supplement the heavier more expensive F15. Also the poor performance of missiles during Vietnam caused guns to be brought back into the basic designs.
@skyraider876 ай бұрын
@garyeaton5719 lacking a gun was not as big of an issue as you think it was. The missiles worked, it was failure in other fields that made them ineffective. They had no way to identify what they were locking onto beyond visual range, which means that that Soviet jet bomber you just fired a radar guided missile at might actually be one of those new jet airliners that were becoming all the rage. That's why the F14 tomcat was equipped with TCS (Television Camera System), and later IRST (Infared Search and Track), the latter being a feture of all current fighter aircraft. The F4 could also carry a podded gun
@jonsingle16146 ай бұрын
Former F16 armament specialist here....this entire weapon package fits neatly directly behind the pilot....the gun itself is a marval of machine work as it is so small....the spent rounds do not get ejected but will stay recycled inside the rotary drum magazine
@ryanmartin46026 ай бұрын
CIWS tech here. That's my gun in your plane. I think that's an awesome use for it. On the CIWS we can run the gun with a pneumatic drive so the fire rate is 4500/min. but we can't get it to fly😂
@m.e.17046 ай бұрын
Crazy how you guys are casually commenting on KZbin about a weapon on a multi million dollar craft that I fell in love with as a kid from watching top gun, and I get to comment along with…wth
@Mango104496 ай бұрын
@@ryanmartin4602more like our gun on your ship. Built for the AF back in the 50’s and still goin strong although through several modifications. The navy put longer barrels on it and it works well for y’all too.
@zachbogan46746 ай бұрын
Civi question! If it can only hold what seems to be a limited number of rounds, why make the fire rate so high as to “run out quicker” I’m not saying or thinking of a spray and pray and I get the other fighter will only be in front for a split second but if the rate of fire was slowed, the velocity should stay the same but you get more use from the weapon?? Also, is it more of like a side arm? “If you have to use them, you’re already fucked” mussels first type beat?
@bht225826 ай бұрын
@@zachbogan4674when you only get a split second to hit something would you rather hit it 10 times or 50 times? In that split second you don’t want your target to live and be able to shoot back.
@mr.robinson19826 ай бұрын
*"TOO CLOSE!! SWITCHING TO GUNS!!"* ~TOP GUN 1986
@hanc375 ай бұрын
The F16 basically has 5 short bursts... The F14 in Top Gun has unlimited ammo.
@robertsaget69185 ай бұрын
@mr.robinson1982 who care
@Twitch3805 ай бұрын
If your too close for missiles you are too close for guns lol.
@geoffhipwell21985 ай бұрын
Yeah, sounds amazing. IF WE COULD HEAR IT!!
@Creamin_All_Offensive5 ай бұрын
@@Twitch380 not really. There are IR and radar missiles - short and long ranged ones. Nowadays there are IR missiles that can pull 40-60 Gs and hit the fast moving target 6 km away easily. Radar missiles are even more curse pulling less Gs (30 probably), but they have effective range of 140 km. The dogfights are really rare right now, but if they happen you can hit the target with 20mm shell 200-1200 meters away. All missiles that were designed as very short range, like SRAAM, were mostly failure because they had to be very light, had almost no fuel and hardly stabilized.
@templeton35044 ай бұрын
Fun fact for those that might not know, or have some 20mm and 30mm cases laying around, the 20mm case fits with a little wiggle room in the A-10 30mm case. Was always crazy making M-61 barrels unserviceable but turning them into awards was fun.... amazing how polished them barrels can get.
@MrBusta304086 ай бұрын
I was an aircraft armament technician on the F-16. The gun system was my favorite part of the job. Worked backshop maintenance and flight line operations. Exciting times!
@clydefreeman10675 ай бұрын
Armament Technician..., weapons. You we're weapons. 😉
@БожьяКоровка-ы8ь5 ай бұрын
Это не ты ли Боинг собираешь который постоянно падает? С пушками тоже так будет?
@MrBusta304085 ай бұрын
@@clydefreeman1067 yes
@Vi3tKid4205 ай бұрын
i must say, these f16s give lots of power
@MrBusta304085 ай бұрын
@@Vi3tKid420 yeah for sure! I got an incentive ride in one over S. Korea. Pulled 8.7 g's and still have my air sickness bags lol!
@goodvibesonly38445 ай бұрын
"One spins to make things clean, one spin to make things disappear" - a wise man
@Skykid33075 ай бұрын
Source is Russian Badger's A10 short. For those unaware.
@BenChristensen-um3ml5 ай бұрын
gotta love the russian badger
@badreality25 ай бұрын
I watched that video, too! 😂 lol
@CedricStormstride5 ай бұрын
@@BenChristensen-um3ml based
@santosmadrigal37025 ай бұрын
If one of those is after you ... Your hamburger meat .
@Ernie-x8o5 ай бұрын
Remember the movie Iron Eagle, man every kid in the 80’s wanted to be a fighter pilot.
@kevind19805 ай бұрын
No i member Top Gun when they were playing volleyball.
@emgee445 ай бұрын
Yeah, Top Gun for kids😅
@mjjumps5 ай бұрын
RIP Lous Gossett JR
@Krisztian5HUN5 ай бұрын
slowest vulcan gun in that movie ever (maybe in the 3. movie)
@StrictlyDrift5 ай бұрын
Iron Eagle is still one of my favorite movies. It like, embodies my childhood along with Smokey and the Bandit. lol The soundtrack is epic, too.
@DerPaintballingDoofusАй бұрын
I feel like sometimes people dont realize that the first brrt is the sound of the rounds hitting and the second sound, more of a reeeeeep, sound is the gun itself.
@raymondwilliams2609Ай бұрын
I know this, but didn't realise it until you pointed it out and I thought: "oh, yeah !" I feel stupid now....🙄🤦🖖✌️
@AbstractHexagon6 ай бұрын
5 seconds for the entire magazine? You better not miss!
@RaderizDorret6 ай бұрын
The plane's onboard computer limits the gun to short bursts to preserve ammunition.
@kevinforget5496 ай бұрын
Id imagine its short half second bursts.
@RaderizDorret6 ай бұрын
@@kevinforget549 My understanding is it fires in bursts of 20-50 rounds but I'm not certain about that.
@whofookncares21496 ай бұрын
big weekend warrior fan are ya? not a magazine and that's quite a bit of time
@dominickmaddox95765 ай бұрын
@@whofookncares2149 ironic name
@lynx6426 ай бұрын
“Why are you reading a washing machine manual?”
@ashiielonely20775 ай бұрын
General Electric
@srinivaschilakala2165 ай бұрын
*_TheRussianBager_*
@erevansilverfrond49115 ай бұрын
“This is not a washing machine manual.”
@Raptorfired5 ай бұрын
"Wdym it says general electrics right there"
@887Bingo5 ай бұрын
One makes things clean, the other dissapear
@Astrix_Jaeger5 ай бұрын
"Is there a single fire setting? I'm on a budget" ATF
@edb38775 ай бұрын
Maybe try a 20 round burst mode to conserve ammo and not run dry too soon?
@tedmoss4 ай бұрын
@@edb3877 20 rounds seems a little excessive, depending on the target.
@Flitterquest4 ай бұрын
You got jokes but yes you can single-fire these things. I dunno why you'd want to though.
@AlessandroRodriguez4 ай бұрын
@@Flitterquest sniper contest with your fellow friend?
@Flitterquest4 ай бұрын
@@AlessandroRodriguez what're you talking about?
@yeetersonpeetersonАй бұрын
Maturing is realizing that the f-16 and f-18 guns sound much better than the a-10
@rolfboettger94906 ай бұрын
As an F-16 pilot once told me, if you have to use your gun, you already fucked up.
@purplepenguin436 ай бұрын
And thats why the f-35 has no gun, (it has a gun pod attachment because of FUDS and Reformers) and new rifles don’t have bayonets. The only thing you should do if you find yourself having to use the gun on a fighter, or the bayonet on your rifle, is find the officers who put you in that situation and have some kind words with them.
@jooot_68506 ай бұрын
@@purplepenguin43you have the bayonet on your rifle to use on your officers!
@anduril74016 ай бұрын
Too close for missles, I’m switching to guns
@amienmoslim28926 ай бұрын
@@purplepenguin43 Still the F-35A intended for Air Force strategy and doctrines have built in Gatling cannon
@iPlayOnSpica6 ай бұрын
Would an F-16 still occasionally do CAS gun runs, or is its gatling not really meant for that at all? Asking in case video game depictions of the F-16 are blatantly inaccurate
@melendjam6 ай бұрын
I had the opportunity to work on the M61A1 for the F-14 and F-18 aircraft and it was awesome. We even fired 25 rounds in the firing tunnel at Pax River Maryland and I hate to admit it was an incredible experience to feel your body shaking 25 times before you realize that it fired.
@tracewallace236 ай бұрын
I noticed the guy using a hand tool to load the rounds. Do they ever allow the use of power tools for that part (likeduring actual wartime for instance)? Or it's it just to delicate/dangerous?
@mdenizcoban6 ай бұрын
With that firerate all you felt must be just 0.25 seconds of a zrrt lmao
@melendjam6 ай бұрын
@@mdenizcoban The firing rate in the ground for the M61A1 is 7,200 rounds per minute so based on my calculations it was .00347 of a second.
@melendjam6 ай бұрын
@@tracewallace23 They do use a power tool once in a while but gun conveyors jam often so they have to be careful.
@mdenizcoban6 ай бұрын
@@melendjam General Electric's website says 6000 rpm for its firerate though
@G0RSHK0V6 ай бұрын
"It costs 400,000$ to fire this weapon for 12 seconds" [Edit]: I'm surprised how many commentators didn't get the reference
@DTSephiroth6 ай бұрын
Can't believe I had to scroll this far down to find this comment.
@elitex506 ай бұрын
Yes America getting ripped off as always
@oynlengeymer24346 ай бұрын
didnt they say it unloads full capacity in 5 seconds? You would really wanna be dead on target, seems like a mostly back up weapon
@lennartjuhh6 ай бұрын
12 seconds? Where’d you get that from?
@Coronavirus-dx7xv6 ай бұрын
@@lennartjuhh tf2 meet the heavy reference
@samsonsoturian60133 ай бұрын
"I am Heavy Weapons Guy, and THIS is my weapon."
@kosakukawajiri5007Ай бұрын
"She weighs 150 kilograms and fires 200 dollar custom tuned cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute."
@StrikeNoir105E5 ай бұрын
"Cousin of the GAU-8" The M61 is more like the dad, considering it came decades before the GAU-8. It was basically THE electric gatling gun that popularized the concept of such as aircraft armament and paved the way for mass adoption of electric gatlings. The GAU-8 as a weapon wouldn't exist if not for the M61.
@ГеннадійПімахов5 ай бұрын
That's it...
@UGNAvalon5 ай бұрын
M61 walked so GAU-8 could run. Or more accurately, M61 “brrrt”ed so GAU-8 could “BRRRT”.
@zulutgseta82764 ай бұрын
Who is GAU?.
@michaelteh70026 ай бұрын
The f16 is such a timeless and beautiful aircraft ngl
@janus35556 ай бұрын
Worked on F-15Es, F-16s and F-22s. Had an incentive flight on the 15 and 16. Of my career, the F-16 was my favorite. It's an unbelievable aircraft, especially with the concurrent and recent CCIP modifications and updates on the new blocks.
@p99guy6 ай бұрын
Hard to believe the F16 is a 1970’s design…. It still looks very modern.
@Draliseth6 ай бұрын
It's grown on me a lot. I was shocked to see in person how much smaller it is than an F-15 (and presumably F-14).
@michaelteh70026 ай бұрын
@@p99guy I agree
@FSousA7X6 ай бұрын
Since I was a kid, I see them regularly, in my area, never get tired of seing them fly by
@torginus6 ай бұрын
"It weighs one hundred and fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar custom-tooled cartridges at a rate of ten thousand rounds per minute... It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon for twelve seconds."
@Smartsometimes6 ай бұрын
Best comment ever!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯
@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry26476 ай бұрын
Yay all with USA tax Money
@ΣτελιοςΠεππας6 ай бұрын
I call bullshit on that. There's no way such a mass-produced cartridge costs 2000$ per pop.
@repairdroid776 ай бұрын
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππας Exactly. Even HEDP rounds aren't that much even accounting for fusing. Scale of manufacturing states that. The more you make of something the less each unit of that thing will cost. So yeah, bullshit.
@JasonAStillman6 ай бұрын
wow
@elu9189Ай бұрын
"it costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon... For twelve. Seconds." -heavy weapons guy
@djblade3375 ай бұрын
Ugggh, As a USAF Ammo troop, I remember having to dump cans of these rounds out on a grounded table, count them, then load them into a UAL and run them out to the flightline to load into the aircraft. Read some comments in here and thought I would add that these blue headed rounds are for training, like at the gun range for aircraft for instance, but we also had high explosive rounds and armor piercing rounds for those that said this gun wasn't effective for vehicles. LOL. These guns will hardly ever be used for aircraft to aircraft battles, because it just doesnt happen that often anymore. Regardless, these guns when loaded with the proper ammo types will straight up murder soft targets, vehicles, radar and SAM sites or anything else if bombs and missles are expended. For anything like heavy armored vehicles like tanks, buildings, and wide areas of targets, the 105MM round from the AC-130 Gunship will get the job done and also has different round types depending on target. Same for the A-10 and every other aircraft. You have to think about all the different types of ammo or munitions available, make the best choice of available ammo types for the mission, etc. to get the job done fast and effective. The way the combat sorties are planned out is kind of like ordering pizza for the aircraft, but are usually already built or loaded in a deployed environment prior to missions due to rapid deployment priorities. In a non combat or training environment, they tell us what they need, we inspect, count, and load or build them, then deliver them. Gun rounds, bombs, missiles, countermeasures, and everything else that goes boom. We also have to recycle all the brass from expended rounds.
@karnagefails3335 ай бұрын
Thanks for serving. Interesting information from your viewpoint as well.
@baked_beans_7795 ай бұрын
You had to MANUALLY COUNT those rounds?!
@karnagefails3335 ай бұрын
@@baked_beans_779 I barely know how to use a BB gun lol
@baked_beans_7795 ай бұрын
@@karnagefails333 I meant the aircraft but yeah
@karnagefails3335 ай бұрын
@@baked_beans_779 Shit, I'm sorry dude 🤣
@tsikanpanda6 ай бұрын
"A Massive cannon for a Tiny aircraft" See babe. I am an F16 😅
@SirNobleIZH6 ай бұрын
Oh come on bro why
@112mirai6 ай бұрын
@@SirNobleIZH Lol
@snakeeyes92466 ай бұрын
Bruh.
@zachbogan46746 ай бұрын
Fuckin King 🙌🏽
@Thomas.36986 ай бұрын
Lol!
@doesitmatter16676 ай бұрын
Need to clarify, the M61 is not a smaller version of the GAU-8, quite the opposite. The M61 Vulcan entered service in 1959, and the GAU-8 entered in ‘77, based off the existing M61 Vulcan design.
@tripnsip6 ай бұрын
He said smaller cousin as in they’re both Gatling type guns. Don’t think he was saying the M61 was based on the GAU-8. Just that they’re in the same family of type of gun. Thanks for the fun fact though anyway.
@aSSGoblin14886 ай бұрын
as awesome as the gatling gun is, its like having a cd player in your 2024 tesla 🥹
@markdaniel87406 ай бұрын
That is the same as saying that the GAU-8 is the bigger version. Being a different version makes no inference of which came first. The opposite of being a smaller version, would be being a bigger version.
@guyharrison9096 ай бұрын
Blaine used the smaller cousin in predator.
@imrekalman904410 күн бұрын
@@guyharrison909 And he was so busy he had no time to bleed.
@TheDude504472 ай бұрын
Before jet fighters became common rotary cannons were mostly a thing of the past with regular automatic weapons being considered superior. But when jet fighters took over it became apparent that at the speeds these things could dogfight it could be nearly impossible to get enough rounds on target quickly enough.
@adammclaughlin8454 ай бұрын
"F16 gun sounds amazing." *Video is 59 seconds of talking and 1 second of gunfire*
@bubbles5814 ай бұрын
Right? Lol
@MrGriff305-j7sАй бұрын
Your comment proves that people can complain about anything.
@zackarysmith15206 ай бұрын
F-16 rotary cannon: hits the target A-10 rotary cannon: hits the targ- wait shit that was a British convoy
@markzambelli6 ай бұрын
Too soon
@Doom_Slayer_9196 ай бұрын
"What do you mean IFF? You have Mk. 1 eyeballs with a 'binocular' attatchment!"
@thesquirrel9146 ай бұрын
Ooooof
@chrishewitt42206 ай бұрын
Nope. lost a good friend in that one!@@markzambelli
@Deridus6 ай бұрын
@@chrishewitt4220Sorry to hear that. Blue on Green is a lesson we should have learned a century ago.
@Erk3505 ай бұрын
The F-16 has to be one of the most beautiful aircraft ever
@ph11p35403 ай бұрын
Yep and one of the most versatile ever made.
@leocan36592 ай бұрын
Mig 29 russo é mais bonito
@HernanieLegaste2 ай бұрын
@@leocan3659yes that's why in middle east all Mig 29 was shotdown by israel using F15
@Bobario12 ай бұрын
Yeah it's a good looking bird but I like the look of the Eurofighter Typhoon more.
@alexandersheridan21794 ай бұрын
The way it's tucked in and hidden is beautiful
@KhrynTzu5 ай бұрын
I spent years working on the weapons systems and loading F-16's. I loved that job.
@CrimeBeanus5 ай бұрын
sure
@warfarenotwarfair56554 ай бұрын
@@CrimeBeanusI worked on C-130Es, Hs, and Js for years. Not everyone is a loser that can't drive a car living with your parents like you guy 😂😂😂😂
@417Owsy4 ай бұрын
@@CrimeBeanus bro thinks people cant get jobs
@CrimeBeanus4 ай бұрын
@@warfarenotwarfair5655 too many laughing emojis.
@warfarenotwarfair56554 ай бұрын
@@CrimeBeanus Not enough for you.
@TheLeadSled5 ай бұрын
The F16 still packs a punch all these years later, an iconic bird
@Snipergoat14 ай бұрын
The F-16 was a bit of a unicorn in military production. It was on time, withing budget, and worked as planned right off the line. Do you know how uncommon that is? Normally if you get 2 of those you are pretty happy. Many projects only get one or even none. Alll 3 is damn near unheard of. The military had one of their rare great ideas that actually turn out to be a great idea. They combined a lot of it with the F-15 program. Which was a more typical "We want the best damned jet any where. Deploy large bags of money immediately" It worked but the plane is a expensive beast of a machine. They then went to a bunch of pilots and said "Look at all these neat parts they just made. Now make them into a multi role fighter that you would like to fly. So they did. In some ways the f-16 was even better than it's much more expensive big brother, the F-15. And by what I hear, it is about the most enjoyable to fly and responsive military jet anywhere to this day. Like I said, a unicorn.
@m420374 ай бұрын
@@Snipergoat1The F15 Eagle is better and looks much more wicked. Ukraine is supposed to get some F16s that's yet to be seen
@OniSyphon3 ай бұрын
@@Snipergoat1 "it just worked' I like the F-16, I really do. But some of the fanboyism about this plane just isn't true. It had a fair amount of accidents in it's first 100k hours a flight and beyond. When compared to a platform like the F-35, it's like comparing an old 70s car with no seatbelts to a car made in 21st century with side-door airbags and crumple zones. The F-35A, F-22, and even F-15 are far safer and more reliable to fly. Reference: AF Safety Class-A Mishaps for F-16 or F-35
@samsonsoturian60133 ай бұрын
Same airframe but most of the internals have been upgraded
@stevensmith20852 ай бұрын
@@OniSyphonif there are some pilots in the chat that have flown these I'd like to hear their opinions but other than that it's too difficult to just have everyone say what they think on how what planes are better than others
@wrightflyer78556 ай бұрын
I used to work the radio at Avon Park Gunnery Range near Sebring, FL and can still hear in my mind the bzzzzzzzzzt of those 20mm Vulcans. Even after 50 years.
@Spirit-jm6ll6 ай бұрын
I was the ammo handling system Project Engineer for both the F-15E and the F-16 at General Dynamics in Vermont. During acceptance testing, these things would really rip. So impressive. Hunters who illegally hunted at the firing range would hear the pre-fire alarm go off and would duck behind a tree. They were incredibly naive. 😅
@FaizolMohdali16 күн бұрын
😢
@EvoSEBАй бұрын
That sound is so intimidating... you aren't even allowed the privilege of knowing you are dead. Just fresh made human pâté....
@javier9876 ай бұрын
I love the way it got integrated to the airplane bodywork, so neat and elegant ❤
@creeper44815 ай бұрын
It's like the 22lr for Military Aircrafts: it might be small, but still gets the job done
@Dragoneer5 ай бұрын
Bruh, 78 caliber is small 💀
@creeper44815 ай бұрын
If you compare it to a 105mm, then yeah "For Military Aircrafts" meaning that in the world of Fighter Jets and Gunships, *this is the smallest Caliber*
@Dragoneer5 ай бұрын
@@creeper4481 20mm. That’s still gonna cause a lot of damage to 99% of aircraft. It’s nothing like a 22LR in comparison lol…
@AdrianMartinez-wh4bp5 ай бұрын
thats dumb. 20mm is still a cannon, not a rifle. much bigger than 50 cal which is still anti aircraft material
@Bo12346hhgfgdg5 ай бұрын
who referenced a rifle?@@AdrianMartinez-wh4bp
@alpenfoxvideo72556 ай бұрын
at those airshows the crackling you hear of the plane firing is actually the bullets impacting the terrain or passing by. The Wuuu that comes after is the actual plane firing them, pitched up because of the doppler effect
@doctaflo6 ай бұрын
🤯
@fernandorosales24186 ай бұрын
They don't fire live rounds at airshows.
@alpenfoxvideo72556 ай бұрын
@@fernandorosales2418 you've never been to Axalp then. The bullet impacts targets less than 800mt from the crowd. They're non-trace training rounds, but still those are real bullets flying in the air and they sound exactly like this. Blanks are not a thing for the vulcan
@Learnitloveit6 ай бұрын
@fernandorosales2418 they will do strafing runs in front of live audiences. They use TP or blue tip rounds. Really common. Actually.
@crf80fdarkdays6 ай бұрын
@@alpenfoxvideo7255 surely it's not less then 800 meters from the crowd, that is scary close and surely ricochets could be an issue. Would like to see video of this
@ericmarro5576Ай бұрын
It’s a sound your enemies will NEVER forget,I promise.
@markgustafson1260Ай бұрын
For the rest of their lives lol
@ericmarro5576Ай бұрын
@@markgustafson1260 Exactly!!!
@Rakesh-ec2pz6 ай бұрын
Tfw f-16 ammo drum lasts longer than you do 😔
@janus35556 ай бұрын
Can get about 510 rounds in the drum, chutes and gun when installing rounds through. Depending on how the slack is whenever we reinstall a gun, sometimes you can get 511 in. That extra round when the gun is set to 3000/minute is an extra 20 milliseconds of fire time, lol.
@Bug_Bait5 ай бұрын
Slow down hahaha
@knotsee6 ай бұрын
Massive respect and appreciation to all the technicians, specialists and mechanics doing all the hard work behind the scenes keeping those Fighter Jets well armed and in perfect mechanical condition. All of you deserve equal glory and gratitude as the pilots get. Without all of you breaking your backs and technical/mechanical knowledge. Those pilots would not be flying anything.
@bikeislife84056 ай бұрын
The 16 is a very labor intensive aircraft, I can speak from personal experience.
@mohamedsaid94166 ай бұрын
@@bikeislife8405how many hours does it take to make one?
@bikeislife84055 ай бұрын
@@mohamedsaid9416 I've only maintained them, a gun system install can take up to 8 hours!
@Scramify5 ай бұрын
“If you hear the sound, that means you’re alive” - Someone Sometime Ago
@mr.tweaty4 ай бұрын
"If you hear you're alive"
@pumsie61054 ай бұрын
wow what a genius.. if you hear you're alive. 5000 IQ quote right there.
@Sup3rStyleHDАй бұрын
Fun Fact: The F16 did at one time hold a GAU-13/A a smaller 4 barrel version of the A10s Gau-8. tested during the 1991 Gulf War. However the US Military found it was almost impossible to aim & scrapped the Idea.
@Poets046 ай бұрын
Fun fact: in addition to the Air Force's F-16 and other aircraft, the M61 is also the heart of the Navy's CIWS onboard ships and the Army's C-RAM. Thank you General Electric!
@Spirit-jm6ll6 ай бұрын
It’s been General Dynamics for years. A lot of serious engineering went into system development and testing. The basic gun has remained essentially the same (M61A1/A2) but the creative ways the ammunition handling systems have morphed to fit space constraints is very impressive.
@jcannnonproductions7565 ай бұрын
They’re on the 18’s too
@runelimbron79575 ай бұрын
Or the simpler version for those that don’t know what it looks like: R2D2 with a gatling gun that shoots down missiles and mortars.
@rhone7335 ай бұрын
I got to hear this in real life when I was a child. My dad flew these and I got to go with him when he had to go do ground coordination at the local training range. They had a large parachute painted like a target strung up between two beams and the planes would roll in very low. The sound was both deafening and awe inspiring.
@lewisner5 ай бұрын
Cool childhood.
@dansweda7125 ай бұрын
Gosh, lucky!
@josephtruskoaski2305 ай бұрын
Hell yea!! Good for you! Badass
@arsin11645 ай бұрын
I heard it too doing some work at the Melrose Bombing Range in New Mexico. I started running. It scared the hell out of me.
@LneAlphaWlf6 ай бұрын
Out of missiles, switching to guns... Topgun Maverick 👍🇺🇲
@guppygb60786 ай бұрын
Yes. We fly the flag proudly for Biden and our love for his admin. Keep flying it brotha!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
@mav25535 ай бұрын
Huh? Love for Biden administration?? Are you kidding? Worst approval rating in the history of presidents! 😄 Not to mention most lefties actually consider our beautiful flag "triggering" now. So....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@TheRobe-5 ай бұрын
@@guppygb6078 god I hope that’s sarcasm.
@guppygb60785 ай бұрын
@@TheRobe- Nope. You should fly the flag too. I put it on my truck so everyone knows that Biden is the BOSS. 🇺🇸
@Tigermoto26 күн бұрын
It's amazing that Hollywood still resort to the "Daka daka daka" gun sound when the real thing sounds incredible.
@2-Hands5 ай бұрын
Both the AC-130A and AC-130H "Spectre" Gunship had 2 of these left side of the Fuselage.
@geoffreybailey63505 ай бұрын
I enjoyed loading/unloading, removing/installing these for many years. Even worked the weapons back shop for some time and had the pleasure of disassembling and reassembling them. Great times.
@thenorstar89555 ай бұрын
Were we stationed or in tech school together? June Oct 97 tech school
@geoffreybailey63505 ай бұрын
@@thenorstar8955 I went through tech school from August to December of 1998. I was stationed at Luke, Osan, Misawa, Kunsan, Lakenheath, Aviano, Kunsan again, and lastly Aviano (again).
@thenorstar89555 ай бұрын
@@geoffreybailey6350 Osan 01-02?
@geoffreybailey63505 ай бұрын
@@thenorstar8955 July 2000 - July 2001 36th FS
@thenorstar89555 ай бұрын
@@geoffreybailey6350 I got to the 36th Feb of 01. So that's probably where I know you from.
@zoanth45 ай бұрын
F16 avionics tech 2002 to 2008, these guns were a beast on this tiny platform!
@AARRAcer29 күн бұрын
Had the pleasure of working on this aircraft during my time in service… loaded countless rounds and other munitions. In combat they are top notch too.🇺🇸
@IIGrayfoxII6 ай бұрын
Now imagine one of these being carried around by a half naked Inuit in a -20C freezer.
@kingdedede10666 ай бұрын
What 😂
@IIGrayfoxII6 ай бұрын
@@kingdedede1066Look up metal gear solid Mainly the second Vulcan Raven fight
@solidsnake-er9ik6 ай бұрын
@@kingdedede1066it's a reference to Vulcan Raven from metal gear solid
@kingdedede10666 ай бұрын
@@solidsnake-er9ik thanks
@TimeSurfer2066 ай бұрын
Ah, just another day at the office, I see.
@the_punch_line94746 ай бұрын
When the sky starts screaming at you in tv static, RUN.
@jhaimp.sullivan56185 ай бұрын
🏆
@PacificWestwest5 ай бұрын
You’re already dead if you hear that noise
@officialluckyturn5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂 damn this comment is pure gold man
@xscaliersolid11945 ай бұрын
If you heard it, either you weren't the target or you got very lucky.
@ericv-kj3du5 ай бұрын
The rounds are supersonic: they arrive on target before the sound they emit. You will get killed or see devastation around you before you hear that sound
@flddoc26 ай бұрын
They had these guns in a towed version in the 82nd airborne until after Dessert Shield/Storm in an air defense/anti-armor roll. As a weapon fired at ground targets it was terrifying to watch, feel and listen to. At night it spit 10 foot of flame and the rounds lit up and shredded whatever was in its way. Besides 2000lbs JDAMs they were the most violent weapon I’ve witnessed. They were an amazing psychological weapon alone.
@dominuslogik4846 ай бұрын
You are referring to the M167 VADS. honestly its probably worth re adopting for dealing with drones today.
@DirtyRobohobo5 ай бұрын
Modern day dragons.
@bartolomeothesatyr5 ай бұрын
@@dominuslogik484We have; the C-RAM Centurion uses the same high-speed 20mm autocannon as the M167 attached to more capable fire control systems.
@Scudboy174 ай бұрын
The F16 was designed to be a gun fighter. It's just as capable in a long-range missile battle, but it can dog fight if it has too. It's still one of the most maneuverable fighters ever designed with the airframe able to withstand g-forces that could straight up kill the pilot. It's an older design, but I still love this plane.
@14rs26 ай бұрын
“Smaller cousin of the A10s GAU8A. But it can still turn a human into a veneer”
@crosses1016 ай бұрын
COD Warzone did an amazing job replicating that iconic sound. Even in the game it has a trademark sound.
@ryuhayashi976 ай бұрын
That explains why I love firing the F-16 in any fighter aircraft game. their gun sound is different
It's called the Vulcan because it is the most logical weapon. Live long and prosper.
@TyrannoJoris_Rex6 ай бұрын
“Rotary Gatling gun” yes
@tothemaxx19916 ай бұрын
Now I'm imagining six gatling cannons mounted to a backplate with its own spinning motor
@SirNobleIZH6 ай бұрын
@@tothemaxx1991 omg yes, the gatling gatling gun
@dannybryant68736 ай бұрын
Rotary machine gun is more accurate. But we love the 1800s reference.
@TyrannoJoris_Rex6 ай бұрын
@@dannybryant6873 Rotary cannon
@musewolfman6 ай бұрын
@@tothemaxx1991the legendary, and thus far only theoretical "radial galling gun."
@Falconz-pl7ry5 ай бұрын
F16: SAY HELLO TO MA LITTLE FRIEND
@baked_beans_7795 ай бұрын
Lifeline reference?
@Mixanick085 ай бұрын
Привет от МиГ-29 или от Су-27?😂
@centpushups6 ай бұрын
There's my baby. I help design a section of it.
@Davis-pe6lj6 ай бұрын
Wait fr?
@Legalize.Raping.Russian.Broads6 ай бұрын
He’s lying for attention….
@Legalize.Raping.Russian.Broads6 ай бұрын
@@Davis-pe6ljhe’s lying for attention
@kiwuuspurr19276 ай бұрын
wasn't the f16 developed in the 70s?
@pinkgoergefloyd83406 ай бұрын
Sure you did
@chrisp98592 ай бұрын
It costs $400,000 to fire this gun for 12 seconds.
@aaronlarson43586 ай бұрын
That video of the sound is my favorite video on the internet.
@pro_gemer6 ай бұрын
I heavily prefer the m61 over the gau8 in terms of sound because it sounds hella aggressive and not so much like a fart
@janus35556 ай бұрын
Fires faster too in part because it's electrically fired and not percussion like the A-10. Also, M61A1 use hard brass vs aluminum for the GAU-8.
@Novusod6 ай бұрын
GAU-8 does not sound like a fart when you hear it in person. Sounds more like thunder.
@artisresistance8166 ай бұрын
20mm are a lot of things but tiny isn't one of them..
@David-hm9ic6 ай бұрын
Got it; this is about aircraft but on a battleship the 20mm Oerlikons are pretty tiny upside the 40mm Bofors, 3" AA guns, 5" secondaries and 14" WWI or 16" WWII main guns.
@doodskie999Ай бұрын
Gau 8: BRRT! M61 Vulcan: ZRRRT!
@ShinNohara-bs4mk6 ай бұрын
My entire years salary in one spray
@janus35556 ай бұрын
USAF 2W1 here. Copypasta meme-ry aside, we reuse the spent brass and with TP rounds, a normal sortie is 50-150 rounds expended (Almost never seen a full drum of 510 used in testing). Given the material cost of repacking, it's 115-350 dollars per sortie. But we only fire live rounds in a TDY operation which is two to three times a year. During an entire Operation Redflag in Nellis, for two weeks, the total cost of gun repacking may get to your pay for a few months. It's one of the cheapest expenditures considering the other munitions we use during those TDYs. Chaff and Flare are the other cheap cost option, similar to the rounds.
@dominuslogik4846 ай бұрын
@@janus3555 definitely cheaper than running a test on Aegis or Patriot systems with live fire lmao
@malcolmr35 ай бұрын
That’s a serious weapon, especially on a sleek as sonic jet. 😮
@brunoboy11436 ай бұрын
now that's a lot of freedom
@fett4life25022 күн бұрын
Imagine back in the day being an engineer/gunsmith/lucky bastard working on these multi-million dollar beauties 😊
@Davethreshold6 ай бұрын
That has the same terrifying sound as Godzilla! 🥶😱😨😰
@antiisocial6 ай бұрын
Dude. That is an awesome sound.
@johnsmith1953x6 ай бұрын
*If your close enough to use that GUN* then you're too close.
@zedwpd6 ай бұрын
not if you're helping on a CAS mission
@dominuslogik4846 ай бұрын
well if you are following a slow cruise missile sometimes you can intercept without needing to use several hundred thousand dollar missiles to do what a few hundred bucks worth of ammo will do instead. also you might want that missile to deal with a jet rather than a largely defenseless cruise missile. *edit* or drone
@johnsmith1953x2 ай бұрын
@@dominuslogik484 No. Still a fail.
@Amy_WatsonАй бұрын
The two most underrated jet aircraft in military history.
@3ffrige6 ай бұрын
Aww! How cute! The GAU-8’s adorable and pretty daughter!
@ArizonaAstraLLC6 ай бұрын
No more like the GAU-8 is the child that went to the gym and did steroids 🤣 the m61 is even older!
@stormthrush376 ай бұрын
I would've thought they'd want a pop off panel or something to cover the gun to reduce aerodynamic drag given the gun will so rarely be used. Guess not.
@MainlyHuman6 ай бұрын
The mechanism would add weight. It would also likely change the drag characteristics of the plane when deployed, potentially causing roll or yaw at the exact moment the pilot wants to shoot. Also it would require maintenance, and its failure would leave the gun unable to fire.
@agentoranj58586 ай бұрын
The F-22 has a cover for its gun's firing port. The gun is completely hidden with the cover closed.
@MainlyHuman6 ай бұрын
@agentoranj5858 yep, the f-22 is a very different plane though. The 16 is a very practical design, meant to be cheap and reliable. The 22 by comparison is mostly meant for showing off, if you don't mind my saying so.
@spaps22906 ай бұрын
@@MainlyHumanwell on the f22 it’s a stealth aircraft and not covering the gun would compromise stealth, not to mention the f22 isn’t designed to get into gun fighting range
@MainlyHuman6 ай бұрын
@@spaps2290 also true
@serios5556 ай бұрын
If they slow down the gun, it could be useful against cheap drones. Not worth the cost of a missile to take them down and they move slow so no need to empty the magazine to get a hit.
@janus35556 ай бұрын
We can modify the RPM to any value we want. We often do depending on operation, and type of rounds in use (TP, HEI, AP). Maximum for the M61 being electrically fired is 7000/minute (Drum, gun, entrance chute, transfer chute, exit chute and return chute all hold 510 rounds). We usually keep it at 2600, 3800 a minute though. We can slow it further but if we're talking drone warfare, we have other methodologies that are MUCH more effective and more wide ranging whereas using the gun is if the pilot wants to have fun. Almost never though you'll have a pilot with the clearance to do something like that though. :(
@skyraider876 ай бұрын
@@janus3555 all fighter aircraft have variable rates of fire on the gun, usually a high and low setting as far as I know. High is used against air targets and low for ground. Being an electrically fired gun, you just spin it at a different speed and it'll fire at a different rate. It's remarkably simple, yet very complex at the same time
@RaderizDorret6 ай бұрын
The planes can vary the rates of fire and also have the computer set to limit the round to bursts of something like 10 - 50 rounds to preserve ammunition.
@Therealtracyduane4 ай бұрын
The M61 Vulcan was first installed in the F-104 Starfighter under the designation T171 Vulcan.
@d_no_allyn_866 ай бұрын
That's insane. Per second!? Sheesh.
@Ghost514925 ай бұрын
In just over 5 seconds? Ha!! get on my level, I unload my entire load in just 3 seconds 😂
@lxp4 ай бұрын
🤢
@bigred29896 ай бұрын
Vulcan Raven uses one of these during his final fight in Metal Gear Solid. Got it off an F16 that Liquid Snake shot down in his HIND-D.
@Melody_Raventress6 ай бұрын
I love MGS, but literally none of that makes any goddamn sense. Good ol' rule of cool.
@chethammer4 күн бұрын
When I retired, I was asked if I wanted a retirement ride in the F16 trainer (2 seater). Initially, I turned it down because heights aint my thing, but a friend convinced me to take it by saying normal people dont get that chance, don't regret it. Coolest experience ever!