![]() ![]() In 2021 it was reported that US AC-130U gunship will be armed with a Airborne High Energy Laser, or AHEL, which is set to be flight tested this year. This allows it to maintain fire at a target far longer than a conventional attack aircraft.ĪC-130U SPOOKY II comes with 25mm cannon (automatic), 40mm cannon which is continuously loaded 4 rounds at a time with 1 crew member and 105 mm howitzer loaded 1 round at a time with 3 crew members operating it. AC-130 - Role The AC-130 is flown by USAF Special Operations, mostly in the close air support role. The port side of the AC-130 houses firing ports for an array of cannons, howitzers and gatling guns. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren engineers (left to right) Thomas Houck, Matthew Buckler and Gregory Fish inspect the new 105mm Gun Aircraft Unit after testing. The Lockheed AC-130 is a C-130 cargo plane converted into a gunship. During an attack, the gunship performs a pylon turn over the target area (flying in a large circle around a fixed point on the ground, the fixed point being the target). US Air Force AC-130 gunships getting new 105mm howitzer. ![]() #Spooky #IADN #IADN_infobites /68LUVVXNqR- Indian Aerospace Defence News (IADN) January 6, 2023Īll of the weaponry aboard is mounted to fire out from the left or port side of the aircraft. AC-130U SPOOKY II with 25mm cannon (automatic), 40mm cannon which is continuously loaded 4 rounds at a time with 1 crew member running it and 105mm howitzer loaded 1 round at a time with 3 crew members. ![]()
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