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Firepower: A History of the Aircraft Gun (Paperback)
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Firepower: A History of the Aircraft Gun (Paperback)
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List price R583
Loot Price R484
Discovery Miles 4 840
You Save R99 (17%)
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This book covers the history of aircraft armament from the early
days of World War I when aviators fired hand-held weapons at each
other, through the airborne gun advancements during World War II,
and finally up to the modern Gatling Guns of today. During the
1960s, aircraft guns would become a part of the helicopter mission,
and these choppers would play an important role in Vietnam. Also
during this period there would be three special "Gun Ships," where
an airborne ground-attack system was designed around side-firing
guns. The famous A-10 was designed around its forward-firing
Gatling Gun. With the advent of new air-to-air and air-to-ground
missiles, there were those who thought that the day of the aircraft
gun was over. In fact, the F-4 Phantom's early versions carried no
guns. Experience showed, though, that they were still needed, and
later aircraft types saw them returned. The current aircraft of the
USAF and U.S. Navy - the F-15, F-16, F/A-18, and F-22 - all carry a
rapid-fire Gatling Gun in addition to their missile loads.
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