It's not like photography where you can say, "Don't move now." Your prey
never stays still for you. You fire your cannon while turning because you
are always turning to follow the prey that's trying to escape you and
maneuver into a position of advantage. Further, regardless of the aircraft,
dog fights almost never take place at extreme velocities. Takes up too much
sky to maneuver. Armament was M61 20mm Vulcan Gatling gun, 100 rounds per
second.
Regards,
Bob...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics
> From: Adam Maas
>
>> Well, Canada did buy a bunch of F-104's. Too bad ours were low-level
>> nuke ground attack birds (Absolutely no air-to-air capability due to
>> lacking a gun prior to 1972 and a dedicated ground-attack radar
>> instead of the normal air-to-air set). We shoulda bought F-105 thuds
>> instead.
>>
>> The CF-104 killed a lot of Canadians.
>
>
> AFAIK, none of the F-104s were equipped with guns.
>
> There's one minor problem with guns in super-sonic interceptors. Once
> the bullets leave the barrel, air resistance slows them dramatically.
> The aircraft, still flying at super-sonic speed, rapidly overtakes them.
>
> Doesn't matter if the bullet catches up with you from behind or you
> catch up with it ... the end result is still un-wanted holes in the
> aircraft.
>
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