C-130 platforma sluzi i za usavrsenu verziju jedne slicne topovnjace:
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Usavrseni takticki laser, domet 9 milja
Testiran u Kirkland AFB, SAD.
Slika aviona sa turelom:
Snaga koja se predaje meti je negde oko 1 kilovat, sto je dovoljno da probije rupu u oplati raketa. Ovo je mereno na zemlji i jos uvek nije uradjen vazdusni test.
Ameri su počeli sa prenaoružavanjem Spooky-a - umeto dva topa 25mm i Boforsa od 40mm biće ugrađena dva topa 30mm Bushmaster....
Citat:Spooky Dumps 30mm
July 15, 2008: After a yearlong test, the U.S. Air Force decided not to replace the two 25mm and one 40mm cannon on its AC-130 gunships, with two 30mmautomatic cannon. The original plan was to have all AC-130s equipped with 30mm cannon, but the 30mm GAU-8 cannon (the same one used on the A-10 aircraft) was not that much of an improvement over the current weapons as expected, and there were the usual technical problems. The AC-130s are also being tested using missiles, like Hellfire, which has been more successful.
U.S. Air Force operates 21 gunships (eight AC-130H "Spectre", and 13 AC-130U "Spooky"). The 130Hs are being replaced with 130Us, and the air force is looking to replace all the current gunships with one based on another aircraft. Four new AC-130Us are in production, and older ones are receiving new sensors. The air force operates the AC-130s as part of SOCOM (Special Operations Command.)
Because of their vulnerability to ground fire, the AC-130s only operate at night. The last time an AC-130 was lost was at Khafji, Saudi Arabia, during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The aircraft was leaving the combat zone at sunrise, and was visible to Iraqi gunners in the area.
Citat:Ameri su počeli sa prenaoružavanjem Spooky-a - umeto dva topa 25mm i Boforsa od 40mm biće ugrađena dva topa 30mm Bushmaster....
Mada on kada se završi ispitivanje i razvoj municije, može u zavisnosti od potrebe, lakom promenom cevi da se "prešalta" na municiju Super Shot 40mm.
AC-130 se prvi put pojavio u Vijetnamskom ratu. U tom ratu se posebno istakli u napadima na Vijetnamske konvoje na Hosi Minovom putu kada su avioni AC-130 unistili preko 10 000 kamiona. Avioni AC-130 su u proseku u jednoj misiji unistavali 8 kamiona sto je bilo mnogo vise od tadasnjih mlaznih borbenih aviona kojima je u proseku trebalo 4-5 misija da bi otkrili i unistili jedan kamion. Njegov predhodnik AC-47 je jednom prilikom sa topom 20 mm koji je na njega naknadno ugradjen unistio 8 lakih tenkova PT-76.
mean_machine ::Nisam znao da je Spoki bio naoruzan topom od 20mm.
Protiv leteci gunship Douglas AC-47 "Spooky"
Top 20 mm nije bio njegovo standarno naoruznaje vec su privremano pre jedne misije skinuli mitraljez na vratima i umesto njega ugradili top 20 mm kako bi mogli da dejstvuje protiv tenkova. Juznoafricki AC-47 standarno nose topove kalibra 20 mm.
