Are there flares in gunship iii code#

I compromised and made the Vulcan from a single Lego studded-staff and the Equalizer from four. I wanted to make the Vulcan multi-barreled but couldn’t get it to the proper scale.

The Equalizer was larger than the Vulcan so I wanted to capture the difference in the gunship variants. This proved challenging and in particular, I agonized over making the M61 Vulcan and multi-barrelled cannon like the GAU-12/U Equalizer. When designing the guns for the various AC-130s, I wanted to keep them to minifig-scale but with some recognizable details. Surprisingly light at 1.5 tons, this welded aluminum gun could lob a 33-pound projectile over 7 miles. The biggest gun carried by the gunship was the 105 mm M102 howitzer. Using 5-round magazines, the cannon could fire up to 120 rounds per minute. The 40 mm Bofors L/60 cannon were used for air-to-ground support. These weapons replaced the M61 and GAU-12/U on the AC-130W Stinger II and AC-130J Ghostrider variants. The 30 mm GAU-23/A is chain gun based on the ATK Mk44 Bushmaster II and fires between 100-200 rounds per minute. The mechanism is derived from the massive GAU-8/A Avenger cannon used in the A-10 Warthog. The 25 mm General Dynamics GAU-12/U Equalizer is a five-barrel Gatling-type rotary cannon. The M61A1 variant uses a linkless feed system to avoid jamming. This 6-barrel beast fires 6,000 rounds per minute and are hydraulically driven and electrically primed. The 20 mm M61 Vulcan is a Gatling style rotary cannon. Capable of firing up to 6,000 rounds per minute, it was limited in use to 4,000. The Minigun was a scaled-down version of the M61 Vulcan to use 7.62x51 mm NATO ammunition. The 7.62 mm M134 Minigun was fixed to an ammunition and become the MXU-470 GAU-2/A module (GAU is an acronym meaning “Gun, Aircraft Unit”). Here is a visual presentation of the official guns specified for the AC-130 since 1967 from left to right: The AC-130 has employed several machine guns and cannons over its lifetime.

You can see the starlight scope in the front door and the AN/ASQ-5 Black Crow ignition detector deployed, looking for the heat signatures of Russian trucks.

In this image, AC-130A 54-1630 “Azrael: Angel of Death” lays down a barrage of suppressing fire using the M61 Vulcans over Laos at night. However, several backronyms and alternative meanings have been used, such as Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment or Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry. PAVE was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide range of programs.

Are there flares in gunship iii code#

Prior to 1979, PAVE was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. Additional equipment included an AN/ASD-5 Black Crow Direction Finder Set and often carried ALQ-87 ECM pods or SUU-42A/A Ejector pods (starboard for flares, port for chaff) under the wings.Īs an interesting side note, PAVE is a USAF program identifier relating to electronic systems. The Pave Pronto variants were nine new AC-130As fitted with the Surprise Package systems.