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32 minutes ago, matmacwc said:

Are the rounds really that quiet inside?

Yup.

In the AC-130H we had two 20MMs up front and they were loud, especially when you shot them both at once.  One of the best things about the 20MM was all the gun gases swirling around in the plane.  The crew entrance door on the H model was modified to hold a low-light TV sensor, an illuminator (only visible on NVGs), and a laser for rangefinding and designating targets.  As a result it was open to the slipstream of the aircraft.  The weapons troops always kept the 20MM barrels oiled up to fight off corrosion.  When you fired the 20MMs the oil on the barrels would burn off and combine with the gun gases, then it would come ripping into the aircraft.  Because of the airflow from the open crew entry door, the mixture would flow right up the stairs into the cockpit, bounce off the roof and curl down in between your face and the HUD...it was fucking awesome and one of the few things I miss about being in the AF.

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14 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

Yup.

In the AC-130H we had two 20MMs up front and they were loud, especially when you shot them both at once.  One of the best things about the 20MM was all the gun gases swirling around in the plane.  The crew entrance door on the H model was modified to hold a low-light TV sensor, an illuminator (only visible on NVGs), and a laser for rangefinding and designating targets.  As a result it was open to the slipstream of the aircraft.  The weapons troops always kept the 20MM barrels oiled up to fight off corrosion.  When you fired the 20MMs the oil on the barrels would burn off and combine with the gun gases, then it would come ripping into the aircraft.  Because of the airflow from the open crew entry door, the mixture would flow right up the stairs into the cockpit, bounce off the roof and curl down in between your face and the HUD...it was fucking awesome and one of the few things I miss about being in the AF.

Hmmmmm, the smell of 72 virgins at 100 rounds per second.

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