October 25th 07, 04:14 AM
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"Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun"
Vince wrote:
David E. Powell wrote:
On Oct 16, 7:35 pm, Vince wrote:
David Lesher wrote:
Mike writes:
Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/
Posted : Thursday Oct 11, 2007 15:11:37 EDT
Air Force and Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys may get a turret-mounted
machine gun, fulfilling a long-sought requirement for a forward-firing
defensive weapon and making it unique among today's U.S. transport
aircraft.
Strange no one is discussing how much such weighs; in an airframe
already
short of payload...
and balance
its a side to side prop-rotor configuration
hang a thousand pounds on the chin and see what happens
There could weight to play with in the tail, or a way to
counterbalance by moving some equipment inside. They modified the
B-17 OK, but they had a lot more relative weight to play with.
Also, a turreted MG doesnt have to weaigh 1000 lbs. (Even including
ammo.)
IIRC that was the weight of the 30 mm turret + ammo + structural
reinforcement and all control equipment
Vince
Just have the Marines go retro to WW1 and fire their pistols out the
cockpits... :-\
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