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To: riverrunner
I always wondered where their casings were falling.

I don't think the A-10 dropped their casings, as it'd be big trouble if one got sucked into an engine. The casings are fed back into a storage bin.

20 posted on 11/06/2013 8:03:26 AM PST by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: slowhandluke

I always wondered what happen to them


22 posted on 11/06/2013 8:48:33 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: slowhandluke
“I always wondered where their casings were falling.”

Airborne Gatling guns such as the M61A1/A2 (20mm), GAU-12/U (25mm), and GAU-8/A (30mm) use a link-less feed system that does not use links and re-stows the fired cases back into the ammunition drum. The reason is because high speed jets would shoot themselves down with any links and expended cases ejected overboard.

24 posted on 11/06/2013 10:35:33 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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