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Old 08-20-2008 | 10:53 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
Default Hawg gun question

Hawg Drivers -

Some of us were talking about guns today and this question came up.
Was the gun in the A-10 located with the waterline of the aircraft and what was the cant on the gun?

I think I found the answer to the first question off of Wikpedia:
"The fuselage of the aircraft is built around the gun.[23] For example, the nose wheel is offset to the right so that the gun's firing barrel at the 9 o'clock position is aligned on the aircraft's centerline."; but what about the second question? Btw - I also saw that it says the gun is optimized for a 30 deg dive at a slant range of 4,000'.

Thanks for any information.

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