Why the A-10 Warthog Doesn't Eject Bullet Casings
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Why are no empty shells ejected from the A-10 Warthog? It's #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #shorts
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"Its not a plane with guns. Its a gun with wings."
That's actually literally the case; if you look at an A-10 on the ground, the gun is centered, but the nose gear is off-center, because it wasn't considered as important.
you mean its the king of team kill
Such a shame that the gun is useless for close air support.
How do we make this gun more lethal? Attach a plane to it.
@@Ma_Zhongying its not useless, just extrememely bad xD
It's good etiquette to pick up your spent casings.
True I really hope we can eventually make quality biodegradable casings. I’ll fill a 5 gallon bucket of spent casing at the gun club a day and I have no idea how many I miss and end up in the ground or just plan lost
@@jacksonglass3447 yeah but then you can’t reload them, or collect them. It would be more expensive and less efficient
@@ceelt true. But it would be nice to have when you’re doing like bush hunting.
@@jacksonglass3447 there is a company called True Velocity that is doing just that :-)
@@jacksonglass3447 My local range never has a problem. The brass goblins grab the casings before they even hit the ground it feels like.
“Hey does your plane have a gun?”
America: *no, my gun has a plane*
As a 'Merican, my guns have wings.
@@Sammasambuddhamusta drank some redbull💀
THAT WAS SO ORIGINAL!!!! WOW, YOU ARE SUCH A COOOL FELLOW 😂
@@RobertCraft-re5sf you must be really fun at parties
Ya got that right!
"Plus, we fire the whole bullet. That's 65% more bullet per bullet."
Ah, Apeture, such a magical... deadly place
Now you're thinking with portals!
"i am heavy weapons guy"
This comment made me laugh in the mii theme bc I was thinking the same thing 💀
And we fire 65 rounds per second
“If you can hear it, you’re not the target.”
That's whay the enemy thought as it only killed friendly forces
@@VowToTheethere are 4 confirmed friendly fire incidents for the A-10 since 2001, killing 10 US soldiers. On the other hand, they have countless confirmed enemy kills, thousands of vehicle kills, and even some helicopter kills. The blue on Blue rate extraordinarily low, even if it's technically the highest among US aircraft, the propaganda put out blows it far out of proportion.
Not the target ... yet ...
@@chriscomer1472 exactly it was only good at killing friendly
@@VowToTheeonly? No. But okay i guess?
it's not what you *BRTTTTTTT*
thanks I had the audio off
thanks I had the audio off
Is to glitch or something?
The casings from the empty rounds goes into an extremists booty because it has plenty of space for them. 🙀
@@cartoonclubanimationthe warthog makes the brrt sound when it fires its machine gun
Bullet transfusions on an a-10 might be the coolest thing ever.
"It‘s not what you BRRRT“ Got me 😂
“If you hear it you weren’t the target” quote of the A-10
But they're still prone to taking hits from the rear, by bird strikes.
Their Air Speed Indicator is a calendar.
I cant believe A-10 actually said that
It's amazing 👏 😍
Damn all those British who never heard it .... But then again they are British
@@1neAdam12 they dont need to be fast, theyre designed to hit targets on the ground.
When a Cobra is firing overhead you get hot heavy brass rain.
Do they fire above infantry?
@@completionofcomplexwhere ever they need to fire
@@joseydugo6227 your lawn because you commited tax fraud lol jk jk
@@completionofcomplex shhhhh it’s supposed to be a secret
"murder was the case that they gave me"
We called them “ugly angels”
Literally saved our asses
That's the first. They used to build them at Republic Aviation on Long Island I grew up there and used to see them fly all the time the A-10 Thunderbolt 2 before that they built the original Thunderbolt the P-47, which fought in World War II. When I entered the US Air Force in 1982 I became an aerial refueling operator also known as a boomer on a KC 135 stratotanker station at Plattsburgh Air Force Base are you still refuel FB 111 aircraft and on TDY and combat deployment refueled many many a10s some called it the warthog but everyone I knew in the service never referred to it as that everyone I knew in the service never used that term we just called it the Thunderbolt the guys on the ground called at the warthog I think
Literally? Your gluteal musculature was perishing?
@@Spurdospaerde692It was
i think they look good)
Most people think it's closest competitor, the SU-25 Frogfoot, looks better, or less ugly. Every pilot that flew both states that the SU is a much easier and nicer plane to fly. Faster, more manoeuvrable. Yet, every soldier would rather have the A-10 as ground support, and every pilot would rather fly the A-10 when under heavy enemy fire.
Let's not forget the A-10 used depleted uranium rounds in its 30mm gun until 2010 and today, deny claims they still do. Best reason to collect casings there.
As a kid living in Springfield, MO. we were alerted by local news that a crashed A-10, from Whiteman AFB, spread these depleted uranium rounds for ten square miles (in the woods) and to report any findings to police immediately and not to touch them. I still have three.
Depleted uranium isn't radioactive, but of course it might have a bit of cancer juice left in it
love how they tell you to your face they're DEPLETED uranium but then tell you not to touch them, trying to imply to you that they would be somehow dangerous to touch, trying to scare you into not touching them lol
@@jhanks2012 it's depleted uranium however it's still a heavy metal and is toxic. Also, it's slightly radioactive.
@@jhanks2012because they're autocannon rounds not bullets. They're basically baby artillery rounds... ya know... fucking explosive.
@@osric729they arent explosive, they just distribute high kinetic energy... and impact reactivates a small portion of its radioactivity. Its not immediately dangerous, but I wouldnt keep a piece in my pocket, and I certainly wouldnt want to breathe in any of the impact dust because it also leeches heavy metals into the environment and can do a number on your kidneys.
“What kinda plane is that on your gun?”
Brrrrrrrrtttttt
I mean true statement, the plane was built around the gun
Fun fact, the USSR made a plane that fired 5,000 rounds per minute (Mig-27 Modification) compared to the A-10s 3,900 rpm but was too powerful to actually use effectively
@Аркаша Чецкая Probably wasn't functional as well.
To powerful sounds like USSR just saying it's to powerful as excuse for it didn't work lol 😅😂😂
@@Arkasha-Z the aircraft wasnt too powerful to be used effectively, they retrofitted a big ass gun onto an aircraft that wasnt designed to take the recoil of a gun that big. Thats why they kept ripping themselves apart when they fired. The A-10 was designed specifically for the GAU-8 Avenger, hence why it actually works.
The A10 is like "well I want to kill things, not litter. Only douches litter."
Still can't kill tanks with its gun tho...
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh that gun was purpose built to kill tanks. It's an anti-armor (tanks, armored cars, etc.) gun. The GAU-8 30mm autocannon API ammunition can penetrate ~50mm of armor at about a 30 degree aoa about 1500m from target. This is enough to penetrate most all modern armored vehicles aside from the most protected portions of MBTs. But even the most heavily armored leopards, Abrams, T-72s etc still have vulnerable portions where the GAU-8 can theoretically disable them. Not that it matters when the A-10 has an entire arsenal of f@#$ you munitions under its wings at its disposal to delete the tank
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh No...
It 100% can. It's nickname is the "Tank Killer"
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh The Gau-8 is made for lightly armored vehicles but it can kill a tank + you would think people could be smart enough to realize it’s atgms have a purpose
Oh great, now conservatives are going to ban it.
I was in the 3rd Armored in the late 70's and remember seeing these flying around some training area probably 1979 or '80. We were a bit in awe of this 'new plane'.
yeah i remember i was in my school yard and a guy flew over really slow and low in one just above the roof and he looked right at my over his shoulder as he went by, it was mindblowing for me as a young kid in the 1970s to see that so close
The A10 is just the nice guy at the range. Well kept, strong handshake, great shot and picks his brass up.
Delivers 50 _"FK EVERYTHING IN THAT DIRECTION"_ per second
kill me bro🍺🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂 Yes!! Bring the pain rain!!
😂😂😂😂
Crazy
My local gun range: “that’s an extra $10 to collect your brass sir”
Mine has this charge as well. I think. 10 bucks are 10 bucks and i'm not gonna let the brass goblins have my precius cases.
I always ask the range officer, and he's always told me not to worry about it. My instinct is to clean up after myself, but at my range I think they take the approach that we'll just take care of it at the end of the day.
Can't you just attach a brass catcher??? 💭
you have to melt down your casings to build a statue.
I've personally never cleaned up shells and casings that are non reloadable. Ill usually collect my brass and leave it in a pile on the range for someone to take and reload. 😅
as an a10 warthog, i can confirm that my engineers didnt want me to poop mid air, i kill, not disrespect
"it's not what you BRTTTT" got me dying 😂
"This plane can shoot your college tuition in less than a second"
At least the bullets are useful
The feed system is designed to be full at all times I.E. it needs the empty cases to be feed back in order to push live rounds through.
It's a really cool design
Great design, actualmente!
Couldn't help but think of a mobius congaline.
I figured any reason but ballast with ballast being a beneficial bi product they do not have to deal with, a happy little accident.
No... it does not. There are lots of gaps within the rounds anyway- each time the gun uses its clearing sector. The elements in the system carry the rounds or brass- gaps or not. When they get into the drum they slot into the drum wall guides and the helix moves them from aft to front.
Even crazier is That these rounds will pierce armor better than full on tank rounds did during the first part of ww2
They’re not bullets. They’re high explosive soda cans 😂
Additionally, the casings aren't wasted and can be recycled to be used later.
Lol! On the carrier we used to retrieve all of the spent 20mm casings from the f-18s, put them in barrels, and throw them into the ocean.
@@G3N0M3501DI3R yeah. Makes sense . Recycling will save probably a few 100 or maybe 1000 bucks max. That is pennies
@@pritiagarwal5599 how so considering the amount fired/used
@@travishc45 probably in terms of the U.S Military budget.
Or the ammo guys will keep a few as souvenirs
Shout out to the maintainers on the ground doing repairs, refueling, servicing, maintaining, reloading our planes in and outside the military. They’re the people you don’t see in Top Gun.
Munitions should be doing the reloading but I could be wrong. Big props to maintenance for sure though.
True! I am an aircraft carrier guy. Each plane has one (or two) pilots, but has a medium sized crew that is needed to keep the plane flying. Those are the real critical assets. They rarely get the thanks they deserve (even if they always eat all the ice cream).
The ground crew may not get much attention, but the air crew knows what’s up. Team work makes the dream work, baby.
I am a maintainer thanks bro. We do it just to make you proud and give us props
No, hats off to the U.S. taxpayers who pay 400 million dollars a day for ‘defence’.
A country that has NEVER been attacked!
They are the unsung heroes - providing all this weaponry to protect the economic interests of predatory billionaires - all while their country goes to shit and they get nothing but hatred from the rest of the world. 👏 👏 👏
That windshield glare just before firing was like a shot from an anime
"I am Heavy Weapons Guy. And this, is my weapon."
taking your rubbish home with you. That's environmental responsibility right there.
Well not all of it. The rest of the trash is still on the ground bleeding with holes in it.
@@Ojthemighty Your friends died for oil
@@johnboyjr21 what?
If you are going to make a killing machine, the least you can do is make it environmentally friendly.
@@TheAHuman but environment hazard makes a mich more effective killing machine tho
Calling them bullets is a bit of an understatement when each is bigger than a bear bottle and are literally made of godamm uranium
What beer company has bear bottles? Asking for a zoo keeper
@Chris Comer in russia every beer bottle is a bear bottle
@@Pipothegreatfirstofhisname _"In Soviet Russia..."_ 😅
Also all over Germany. 0.5 liters of them so... And yea, they can act as weapons too xD
Sounds like like something a Terminator would shoot in Warhammer 😄
BRRRRT. Once you hear it in person, you'll never forget it.
The more I learn about the A-10, the more I love it.
he's slowly going insane
"It's not what you - BRRR" 😂
Yea that raspberry was not what you think
Of course, it may have been his way of testing to see if we actually listen to what he says, or just watch his videos on silent. Depending on whether or not, we mention the fact that he made that weird sound.
@@pyrofan1178
Try Dark Skies
SLOWING INTO A DEEP NOT WHAT YOU THINK DEPRESSION!
Never in my lifetime did I expect NWYT say brrrrrrrrrt. We're 👏 making 👏 progress👏
Never give up hope!
@@NotWhatYouThink cant wait to hear a bomb explode XD
@@Tomcat-tomato what abt pow! Pew. Booom
Y u typing like an inner-city female?
You don't expect things in life until they happen. That's how life works.
That "Not what y- BRRRT" short-circuited my brain and I had to rewind a few seconds because I was still rebooting...
You fckd my brain up when you did the gun sound effect 😂 that’s almost dark humor haha. Ty
I like to imagine there’s a little tiny man in the plane and he reloads the empty cases and puts them back into rotation.
pulls out the gun powder can from the pocket, and starts filling each round again... 💀
@@30pranaypawar17 ahhh yes the tiny can of everlasting gunpowder, one of Uncle Willy's best inventions 😂
Ah yes the tiny can of everlasting gunpowder, one of Uncle Wonka's best revolutionary inventions.
@@TheSweatDivision 🤣
@@TheSweatDivision 🤣
I was a weapons maintenance/weapons loader on the A-10 when I was active duty AF. Spent almost 6yrs loading and maintaining this beast in Tucson, AZ. A good maintenance crew could drop a gun system, clean the bay, have it inspected by QA, install a new system, again QA inspect, and fully functional check in 12hrs. Love the A10.
bro tuscon really got some quick QA then 😂
@@MustBeChill Normally if we had a gun system change the QA guys or Load Barn would leave someone with us on the flightline. Or they would ride in the expeditor truck till we were ready. I did join in '02 though before all the massive personal cuts.
TWELVE HOURS!? TOOK ME AND MY FAIRIES 11 MINUTES
after taking 100 rounds a woman flew her titanium bathtub from the middle of iraq 3 hours to kuwait while on fire WITHOUT HYDRAULICS this thing is so badass
How much does an empty casing weigh vs an un-fired round?
That is some creative engineering! Bravo to those who built this beast.
"My favorite jet and my favorite gun".
All in one !
Lmfao his brrrrrt was hilarious.
Ideed
jajajajajajajajajajjaja
I Brrrrrt while Donating my Tamales in the Big Collection Bowl !!!
Its a lot os saved money keeping the brass
“We fire the whole bullet! That’s 65% more bullet per bullet!”
- Cave Johnson
Was looking for this
Love Cave Johnson. “Aperture Science. We do what we must, because we can”
@@kingcrafteroderderfahradtu7331 Exactly!
Yo, dawg... I hurd you like bullets...!
Micks whasky legs kicked in then big time😂You 2 are nutts you crack me right up brilliant entertainment 😂😂
The A -10 ain't no joke-serious death from above.
The engineers of that machine are geniuses
Fun fact, the engineers of the Gun of that thing most likely also engineered your laundry machine
Ay buhlack mayn invented it
@ruffy907 huh?
Reducing the population and protecting the environment.
😂😂😂😂
Not 100π but there's more asshole fuckable objects filled with find fly's materials than most definitely don't know.
Wefs favorite plane
Think how many people don't even realize they're dead yet because of this thing.
'Pollution '.
That is the reason why A-10 warthog are so special
A10s flew out of an air base near me here in the UK.. childhood memories of standing on the door step in awe as they flew over.. always be my favourite military plane.
"because a warthog doesn't defecate where it eats"
Even though real warthogs probably do
Halo Warthog: Wait we can fly?
Destroying an enemy and being environmentally conscious sounds like a win.
“Old jet engine”
“Environmentally sensitive”
😂
Got any idea how much fuel that thing guzzles? For all that it’s a badass plane, I’d think sustainably is pretty far off still
It isn't for ecological reasons.
@@JABN97
It isn’t unsustainable. Why? Because anthropological climate change is a myth.
@@joewoodchuck3824 Actually it partly is because that plane fires depleted uranium rounds So the empty casings are partly radioactive
@@brandonw9635
Sounds like you just pulled that from your butt. The casings aren't DU
I still love these videos because they are so chaotic
Is not what you brrrrrt is the best part of the video.
I thought, because of environmental and cost reasons. But then you said, it's not what I burrrrr😂
That thought popped into my head too. But then I remembered it was the US military, money printer go brrr so no cost reasons and environment... That is only on their docket board when they need to scare the populace into paying more taxes.
the last thing the A-10 pilot with it's indiscriminate fire thinks about when eyeballing his target from miles aways is "the enviroment". Like, it's the only thing they gonna hit to begin with.
You guys think about the environment. I'm thinking that the casings are heavy and when they fall, someone could get smacked in the head 💀
@@Varangian_af_Scaniae it was supposed to be ironic
Lol, it definitely wouldn't be for environmental reasons! Imagine littering the earth with toxic depleted uranium rounds, but thinking "ooh better hold on to the casings to save the environment!" 😂
"If you feel the ground quake, run. If you hear its bellow, flee. If you see its teeth, it's too late."
Collosal Warthogmaw
I did not expect MTG here
Run and flee is the same thing bruh
@@lk8300A flee in a general direction is quite a bit more exigent than a humdrum dull run. The energy requirement for gadarene limbic coordination and acceleration whilst maintaining and sustaining fulminant burst of core potency even for a brief 500 trillion picoseconds is exponentially enhanced.
😅
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The A-10 and the F-16 are my top all time favourite aircraft.
I love the unexpected humor that suddenly pops up from time to time
The A-10, one of the scariest things you can see if you are on the wrong side... least your fear wont last long.
“It looks like you’ve violated our terms of service”
Even then, it ain’t seeing the Flying Gun unless SOMEHOW the pilot missed
😂😁
Nowhere near as terrifying as an AC-130 orbiting above you shooting anything that moves. With an A-10 it's only several passes.
@@zano187 if they manage to survive the A-10 barrages AC130 will do the clean up
"If u heard it shoot, u were not the target."
"yet"
Seeing this beauty unleash fury on a target, start to pull away, then you hear the rawrrr of her gun.
Ah yes the;
"I don't like the look of that direction."
"Affirmative. Deleting that direction."
The only plane that can still fly with half of its tail section blown off.
From what I hear, pretty much the only component it can't fly with only half of is the pilot.
@@MikeDCWeld With enough drugs we can fix that
That's nothing compared to the Su-25 lmao
@@Arkasha-Z sure, but just like the antanov, how many of those are flying? Especially today? The US has far superior logistics, its why we have the most powerful military on the planet.
Sorry, look up B-52 without tail section.
As someone that served supported Naval Aviation, I have a deep respect for this aircraft
Silly design. Casings weigh alot when you have loads of them. Would save fuel to eject them when firing
No like they said its in the design of the plane and most likey they reuse the casings at least once after they are used the first time@vihreelinja4743
The A-10 is such an incredible beast! I have been so interested in this aircraft since I was a very young g boy. Built so many models!
Finally! The explanation for why I see two opposite streams of shells when The Gun is being reloaded.
Damn nice work, folks!
The fact this plane has such a big gun it's empty brass helps keep it balanced is awesome and glad it's on our side
You also wouldnt want casings weighing half a pound and travelling at 400mph hitting your troops
We are talking about the number 1 theme killer in a modern western arsenal. It doesn't have radar (so no friend or foe system) and the only way a pilot is seeing his target is using a pair of binocular
Irradiated by depleted uranium also.
You'd have to check the terminal velocity, probably not 400mph
@@jabdeeznutswill only fall as fast as gravity will pull
@Randy Tricker I bet it's upwards of 150mph tho. Brass is pretty dense and they're pretty aerodynamic.
One of the most beautiful aircraft/flying guns ever created.
It shoots faster then AAA games can render frames in a second.
Cries in cyberpunk
So does a muzzle loaded musket, if we're talking about AAA games on my computer. And that's if you factor in the preparation of blackpowder and mining of lead.
I mean yeah.. games can make guns that fire that fast too. Our eyes can't see that fast in real life or the game so it doesn't matter
@@brandenmoore8813 A game doesn't fire bullets that fast, how would it do that if the cycles per second can't go that fast... they are shooting multiple shots in parallel so they can have the effect of that fast without actually being that fast in a constant rate.
@@hereticstanlyhalo6916 I mean sure but our eyes nor the target can tell the difference
I just now realized I was once lied to by a guy who described his unit being saved from an Iraqi armor unit during desert storm. Said that the A-10s flew over, laying waste to the tanks, while casings fell from the sky. They had to hide under their vehicles because the casings would smash their windshields. But they said “thank you” because the tanks were gone.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not terribly surprised the guy lied. He seemed weird. But I’m disappointed I just now figured it out.
Go find him and expose his 💩
There's technically three main reasons.
1 Those cases are expensive so they are captured so they can be reloaded.
2 To keep them out of enemy hands. (reloading making IEDs etc)
3 To keep the center of gravity constant.
The last one is the most important on this case but the other two are also good pluses.
Well you blew your whole credibility with number one. You think the government cares how expensive something is.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@@user-fp7ds5sy4w when the tooling to make said thing is now rare, yes. The fun isn't very useful anymore, so I'm guessing next to no one makes the casings.
They get sent to depo and melted brother
@@spanishprisoner Um shell casings are picked up whenever possible. The Enemy especially in the middle east loves using the material for ieds or to sell them to fund their war effort. Also yes the military reloads casings. Once they are end of life they are melted down then remade into casings again.
@@spanishprisoner exactly you finally get it
AR-15: Can be outfitted with lots of tacticool gadgets.
A-10: Can be outfitted with a plane.
I love how environmentally friendly it is
Never leave your brass behind. When A-10s show up your day just got a lot better. . .or worse depending on which side you're on
Solid aluminum
better yet just get your own. shall not be infringed brothers. and no, i'm not kidding. what is precluding most people from owning their own Warthog has nothing to do with legalities; it is perfectly lawful to own one. it is more so due to financial reasons that we all don't have one. most of us will never afford one alone. but if you band together with your local militia you can get yourselves one or two. maybe. servicing and maintaining it will be far more expensive in the long run. but militias who are serious about it can and should do it. gonna come in handy real soon. join your local militias now, folks. if you don't want to get your hands "dirty" yourself, consider making a small donation. every little bit helps.
@@jhanks2012 - LOL, Thats funny. Most of these people can barely afford the payments on their F-150 much less their A-10. Who's garage do you keep it in? Not the most practical to take the kiddos to school or run through the Hardees drive thru on your way to storming the castle. lol
Every time I learn a new thing about the A-10, I am even more amazed by it than I was the day before.
All Gatlin guns on aircraft are designed like this. It has nothing to do with ballast.
Bearing in mind that I love the f111, retired recently in Australia. I love that configuration. The warthog is just beautiful in my opinion to replace our fighter bomber fleet. Just a wonderful machine.
The more I learn about the flight characteristics of the Warthog, the more progressively surprised I am that it ever got off the ground both figuratively and literally. 😂
There is one quote my father told me about the A-10: If you hear it, you weren’t the target
Edit: Stop fighting in the comments, it’s a damn joke
It's notorious for hitting stuff that wasn't the target anyway
Yeah sure... It's wildy inacurate. The saying would apply more to missiles.
.... very true ...
Is your father Ruben Leal?
It’s true… my grandfather was a navigator.
That’s one ruthless machine!! Didn’t know about the shells but makes sense
The gun is also off canter by a few degrees, to compensate for the immense back pressure & recoil from firing so the pilot's flying is uneffected.
*unaffected.
Now the tree huggers have a reason to love the warthog. Defended of peace and it recycles too.
Being be the pilot in the warthog be like : Why is my jet doesn't ejecting bullets? But all the time bro didn't read the intrusions in the jet lol
That is one plane you never want to be on the wrong end of.
As many Canadian army, British Army and USMC troops can attest to.
F22: *appears behind you* One of the planes you never want to be on the wrong end of. *vanishes*
@@willhornsby206 Nothing known to the public is a real threat to the F-22, and an A-10 will never have to face one.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
you got that right!
when they ‘Call The Hogs’ , it’s not going to end well for the enemy troops
and that plane is so ugly, she’s beautiful, especially to the troops on the ground when they hear her coming in full throttle on a gunrun
Imagine being in combat and out of nowhere over 100 casings the size of beer bottles start raining down
Proud to say the most likes I’ve ever received was for a comment on CZcams
Yeah I figured at first the reason they don't eject is because of the possibility that casings could fall at high speeds and do some damage below
Then why other aircrafts doesnt have that?
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of BEER!..............🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@darkosimatovic60220mm caliber ammunition is the most common type on other U.S. fighters, which is a lot smaller. They also typically dont have as many rounds as the A10, which is about 1300 of I remember correctly.
The location of the ammunition drum with respect to the center-of-gravity of a specific aircraft also matters.
Or sucked into the jet engine
When this thing flies towards you... If you don't hear the BRRRRTTT, you are already dead
"but why it's designed to not eject the casings is not what you BRRRRRTTTTTT!!!!" ❤😂🎉
Also the entire gun assembly is mounted off centre so that the barrel that fires is on the centre line and doesn't cause a yaw effect
With a gun that's so powerful, it actually causes the plane to decelerate, that's important.
He forgot to mention recycling those brass casings save a lot of time and money, huge plus factor
Well, avoiding people getting "Klunked" in the head by random huge empty casings is a plus too. I've been hit by ejected casings from a few different firearms . some kinda stung a bit. Getting hammered by an empty casing from a 30mm round would probably hurt way much and leave quite a mark.
I think the casings are aluminum....
Who would have thought that those super expensive A 10 warthog rounds were just candy corn this whole time
*thats 65% more bullet!*-cave johnson
But why its designed to not eject those casings from those rounds is not what you **brrrt**
It's not what you BRRRRTTT.
Unexpected. Very unexpected.
But certainly appreciated 😂
I know why, the military doesn't want fudds stealing all their brass like they do at the local gun range 😂😂
"... but it's not what're you *BRRRT* "
No, it's definitely what we *BRRRT*
I fucking love the A10
I love how the loading mechanism looks like Doc Ocs arms from spiderman. They had to base them off of them.
We called it the "Dragon". Only has one arm, and the "head" of it is heavy! You had to be in shape to maneuver that thing around! 💪
@@Xyberwolf388 wierd timing for your comment. I literally just watched a guy shot one from the hip with the ammo strapped to his back and had this same arm feeding the gun. Absolutely insane 😂
@@Xyberwolf388 yup, can't begin to guess how much i processed.
The only way we can afford that brrrt is by designing the ultimate brass catcher.
When the bald eagle does, it's reincarnated as an A-10 Warthog
The warthog is an absolute monster
If you have air superiority otherwise it is pretty much a gun with wings
He has to go back and collect his spent casings so he won't be fined?
And slower than a p-51
@@Sten05but a lot tougher and 100 times more fire power,so what's your point
@wesleypepple7525 the point is it's useless in conventional conflict due to it's speed it can be easily hit by AA.
Basically a gun on wings. My favorite aircraft. Everything on that plane is to work around the gun.
"Why eject casings when you can shoot the whole bullet"
-Cave Johnson (probably)
Gotta love eco friendly death machines.