Re: [MV] Fast Attack Vehicle

Jim Webster (jimweb@SIMONIDES.PRESTEL.CO.UK)
Sat, 08 May 1999 11:33:41 +0100

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"Fred Stueve Jr." wrote:
>
> You sure that it's a 30mm chain gun? That's the same gun caliber of the A-10
> Thunderbolt II. I've FAVs with 7.62 mm minis, 40 mm MK-19s, M2 Browning .50s
> and various other heavy weapons but I would think that a 30 mm chain gun
> would have way too much recoil and would stress the framework of such a
> small vehicle.

The gun in question IIRC is the 30mm ASP a soft-recoil design. It wasn't
mounted on the 'roll bars' but in front of the passenger seat alongside
the driver....

TTFN
Jim
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