AC-130 105 mm howitzer Gunship Cannons & Gatling Gun in action. Here is a video of AC-130 105 mm howitzer Gunship Cannons & Gatling Gun in action
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules
Ac-130 Variants
- AC-130A Spectre
- AC-130E Spectre
- AC-130H Spectre
- AC-130U Spooky
- AC-130J Ghostrider
- AC-130W Stinger II
Readmore: Deadliest Aircraft in the US Air Force: The AC-130 Spectre Gunship
Armament Of AC-130
- 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
- 25 mm GAU-12/U Equalizer 5-barreled Gatling cannon
- 30 mm ATK GAU-23/A autocannon
- 40 mm L/60 Bofors cannon
- 105 mm M102 howitzer
- Gunslinger weapons system with launch tube for AGM-176 Griffin missiles
- GBU-44/B Viper Strike munitions (10 round magazines)
- Wing mounted, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
Readmore: Here’s Why the C-130 Is Such a Badass Plane
Facts About the AC-130 Gunship
- AC-130 costs between $130 to $190 million
- Soon Ac-130 is Getting Laser Guns and Drones (AC-130 will be equipped with laser canon and air-launched drones).
- More Than a Dozen Crew is required to operate AC-130
- AC-130 is Developed During the Vietnam War
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