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Octafish

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15. The carry cannons and howitzers.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #13)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 05:26 PM

Oct 2015

Armament configurations of current AC-130s, although the H model has been officially retired, it is still flying missions and the J model will be online in the coming years:

AC-130H Spectre

1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130U Spooky II

1× General Dynamics 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12/U Equalizer 5-barreled Gatling cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130W Stinger II & AC-130J

1x 30 mm ATK GAU-23/A autocannon
'Gunslinger' weapons system with launch tube for AGM-176 Griffin missiles and/or GBU-44/B Viper Strike munitions (10 round magazines)
Wing mounted, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) and/or GBU-53/B SDB II

See for yourself: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-u-s-air-forces-new-ac-130-gunships-are-really-bomb-1584518199

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So our bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital has slipped out of the news [View all] peacebird Oct 2015 OP

Listen to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now. Doctor's Without Borders is claming it was a war crime Javaman Oct 2015 #1

Based on that report I agree with them. peacebird Oct 2015 #4

Me too. nt Javaman Oct 2015 #6

yes, it has uawchild Oct 2015 #2

What hospital? Octafish Oct 2015 #3

Who cares? Did you see the new Star Wars trailer last night? Initech Oct 2015 #5

Well, Kardashian came out for some kinds gun control... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #7

My guess is nothing will happen, and if, by chance, something does happen, City Lights Oct 2015 #8

Didn't you know Obama is the most progressive president in US history. JRLeft Oct 2015 #9

Dude. That is SO last week! KamaAina Oct 2015 #10

We've apologized, accepted full responsibility, and will pay reparations Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #11

I want to have an explanation of how it is possible to repeatedly bomb a hospital for over an hour peacebird Oct 2015 #12

First off, it wasn't a "bombing", AC-130 gunships don't carry bombs Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #13

If it was down, is there no backup to prevent attacks on known friendly sites like hospitals? peacebird Oct 2015 #14

Yes, normally there would be a large red cross or crescent painted on the roof. MH1 Oct 2015 #21

The carry cannons and howitzers. Octafish Oct 2015 #15

I know what's on them, I've seen the vids Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #16

The innocent are just as dead no matter what the f you call the weapons. JEB Oct 2015 #17

The misnomer is assuming someone is innocent. Octafish Oct 2015 #18

Which means the person in control does not give a flying f about the victims of the raid peacebird Oct 2015 #20

So you're not even giving them presumption of innocence? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #22

Now the military says its intelligence app was down gratuitous Oct 2015 #19

It's pathetic but who cares? Just us normal people with an akbacchus_BC Oct 2015 #23