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Loading 20mm Tungsten Ammo into Phalanx CIWS’ Magazine Drum
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Loading 20mm Tungsten Ammo into Phalanx CIWS’ Magazine Drum

 phillynews215  11/12/2021  16 Comments on Loading 20mm Tungsten Ammo into Phalanx CIWS’ Magazine Drum

U.S. Navy sailors reload 20mm tungsten ammunition into the magazine drum of a Phalanx Closed-in Weapons System (Phalanx CIWS) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Phalanx CIWS is a close-in weapon…

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Ultra Fast Cannons! M61 Vulcan and GAU-8 Avenger [Test Fire / Training]
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Ultra Fast Cannons! M61 Vulcan and GAU-8 Avenger [Test Fire / Training]

 phillynews215  04/29/2021  38 Comments on Ultra Fast Cannons! M61 Vulcan and GAU-8 Avenger [Test Fire / Training]

Demonstration of the 30-mm GAU-8 Avenger (A-10 Thunderbolt II Main Gun) and the 20mm M61 Vulcan mounted on Phalanx CIWS, C-RAM during test fire / training. â–ºThe General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm…

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Loading 20mm Rounds into F-15’s M61 Vulcan | Universal Ammunition Loading System
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Loading 20mm Rounds into F-15’s M61 Vulcan | Universal Ammunition Loading System

 phillynews215  04/26/2021  34 Comments on Loading 20mm Rounds into F-15’s M61 Vulcan | Universal Ammunition Loading System

B-Roll package featuring two separate episodes of 20 mm training rounds being loaded onto a Universal Ammunition Loading System (UALS) and to an F-15 Fighter Jet, which is fed to the F-15’s internally mounted M61A1,…

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