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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: A-10 gun
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Date: 16 Oct 89 01:37:20 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!bxr307@uunet.uu.net
>they went ahead and bought the GAU8.  I have always wondered if it had been 
> worthwhile if the USAF had instead decided to buy either the ADEN or the DEFA.
>The A10 would have carried two, slightly smaller guns which were more accurate.

Well, accuracy is not the only issue.  The GAU-8 is also unusually powerful,
even by Aden/DEFA standards.  The USAF may given hitting power enough
importance to outweigh the accuracy issue.

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                 uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu