Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: Steve.Bridges@Dayton.NCR.COM (Steve Bridges) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: AC-130 Message-ID: <1990Aug28.042615.28795@cbnews.att.com> Date: 28 Aug 90 04:26:15 GMT References: <1990Aug24.033918.34@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 48 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Steve.Bridges@Dayton.NCR.COM (Steve Bridges) In <1990Aug24.033918.34@cbnews.att.com> yaniv%shum.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (ran el-Yaniv) writes: >From: ran el-Yaniv >What would these be used for? The AC-130 is not very fast, nor very heavily >armoured... It may be a good gunship for the COIN mission, but over Iraq >it may susteain heavy casualties... I did a staff study in college on upgrading the AC-130 for better survivalibility. Here are some of the things I remember. The AC-130 does carry ECM gear in addition to flares and chaff. The guns and crew stations are protected by both armor plate and ballistic armor. The 105mm gun is effective at SLANT ranges up to 7NM (14,000 yards), and is an effective tank destroyer. The sensor suite consists of low light level TV, FLIR, side looking radar. The AC-130 could orbit behind the FEBA and wait for targets. If the AAA/SAMS are to heavy, they could call in flak/SAM suppression to keep the enemy's heads down until it was safe to go after the enemy troops, trucks or whatever. The AC-130 has a good loiter time over the battlefield. The armament of the AC-130H consists of (at least when I did my staff study): 105mm howitzer 40mm bofors rapid fire cannon 2 20mm Vulcans 2 7.6mm miniguns -- Steve Bridges | NCR - USG Product Marketing and Support OLS Steve.Bridges@Dayton.NCR.COM | Phone:(513)-445-4182 622-4182 (Voice Plus) ..!ncrlnk!usglnk!uspm650!steve | AOPA #916233 ..!uunet!ncrlnk!usglnk!uspm650!steve| PP-ASEL, AMEL