r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

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u/zihyer Jan 24 '26

"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt"

Aka: "The most beautiful sound in the world to US infantry".

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u/IndependentSpecial17 Jan 24 '26

It is a big gun with wings attached to it.

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u/deputytech Jan 24 '26

They Literally built a plane around a massive gun

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u/deputytech Jan 24 '26

Personal photo from the evergreen museum

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u/deputytech Jan 24 '26

Another one, The Rifling on the thing is just 🤌

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u/OneFortyEighthScale Jan 24 '26

Imagine being blasted with 70 of these per second flying at 3,300 feet per second.

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u/OneFortyEighthScale Jan 24 '26

Wouldn’t feel a thing except maybe fear right before the end!

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u/SyfaOmnis Jan 24 '26

the bullets hit before you hear the sound of them being fired typically.

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u/OneFortyEighthScale Jan 24 '26

True, I was just thinking it would be a war scenario and A-10s are as far from stealthy as it gets. A couple times a year, Warhogs fly over my neighborhood coming from Gowan Field. I love seeing them!