These pods were used on a wide array of US aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War, including the A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly, AC-47 Spooky, AC-119G Shadow, the T-28 Trojan and the US Navy's OP-2E and AP-2H.

A gun pod is a detachable pod or pack containing machine guns, autocannons, revolver cannons, or rotary cannons and ancillaries, mounted externally on a vehicle such as a military aircraft which may or may not also have its own guns.

Gun pods offered a simple means of giving aircraft this capability, with no weight penalty on missions where guns were not required. The United States has developed systems for use both on fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

2024年4月27日 · The DAP-6 Gun Pod System is a self-contained M134D-H weapon system that can be mounted to either fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft. The pod has a 3,000-round magazine capacity and utilizes...

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In July 2021, an USMC F-35B, which was deployed on the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, was forced to divert and land at Kadena Air Base because of unspecified issues...

The U.S. Navy today unveiled a new pod-mounted weapon, a 20mm aircraft gun capable of firing 4,000 rounds per minute. This gun, called the Mark 11, was shown to Naval Aviators and representatives of the press at the Third Annual Naval Air Weapons Meet, held at NAAS El Centro, California.

These pods were used on a wide array of US aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War, including the A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly, and the T-28 Trojan. It was also tested on the ACH-47A "Guns A-Go-Go" by the US Army and on the UH-1E Iroquois by the US Marine Corps, and were part of standard armament fits for the AH-1 Cobra with both services.

2024年12月20日 · The fact of the existence of F-35B and F-35C-specific gun pods – designated GPU-9/A and GPU-8/A, respectively – is highlighted in a recent U.S. military contracting notice about plans to purchase more of both types from General Dynamics. Both pod types contain a single four-barrelled 25mm Gatling-type GAU-22/A cannon and 220 rounds of ...

Gun pods offered a simple means of giving aircraft this capability, with no weight penalty on missions where guns were not required. The United States has developed a number of systems for use both on fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and an overview is provided here.