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 …

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 …

2016年7月29日 · The F-35’s gun pod holds 220 rounds of 25mm ammunition in a helical magazine that spirals around the gun itself and has a rate of fire of around 3,000 rounds per …

2020年2月12日 · Interestingly, the short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B and carrier-based F-35C – which carry their cannon in an external pod – did not have the same problem. “F-35B …

#f35 #f35b #gatlinggun #fighter The GPU-9/A gun pod for the F-35B and F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter jet holds the GAU-22/A 25mm gatling gun and 200 rounds of ammunition....more

2022年7月20日 · Terma has delivered over a 100 Gun Pods for the F-35 program, with over 100,000 engineering hours, and is the only manufacturer of a certified external pod on the F …

2025年4月6日 · Does the gun pod reduce the F-35’s stealth capabilities? Yes, the GPU-9/A gun pod, while shaped to reduce its radar cross-section, does degrade the aircraft’s stealth profile.

2019年8月13日 · The F-35 meets both roles with internal carriage of air-to-air and air-to-surface stores. It has a robust external carriage capability of multirole stores, an internal 25-mm …

The Gun Pod is a highly complex and several meters long container, produced in both metal and composite materials to house the 25 mm gun system. In the F-35A (CTOL) variant, the gun is …

2021年3月25日 · A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was significantly damaged when a round fired from its underbelly 25mm gun pod exploded shortly after leaving the muzzle of …