Okay, okay, I get it I get it... Mk.19 is a bad idea!
I just thought it be cool to have something that made a really big boom when it hit since a 40mm Bofors may not fit. Is that so wrong? Everyone's talked about off-the shelf weapons, so how'bout a
new, hi-rate of fire grenade gun, something that is reliable and can saturate an area with crowd pleasers but at the same time, be small enough to fit in the back of an Osprey?
Awood23 -
The speed issue is being addressed over on the Armed Escort Tiltrotor thread Para429 started. His idea is, come up with something that can escort the V-22 at all times. LJ's AV-22 is more CAS oriented I think (LJ, correct me if I'm wrong here). Anyway, Para429's inspired at least three of us to build Osprey escorts, each of us developing different possible solutions to the problem. Phil's is based off of a Cessna Citation, mine's based off of an OV-10 (relax fellas, I still have the second Bronco kit which WILL be a Bronco), LJ's is based off of an OV-1 and Screaminhelo... man, I'm not sure what he's cooking up. All I know is, it involves Apache and A-10 parts. To my knowledge, no one has suggested replaceing Cobras with Tilt-Rotors. We may be crazy, but we're not stupid.