Accession Number:

AD0601655

Title:

20MM MARK 4 GUN POD 250,000 ROUND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

HUGHES TOOL CO CULVER CITY CA

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1964-02-02

Pagination or Media Count:

124.0

Abstract:

Flight Tests during the past year proved the Mark 4 Mod 0 Gun Pod to be a versatile and most effective air to ground weapon. Approximately 250,000 rounds were fired from 27 January 1963 through 2 February 1964 to prove the capabilities of the weapon system and to improve the reliability of the gun pod. This firing was divided into four categories, namely Three-pod flight demonstration on the A4 aircraft, competitive evaluation on the F-100 aircraft, reliability development and R and D firing. A plot is given of the total rounds fired during the past year.

Descriptors:

• *AIRCRAFT GUNS
• FLIGHT TESTING
• WEAPON SYSTEMS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• FIRING TESTS(ORDNANCE)
• GUN COMPONENTS
• AIR TO SURFACE
• EXTERNAL STORES
• TABLES(DATA)
• AIRCRAFT PROTUBERANCES
• MAINTENANCE
• RELIABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Guns

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE