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GAU-12, 25mm Gun Flashcards

1
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Characteristics of the GAU-12 25mm Gun

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Percussing Fired, 5-Barrel Gatling gun, gun station #1 on the U model gunship

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Utilizes the worlds _______ linear linkless feed system

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largest

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3
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How many rounds can the feed system store?

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3000 rounds

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How is the GAU-12 powered?

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The aircraft utility hydraulic system

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5
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What is the purpose of the GAU-12?

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To provide a barrage of fire for personnel suppression/incapacitation and against light material targets.

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6
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What is the fire rate?

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1800 +/- 100 RPM

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7
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Selectable burst lengths of. . .

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15, 25, 50, 100, 350

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8
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How many rounds can be fired unrestricted?

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450 rounds

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9
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Capable of continuous use by. . .

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following a restricted firing schedule

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10
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A __ minute cool down returns the gun to the unrestricted firing schedule

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20

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11
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How many major components?

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7

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What are the major components?

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  1. Gun Housing
  2. Gun Barrels
  3. Breech Bolt Assembly
  4. Firing/Safing Cam
  5. Locking/Unlocking Cam
  6. Transfer Unit
  7. Gun Drive Gearbox
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13
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Supports aft end gun support, provides mounting surfaces other components, houses the forward rotor, track assembly, and rear cover.

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Gun Housing

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Attached to forward rotor by interrupted locking lugs.

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Gun Barrels

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Performs 7 functions of feeding, chambering, locking, firing, unlocking, extracting, and positioning live rounds/spent casings in the gun transfer unit.

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Breech Bolt Assembly

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Allows for safing or firing of gun. When actuated, the solenoid moves the firing lever, which moves the safing cam, allowing the cocking pin to fall off the firing cam path, releasing the firing pin to strike the primer. With the safing pin installed, the safing cam will not open, mechanically safing the gun.

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Firing/Safing Cam

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17
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Provides a means to lock the bolt into the forward rotor for firing, preventing the breech bolt from recoiling after firing, and unlocking after firing allowing the spent case to be extracted. The locking roller on the breech bolt follows the cam path.

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Locking/Unlocking Cam

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18
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Attached directly to the gun and is driven by the forward rotor. Feeds round into the gun and returns spent cases from the gun to ASHS.

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Transfer Unit

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Attached to the rear of the gun and provides mechanical power from the flexible driveshaft for gun rotation. Incorporates a manual drive handle to rotate the gun.

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Gun Drive Gearbox

20
Q

Bolted together and provides a mounting surface for the tracks that guide the breech bolt assemblies

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Forward rotor and Track Assembly

21
Q

Provides the bearing surface that supports the barrel cluster.

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Mid Barrel support

22
Q

Located within the mid barrel support. Prevents barrels from rotating and unlocking.

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Barrel clamp

23
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Prevents barrels from spreading out due to centrifugal force caused by gun rotation.

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Muzzle clamp

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Houses components of bolt assembly and rides in the tracks.

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Bolt carrier

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Follows the elliptical cam path, allowing the bolt to travel forward and aft, transporting the rounds through firing cycle.
Bolt roller
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Incorporates a locking roller
Cam follower
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Contacts the locking/unlocking cam to rotate breech bolt, locking it into the firing position.
Locking roller
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Connected to firing pin and rides along the firing/safing cam controlling the movement of the firing pin.
Cocking pin
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ASHS
Ammunition Storage Handling System
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The ASHS provides storage for. . .
ammunition and spent cases
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The ASHS provides for ___ ________ and supplies __________ to the gun
gun rotation | ammunition
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The ASHS magazine is a. . .
linear linkless feed system
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The ASHS magazine consists of. . .
two 1500 round bays moving at half gun speed.
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Mounted directly on the backside of the magazine, it is hydraulically driven from the aircraft utility hydraulic system.
ASHS gearbox
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The ASHS gearbox directly drives the. . .
ASHS
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The ASHS gearbox drives the gun via the ________ __________ attached to the ___ _____ _______.
flexible driveshaft | gun drive gearbox
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Moves ammunition within the magazine
Chain ladder
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Alternately feeds live rounds from each bay, accelerates them, and passes them to the flexible conveyor for transport. Decelerates spent cases to ASHS speed and separates them back into the individual bays.
Magazine Transfer Unit
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Passes the rounds between the gun transfer unit and the magazine transfer unit. Consists of 2 sections of flexible chute with hard section incorporating the Shell Extraction System(SES)
Conveyor Assembly
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Mounted in the conveyor assembly between gun and magazine. Contains the extractor gate. Extracts 7 spent cases from the end of each burst to prevent spent cases from being chambered into the gun during clearing cycle.
Shell Extraction System(SES)
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Mounted on the top of the magazine and is attached to the SES. During the clearing cycle, spent cases are ejected from the chute and into the spent case tray by the extractor gate.
Spent Case Tray
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The TRAY Full light illuminates at . . .
200 spent casings
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The Spent Case Tray's inhibits firing(reaches maximum capacity) at
250 spent casings
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Used by ground maintenance to manually load and unload ammunition.
Loader/Downloader
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The SES and gun incorporate sensors used to detect the speed and direction of gun rotation, used for firing and clearing.
Electrical Sensors
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Prevents hazardous buildup of explosive gases generated by firing the gun. Consists of a hood and Kevlar curtain which surrounds the gun and part of the ASHS.
Gun Gas Purge System
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What doubles as a fragment container shield in the event of catastrophic gun failure?
The hood and Kevlar curtain of the Gun Gas Purge System

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