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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyIvan" data-source="post: 446923" data-attributes="member: 613">Recuerdo haber jugado a un simulador de helicópteros allá por los años 1993 en el cual entre una de las tantas naves disponibles para pilotear se encontraba el Osprey con la torreta mencionada, que se apuntaba y disparaba con el mouse. :)Osea, que la idea parece que viene desde hace tiempo...Un link que encontré sobre el tema.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=259x5035">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=259x5035</a>Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gunBy Gayle S. Putrich - Staff writerPosted : Wednesday Oct 10, 2007 5:45:42 EDTAir Force and Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys may get a turret-mounted machine gun, fulfilling a long-sought requirement for a forward-firing defensive weapon and making it unique among today’s U.S. transport aircraft.There’s little agreement on when such a gun might arrive, but at least one major defense company is spending its own money to compete for the job.A nose gun was considered early in the tilt-rotor’s two-decade gestation but was branded too costly, Air Force requirements officials said.The fiscal 2008 supplemental request includes $82 million for research, development and testing of an “all-quadrant,” or 360-degree, defensive weapon to augment the ramp-mounted .50-caliber machine gun the Marines use for now.Navy program spokesman James Darcy said there is no timetable for finding such a gun, and the search will be bound by finances and the plodding acquisition process.“SOCom is looking at a faster turnaround,” Darcy said. “But Air Force Special Operations Command is flying a different mission than the Marine Corps.”Rest of article at: <a href="http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/defense_ospreygun">http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/defense_ospreygun</a>... /</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CrazyIvan, post: 446923, member: 613"] Recuerdo haber jugado a un simulador de helicópteros allá por los años 1993 en el cual entre una de las tantas naves disponibles para pilotear se encontraba el Osprey con la torreta mencionada, que se apuntaba y disparaba con el mouse. :) Osea, que la idea parece que viene desde hace tiempo... Un link que encontré sobre el tema. [url]http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=259x5035[/url] Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun By Gayle S. Putrich - Staff writer Posted : Wednesday Oct 10, 2007 5:45:42 EDT Air Force and Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys may get a turret-mounted machine gun, fulfilling a long-sought requirement for a forward-firing defensive weapon and making it unique among today’s U.S. transport aircraft. There’s little agreement on when such a gun might arrive, but at least one major defense company is spending its own money to compete for the job. [B]A nose gun was considered early in the tilt-rotor’s two-decade gestation but was branded too costly, Air Force requirements officials said. [/B] The fiscal 2008 supplemental request includes $82 million for research, development and testing of an “all-quadrant,” or 360-degree, defensive weapon to augment the ramp-mounted .50-caliber machine gun the Marines use for now. Navy program spokesman James Darcy said there is no timetable for finding such a gun, and the search will be bound by finances and the plodding acquisition process. “SOCom is looking at a faster turnaround,” Darcy said. “But Air Force Special Operations Command is flying a different mission than the Marine Corps.” Rest of article at: [url]http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/defense_ospreygun[/url]... / [/QUOTE]

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