more on the F/A-18 Hornet


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This page and the next one are devoted to the weapon systems and payloads of the F-18 Hornet.

The F/A-18 Hornet can carry a formidable 13,700lbs of the most deadly instruments of modern warfare. Here is a list and pics of what it can carry for war fighting jobs.

1 GUN 2 INTERNALY POWERED SIX BARREL GATTLING
3 FEED SYSTEM 4 270lbs (122kg)
5 GUN 6 252lbs (114kg)
7 AMMUNITION 8 319lbs
9 TOTAL WEIGHT 10 841lbs (381kg)
11 FIRING RATE 12 4000-6000 ROUNDS/MINUTE
13 AMMO CAPACITY 14 570 ROUNDS
15 TYPE 16 20mm,PGU-28/B M50 SERIES
17 GUN LIFE 18 150,000 ROUNS MINIMUM
19 SYSTEM LIFE 20 250,000 ROUNDS
21 BARRLE LIFE 22 40,000 ROUNDS
23 RELIABILITY 24 15,000 ROUNDS BETWEEN FAILURES
25 FEED SYSTEM 26 DOUBLE-ENDED ROTARY; LINKLESS
27 DRIVE SYSTEM 28 HYDRAULIC
29 MK-82 30 STANDARD IRON BOMB
31 MK-84 32 STANDARD IRON BOMB
33 CBU- 59 34 CLUSTER BOMBLET DISPENSER
35 GBU-10 36 LAZER GUIDED "SMART" BOMB
37 AGM-65 MAVERICK 38 C.C.T.V GUIDED PRECISION ANTI-ARMOUR WARHEAD: 300lbs
39 AGM-84 HARPOON 40 LONGRANGE ANTI-SHIP CRISE MISSLE WARHEAD: N/A
41 AIM-120 AMRAAM 42 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missle
43 AIM-7 SPARROW 44 MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSLE "FIRE AND FORGET"
45 AIM-9 SIDEWINDER 46 SHORT RANGE AIR TO AIR CARRIED ON WINGTIPS AND SPECIAL WING PYLONS
47 FLIR POD 48 Forward Looking Infra-red; NIGHT OPTICS EQUIPMENT
49 LAZER SPOT TRACKER 50 USED TO FIND AND TRACK ENEMY GROUND UNITS; LAZER DESIGNATION
51 STRIKE CAMERA 52 USE: ALLOWS PILOT TO SEE THE TARGET BEFORE THE WEAPON HITS.
These are most of the weapons the F-18 can carry. image

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