Thanks to Jed for reminding me of this!
Question. Did you know that Commandant Conway pushed to not put the MV-22 into production until they solved the lack of firepower problem that continues to plague the platform to this very day?
Well it seems like Airbus Defense has come up with a rather elegant solution that could POSSIBLY be applied to the MV-22.
In their C-295 mini-gunship they've added forward sponsons to carry ordnance. On the MV-22 they would be rather small and might only be able to carry two hellfires on one side and a pod mounted forward firing machine gun on the other but it should be investigated.
Question. Did you know that Commandant Conway pushed to not put the MV-22 into production until they solved the lack of firepower problem that continues to plague the platform to this very day?
Well it seems like Airbus Defense has come up with a rather elegant solution that could POSSIBLY be applied to the MV-22.
In their C-295 mini-gunship they've added forward sponsons to carry ordnance. On the MV-22 they would be rather small and might only be able to carry two hellfires on one side and a pod mounted forward firing machine gun on the other but it should be investigated.
