Originally Posted by
mahogany bob
Branch Fanatic... Q can our F35Bs be fitted with guns and if so so could they safely shoot down drones?
AFAIK Unfortunskately your UK JSF buyers decided NOT to purchase the GUN POD for the F-35B however it could be fitted. USMC F-35Bs have them so bring them onboard the QE classy carriers. Meanwhile missiles aplenty may be carried as per: “USAF F-35A (above) showing 12 AIM-120s and two AIM-9Xs in “Beast Mode” whereas the smaller USMC
F-35B can carry 8 AIM-120s & 2 AIM-9Xs in “Beast Mode”.
LM image.”
https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content...Beast-Mode.jpg
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Farnborough 2022: ‘Guns no longer required', says senior UK F-35 pilot
21 Jul 2022:
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...-uk-f-35-pilot "...the UK has no plans to acquire [gunpod]."
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GUN POD: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qi...60c3353f11e978
"Seen on the centreline of an F-35B test aircraft,
the pod-mounted 25 mm GAU-22/A Gatling gun has not been ordered by the UK. (Lockheed Martin)"
https://www.janes.com/images/default...-jdw-18335.jpg
