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Old 19th Feb 2016, 20:45
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Courtney Mil
 
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No, they have a 27mm Mauser. The Typhoon gun story is a long and shocking one. Probably too much thread drift to go into whole thing here, so précis.

Designed with gun. Announcement to remove it save money (really? How much does a gun cost?). Expense of removal = huge. Leave gun in to preserve c of g but no ammo or support equipment. 2006, "ooh, a gun is a good idea for CAS and such, buy ammo."

Other stories of mounting a gun in a plastic aeroplane, but it's working.
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