Udakhin
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1 year ago Russian language sources http://aviaros.narod.ru/9a669.htm http://xn--80aafy5bs.xn--p1ai/aviamuseum/dvigateli-i-vooruzhenie/aviatsionnoe-vooruzhenie/sssr/aviatsionnye-pulemety/aviatsionnyj-chetyryohstvolnyj-krupnokalibernyj-pulemyot-yakb-12-7/5-vertolyotnaya-gondola-guv-8700/ in action video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2jra1778U&ab_channel=MilitaryAviationInUa
Characteristics: length - 3.0 m diameter - 0.48 mm weight empty - 140 kg loaded - 452 kg load 2x GShG-7,62 (9A622) 7.62 machine gun - 2x 1800 rounds 1x Yak-B 12.7 machine gun - 1x 750 rounds (can be used DB ID 1095)
GShG-7,62 (9A622) - four-barrel machine gun. Carrige 7,62x54R. Rate of fire 3500-6000 rounds per minute.
DB Selector
DB3K
Baseline
DB3k Weapon 2425
Hypothetical
No
Name
see notes
Length (m)
3
Width/Span (m)
?
Diameter (m)
0.4?
Weight (kg)
450
Range (nm)
1
Target Altitude / Depth (ft)
No response
Target Speed (kts)
No response
Launch Altitude / Depth (ft)
No response
LaunchSpeed (kts)
No response
Warhead
see notes
Targets
Aircraft, Helicopter, Surface Vessel, Land Structure - Soft, Mobile Target - Soft
CEP (m)
No response
Sensors
-
Weapon Codes
No response
Comments
This weapon is something that Command isn't really equipped to do - The pod has three guns in two different calibres, but you can't shoot them independently of each other. I guess it's a Combined 7.62mm/12.7mm Burst [Ludicrous rnds]?
Common weapon for helicopters. Possibly over-compensatory.
Sources
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40020/articulated-gun-pods-allowed-soviet-aircraft-to-fire-backwards-downwards-and-even-sideways https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1519437965944049664?lang=en-GB - the pod in service https://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4060057/what-happened-to-the-guv-8700-9a624