What’s Wrong With This Picture: F-35 vs. F-15 20mm Capacity

By Robert Farago

The above video shows technicians loading an F-15 with what they say are a thousand rounds of 20mm ammo. (wikipedia.org reports that the F-15 Eagle maxes-out at 940 rounds.) In contrast, the Air Force’s new F-35A will be equipped with a four-barrel GAU-22/A gun limited to 182 rounds of 20mm. The most ammo-heavy variant of the new F-35 — the Navy’s F-35C aircraft carrier version — will hold 220 rounds of 20mm. And while we’re at it, the A10 Warthog’s seven-barrel 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger gun can pack…

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