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Lightning F.6 Cannon Ports


Bruce Archer

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On 30/04/2021 at 07:28, fatalbert said:

I have a feeling that the gun pod on the F6 was done in the early 70's post 74 sqds use of of the aircraft in Tengah.

 

@Fat Albert is correct.

 

The initial production gun-tanks were for the export versions to Kuwait and saudi Arabia.  According to an article in Air Pictorial by Roger Lindsay, for February 1972, modification work on the first RAF Lightning F.6's to carry and use the gun-tank commenced at the end of 1970 with the Leuchars based Squadrons.  Thus it is very unlikely that 74 were ever equipped with the gun tank as they handed their aircraft over to 56 Squadron in August 1971 replacing the latter F.3's.

 

One other thing.  The drawings put up by John are slightly incorrect in that they are of the original configuration and not adopted for the aircraft but have somehow slipped into the engineering course notes.  The attached may explain and show the configuration of the gun installation in the Lightning gun tank. :-

 

 

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HTH

Dennis

 

 

 

 

 

 

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