AC-130 Spectre / Spooky / Ghostrider / Stinger II
AC-130H Spectre
Vloga	Lete?a topnja?a
Proizvajalec/-ci	Lockheed in Boeing
Krstni polet	AC-130A: 1966
Predstavljen	AC-130A: 1968
Upokojen	AC-130A: 1995
Status	V uporabi
Glavni uporabnik	USAF
?tevilo izdelanih	47 (vseh razli?ic)
Cena enote	AC-130H: US$132,4 milijonov AC-130U: US$190 milijonov (2002)
Razvit iz	Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Lockheed AC-130 je ameri?ka ?tirimotorna turbopropelerska lete?a topnja?a . Zasnovana je na podlagi trasnportnega C-130 . Lockheed je bil odgovoren za izdelavo letala, Boeing pa za konverzijo v topnja?o. AC-130 je naslednik AC-47 Gunship I (predelan DC-3).

Obstaja ve? razli?ic AC-130H Spectre, AC-130U Spooky, AC-130J Ghostrider in AC-130W Stinger II ^[1]

Bojno se se uporabljale v Vietnamu, Iraku in Afganistanu.

Specifikacije [ uredi | uredi kodo ]

Podatki iz USAF Fact Sheet

Splo?ne karakteristike

• Posadka: 13
• Dol?ina: 97 ft 9 in (29,8 m)
• Razpon kril : 132 ft 7 in (40,4 m)
• Vi?ina: 38 ft 6 in (11,7 m)
• Povr?ina kril: 1745,5 ft² (162,2 m²)
• Nalo?ena te?a: 122400 lb (55520 kg)
• Maks. vzletna te?a: 155000 lb (69750 kg)
• Pogon letala : 4 × turboprop Allison T56 -A-15, 4910 shp (3700 kW) vsak

Zmogljivost

• Maks. hitrost: 260 vozlov (300 mph, 480 km/h)
• Doseg : 2200 nm (2530 mi, 4070 km)
• Vi?ina leta: 30000 ft (9100 m)

Oboro?itev [ uredi | uredi kodo ]

AC-130A Project Gunship II

• 4× 7,62 mm GAU-2/A
• 4× 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatlingov top

AC-130A Surprise Package, Pave Pronto, AC-130E Pave Spectre

• 2× 7,62 mm GAU-2/A
• 2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan
• 2× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors

AC-130E Pave Aegis

• 2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan
• 1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors
• 1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 havbica

AC-130H Spectre ^[2]

(Pred letom 2000)

• 2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan
• 1× 40 mm (1.58 in)
• 1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 havbica

(Trenutno)

• 1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors
• 1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 havbica

AC-130U Spooky II

• 1× General Dynamics 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12/U Equalizer
• 1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors
• 1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 havbica

Glej tudi [ uredi | uredi kodo ]

• Lockheed C-130 Hercules
• Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
• Douglas AC-47 Spooky
• Fairchild AC-119

Reference [ uredi | uredi kodo ]

Bibliografija [ uredi | uredi kodo ]

• Ballard, Jack S. (1982). Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships 1962?1972 . Office of Air Force History, US Air Force. str. 326. ISBN   1-4289-9364-9 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 . (AC-130 refs loaded throughout book)
• Bonds, Ray; Miller, David (2002). The Illustrated Directory of Special Forces . Zenith Imprint. str. 426ff, esp. 480. ISBN   0-7603-1419-5 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 .
• Couvillon, Michael (2011). Grenada Grinder . Marietta, GA : Deeds Publishing. ISBN   978-0-9826180-8-0 .
• Head, William P. (2007). Shadow and Stinger . Texas A&M University Press. str. 28ff, esp. 340. ISBN   1-58544-577-0 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 .
• Momyer, William W., General (U.S. Air Force, Retired) (1983). Air Power in Three Wars . US Government Printing Office. str. 211ff, esp. 358. ISBN   1-4289-8210-8 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 . .
• Mrozek, Donald J. (2002). Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam . The Minerva Group. str. 128ff, esp. 216. ISBN   0-89875-981-1 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 .
• Pirnie, Bruce (2005). Beyond Close Air Support: Forging a New Air-Ground Partnership . Rand Corp. str. 58ff, esp. 188. ISBN   0-8330-3741-2 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 .
• Veronico, Nick (2004). 21st Century U.S. Air Power . Zenith Imprint. str. 75ff, esp. 176. ISBN   0-7603-2014-4 . Pridobljeno 6. aprila 2009 .
• ≫Contemporary Historical Evaluation of Combat Operations: Fixed Wing Gunships in Southeast Asia≪, Project CHECO , ScribD , pridobljeno 22. novembra 2012 .

Zunanje povezave [ uredi | uredi kodo ]

Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja ve? predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Lockheed AC-130 .

• "Gunship History" , Spectre Association.
• List of AC-130 Gunships on Gunships.org Arhivirano 2008-10-15 na Wayback Machine .
• AC-130 , Global Security.
• "Powerful Gunships Prowl Iraq, and Limits Show" on NPR from All Things Considered .
• U.S. Air Force (2002). AC-130 Attack video with explicit kills (thermal imagery from targeting camera) (160 MB). Internet Archive . Dogodek se je zgodil ob 9 minutes . Pridobljeno 3. aprila 2009 .
• ≫Gunship Worries≪ , Air Force magazine , Julij 2009 .
• (1977) T.O. 1C-130(A)A-1 Flight Manual USAF Series AC-130A Airplane (Part 1) , (Part 2)

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