The A-10 in T2k - still the most flying?

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Olefin

As to ammo - more than 100,000,000 rounds were made for the GAU-8/A in our timeline

I had trouble accepting that number until i found this.

http://www.atk.com/wp-content/upload...173mmAmmo1.pdf

ATK’s family of 30mm x 173mm ammunition builds on our production experience of over 100 million rounds of 30mm GAU-8 ammunition.

I am pretty well informed on things military, but every once and a while the size of military logistics staggers my mind.

Edit.

I guess that only comes out to about 100 full loads per airframe. Not unreasonable when you consider the longevity of the airframe and the amount of training the US does.