This is what happens inside an AC-130U Gunship firing 105mm projectiles

November 22, 2013 Military Aviation, Weapons

David Cenciotti

The following footage shows Special Missions Aviation Airmen during preflight, and live fire training mission aboard a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command AC-130U gunship over Hurlburt Field and the Eglin Air Force Base range.

Noteworthy, the video shows also the ammo upload on the side mounted 40mm and 105mm guns.

It’s quite impressive how’s the huge plane’s cabin seems to be shacken each time a 105mm projectile is fired towards a ground target.

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

Evil Genius says:

November 22, 2013 at 7:19 PM

That is super quiet and calm compared to the sound and calamity of a 105 firing in a tank turret.
- ThomasD says:
  
  January 7, 2014 at 12:28 AM
  
  Larger compartment and MUCH more background noise.
  
  Cleaner for sure.
- Voice_of_Reason says:
  
  February 8, 2014 at 3:19 AM
  
  the AC-130 fires a 105mm howitzer round – relatively low velocity, thin walled shell with lots of HE. Your old tanker days were firing a high velocity 105mm tank cannon – a much higher velocity round with a much larger propellant charge. The howitzer round is better for explosive effects on target, the tank round is better for fighting other tanks, and is much louder.