Attack Helos

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Alright by way of one of the cannons carried on the Mi-24, specifically the Mi-24P with the turreted twin barreled GSh-30K it has an ROF of 300 Rounds Short/2400-2600 (Many say 2450.) Rounds Long selector. It carries on board 750 rounds of 30mm DU ammo. This I believe you have as well already or something close to it. I've searched the NET the info you wanted based on a specific weapon type, pilot/gunner gunnery training etc. with no luck. So I've emailed Dr. Stephen Peterson my LSK/LV Mig-29 Pilot and current Lt.Col Luftwaffe Reserve EUROFIGHTER Pilot. He's the one that let me post his Mig-29/23 DDR pics in the Jet/Planes Thread. Anyway sorry it's late and I'm tired...hoping he can get in touch with some of the HIND pilots he knew to hopefully get you the answers you need. On their Wehrmacht.com website East German LSK/LV he posted some of the best HIND in air shots I've seen. GOOD NIGHT!!!

Regards,
Pat

[daferg]

Being a disabled vet I have some spare time on my hands. I first tried the Army aerial gunnery manuals and came up with nothing. I then looked into gunnery tables and qualifications and came up with nothing. I then went wider and tried every different FM I could find and came up with nothing. I do know some Apache pilots and gunners but I can't stand talking to them so that was out of the question. I finally went to YouTube. A search of "AH-64 gun camera footage" gets a lot of results. On a lot of these videos the HUD is visible. If the Apache is engaging targets with the 30mm, the HUD will display weapon status and rounds remaining. I watch so many gun camera videos that I now see everything in FLIR mode. HaHa. 9 times out of 10 the rounds fired was right around 20 rounds at dismounted infantry. The sound is distorted but the average burst seemed to be right around 2 seconds. The engagements were just a series of 2 round burst on the target until it was no longer a target. Any target that was more solid than a human was normally engaged with FFARs or Hellfires so I could not get a round count for the 30mm on those. I'll paste the link to the best YouTube video I could find. I'm sure everyone is smart enough to see the round count. I don't know if this helps but I thought I'd try to help. I did not look at Russian gun camera footage to tell you about them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrJzkzaG7E
Below is the name of the video on YouTube if the link does not work:

Afghanistan - Absolutely typical apache attack with Hellfire and 30mm Gun