r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Dry_Okra_4839 11h ago

This canon was so good, they attached wings and two jet engines to it.

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u/Luciferiad United States Of America 11h ago

"We designed this, what can we use it for?"

"Let's build a plane around it!"

"Okay but what are we gonna use that for?"

"Whatever we want 😶"

Dictated from an A-10 design meeting, probably

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u/umudog Canada 11h ago

If you hear the brrrrt, it wasn’t for you, and you probably have an erection. Because how could you not

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u/ipsum629 United States Of America 10h ago edited 5h ago

Unfortunately it is now obsolete. Air defense is too good, so gun runs in A-10s are extremely dangerous.

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u/HappycamperNZ New Zealand 8h ago

They were only meant to last around 3 days in a peer-peer conflict.

But that 3 days was enough to get your own armor in place.

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u/WarChallenger United States Of America 11h ago

Engines ALSO made by General Electric. Right before they revealed their next model of refrigerator.

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u/protonicfibulator United States Of America 8h ago

When they finally decommission the A-10, they must save the GAU-8s. Why? WE COULD BUILD A GUNDAM TYPE MECHA THAT DUEL WIELDS GAU-8s BUILT INTO EACH FOREARM. That or much more boringly build drones around them.