Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Sea Sabres; The North American FJ Furys" video.

  1. 10 F-86s were tested in Korea with four FMC T-160 20mm revolver cannon (which had a significantly higher ROF than the Navy's Colt Mk 12) instead of the usual six .50 cal. This was highly successful and the T-160 was adopted as the M39, which became the standard armament for the F-86H, along with the F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo, and F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II.
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  2.  @truthboomertruthbomber5125  One of the things that came up during GUNVAL is that in stateside testing there'd been no problems, but in actual combat the engine would flame out after firing the cannons. They quickly realized this was because the gas from the cannons vented into the engine, and real combat was happening at higher altitudes (ie thinner air) than had been tested before. They hadn't accounted for the fact that with less oxygen being pulled into the engine, the gas from the cannons would displace enough to flame them out. So they quickly modified the cannon mountings to have the gas vent outward instead of inward.
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  3.  @truthboomertruthbomber5125  1,000 RPM for the Navy's Colt Mk.12, 1,500 for the T-160/M39.
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