What kind of aircraft is the V-22 Osprey?

The V-22 Osprey is a joint service multirole combat aircraft utilizing tiltrotor technology to combine the vertical performance of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft.

What is the main purpose of the CMV-22 Osprey?

While the Program of Record has 48 CMV-22 projected, the Navy currently plans to procure only 44 aircraft. Primary Function: Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD), transporting personnel, mail, supplies and high-priority cargo from shore bases to aircraft carriers at sea.

Is the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey still in service?

Since entering service with the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force, the Osprey has been deployed in transportation and medevac operations over Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Kuwait. The U.S. Navy plans to use the CMV-22B for carrier onboard delivery duties beginning in 2021.

What kind of gun does an osprey have?

But the Osprey can defend itself while in flight. With the rear door open, a flight engineer harnessed to a “monkey belt” can fire a .50 M2 Browning (shown here) or an M240. Some AFSOC Ospreys have 7.62-mm Gatling guns mounted in their bellies that a flight engineer inside the aircraft can fire remotely.

Where does the spent round go on a V-22?

The V-22 has a very unique control-round-feed protocol. The bolt has full capture control of the cartridge from the time it leaves the magazine until it ejects the spent round out the ejection port. The significance of that is two-fold.

Is the V-22 rimfire a short action magazine?

It also runs a full size short action bottom metal (DBM) and our V-2210 magazine has an AICS form factor so it pops right in Chassis’ or other DBM’s made for such. The V-22 has a very unique control-round-feed protocol.

Is the Vudoo V-22 rimfire repeater action?

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