J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

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The Observer

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I think Yankee said the current production version does not have a gun but there are gun ports for where the guns are supposed to be. I'm guessing they'll place the gun in once the WS-15 comes online ... for now they want to save weight to squeeze as much performance out of the Taihangs.

Really? hmm, that does make sense considering the current jet is somewhat underpowered and they aren't going to war anytime soon anyway. At most, they'll only lack the gunnery practice time. Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of the gun port? It'll be interesting to compare it to F-22 & F-35 gun ports. Also, do you know what type of gun will it use? Will it be the J-10 gun, J-11/16 gun, or a whole new Gatling gun?
 

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Really? hmm, that does make sense considering the current jet is somewhat underpowered and they aren't going to war anytime soon anyway. At most, they'll only lack the gunnery practice time. Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of the gun port? It'll be interesting to compare it to F-22 & F-35 gun ports. Also, do you know what type of gun will it use? Will it be the J-10 gun, J-11/16 gun, or a whole new Gatling gun?
These are not confirmed to be gun ports but I think are very reasonable candidates.
As for the gun, insider Yankeesama said "the gun will be "unlike any currently in service in PLAAF" but didn't elaborate further."
 

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These are not confirmed to be gun ports but I think are very reasonable candidates.
As for the gun, insider Yankeesama said "the gun will be "unlike any currently in service in PLAAF" but didn't elaborate further."

@by78 Do you still have the picture on the particular post of yours that @Figaro cited? looks like the picture is lost; at least it is for me. And by the way, can you circle what you think is the J-20's gun port if it is shown in the picture?
 

Figaro

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@by78 Do you still have the picture on the particular post of yours that @Figaro cited? looks like the picture is lost; at least it is for me. And by the way, can you circle what you think is the J-20's gun port if it is shown in the picture?
Sorry I was referring to Blitzo's post at #2756. Scroll down a little on that link. He drew a red box around it.
 

The Observer

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Sorry I was referring to Blitzo's post at #2756. Scroll down a little on that link. He drew a red box around it.

I did saw it. Was it a part of the maintenance panel or the pop-up panel when the gun is going to shoot like in F-22? IMO it was a bit too far in the back for it to be the pop-up panel, especially when deflection shooting in a dogfight, so I guess it's the maintenance panel?
 

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I did saw it. Was it a part of the maintenance panel or the pop-up panel when the gun is going to shoot like in F-22? IMO it was a bit too far in the back for it to be the pop-up panel, especially when deflection shooting in a dogfight, so I guess it's the maintenance panel?
I believe it's part of the maintenance panel too.
 

Schwerter_

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Really? hmm, that does make sense considering the current jet is somewhat underpowered and they aren't going to war anytime soon anyway. At most, they'll only lack the gunnery practice time. Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of the gun port? It'll be interesting to compare it to F-22 & F-35 gun ports. Also, do you know what type of gun will it use? Will it be the J-10 gun, J-11/16 gun, or a whole new Gatling gun?
I don't know about lacking gun practice... if the software has stuff like gun funnel and radar gun sights (which can use, for example, balistics data of a Gsh301 in the absence of an actual gun on J-20) the pilots would be able to simulate guns only dogfights as much as they want. However whether J-20's software encorporates gun simulation at this point is a question I can't answer, just suggesting one possibe workaround
 
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