U.S. Air Force’s AC-130W Gunships are in Desperate Need of Special Ammunition (Video)

U.S. Air Force’s AC-130W Gunships

The U.S. Army has made an urgent purchase of a specific type of 30mm cannon shells on behalf of U.S. Special Operations Command. Without the ammunition, the service said the U.S. Air Force’s AC-130W Stinger II gunships would be forced to use alternative rounds that would be unacceptably inaccurate and dangerously unreliable.