These fantastic photos show the shockwaves generated by bullets fired from a F-5E Tiger
Axalp Ebenfluh is a famous firing range located near Meiringen air base in Switzerland.
Since 1942, once a year, the Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) opens the range to the public during the firing activities carried out by the Swiss combat planes. Formations of F-5E Tiger and F/A-18 Hornet jets take part in shooting sessions in front of photographers from all around the world.
Andrzej Rogucki
The two photos in this post (that some of you may have already seen) were taken by Polish photographer Andrzej Rogucki at the Axalp range in Switzerland during one of such sessions in 2012. They show Swiss Tigers firing the two M39A2 cannon, 20 mm caliber single-barreled revolver cannon originally developed for the US Air Force in the late 1940s, one on either side of the F-5’s nose.
What is really cool about these shots is that Rogucki was able to catch the bullets fired by the F-5E and the conical shockwaves generated by the bullets traveling at supersonic speed (1/3200s shutter speed at 1000mm).
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