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Why don't fighter planes have guns that fire backwards?

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WW2 Aircraft having gun to fire backwards Guns on today's fighter aircraft are not for dog-fights.  They are there for ground attack where CAS (Close Air Support) are needed.  Today's jets are simply too fast and maneuverable to be good gunnery targets in a close in dog fight, assuming the shooter didn't take out the target with a missile at 20 miles. So supposing you did have someone on your tail and you DID have a rear firing gun.  What then?  Think of reversing your car at high speed and trying to keep the road centered in your mirror.  The slightest twitch of your jet would send any bullets off target, and twisting/turning is the best dog fight defense you can have in a gunnery dog fight.  You would need a turreted gun with tracking radar and perhaps a second crew to man it.  Too heavy a penalty for a very rare usage.  In short, rear facing guns are simply impracticable on today's fighter jets. ANOTHER REASON: It is not that...
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The 3 Sortlisted Assualt Rifles for Indian Army

Three Indian  corporations   are  shortlisted by  the govt  for the  acquisition  of  72 ,400 assault rifles and  93 ,895 CQB carbines for the Indian Army, and  currently   look   the ultimate  bidding. The companies which had responded to the Request For Proposal (RFP) issued earlier this year for ‘in service’ rifles, carbines and LMG and joined hands with foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) participating in the programme for manufacturing and providing service support for these small arms will be from India Only. According to Sources the ministry of defence (MoD) has received compliant bids from 3 companies for assault rifles and 4 companies for CQB carbines . However, only 1 company  IWI, Israel, had bid for LMG. “The RFPs were given to 12 companies out of which after extensive trials, only three companies with the OEMs  have been shortlisted. The Companies are  1.  Punj Ll...
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Attack Helicopter Comparison : HAL LCH vs AW/TAI T-129 ATAK

Introduction: We are comparing both the Helicopter due to following similarities : Both helicopters belongs to the  category of  Light Attack Helicopter . Both aircrafts have  Twin-engine , Tandem-seat , all-weather Multi-role helicopters . Both helicopters can carry a wide range of weapons including  A2A ( Air-to-Air ) ,  A2G (Air-to-Ground)  missiles , rockets & a 20 mm gun . HAL LCH is a  light helicopter design and developed by India’s PSU  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)  while the T-129 ATAK is jointly developed by Italy’s MNC  AgustaWestland  and Turkey’s  TAI  . T-129’s design is Turish Variant of Italian AW A-129 helicopter. HAL LCH’s first flight was conducted on 29 March 2010 by LCH TD-1 prototype while T129’s maiden flight took place on 28 September 2009 when T-129’s P1 prototype flew at AgustaWestland’s facilities in Vergiate, Italy. HAL LCH has total order mainly for Indi...
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