Use of the Cannon

2. Air-to-Ground Attack

We will not set up ground targets in the basic course and will not use ground radar. This will come in a later course.

In the game, there is a guided training mission that explains the attack of ground targets by means of the onboard cannon in detail.
To open it, select TRAINING > F/A-18C > Ground Attack M61A2 Onboard Gun. Furthermore, there are still free training missions without explanatory texts to practice and engrain the steps.
To do this, open MISSION > F/A-18C > Weapons Training - Air-to-Ground Gun and Missiles.

For you to be able to attack ground targets with the aircraft cannon, you must follow the steps below.

Procedures

Activate the weapon main switch by moving it up. (MASTER ARM)

If you set the weapon main switch to ARM, you will see in the middle how the status changes from SAFE to ARM and in the lower right corner SIM for training mode is hidden.
Activate lower main mode switch for Air to Ground. (MODE A/G)
On the left-hand DDI, click to open the Stores Management System if it is not already open. (DDI SMS)
To do this, press the middle button on the bottom row PB18 until you reach the Tactical Page TAC. Then select STORES in the top left PB05 STORES and you will be on the SMS page
At the top right you activate gun. This will Box it PB11 GUN
The mode for the Continuously Calculated Impact Point (CCIP) should already be selected. (PB05 CCIP)
If not, select it now. It will then be boxed.
Use the pipper in middle of cross hair to sight your targets and wait for display range (AIM / IN RNG)
Now pull the trigger and pull up (PULL TRIGGER)