The US Air Force (USAF) issued a formal request in November 1970 to build a 30 mm rapid-fire cannon for a new close air support platform, which became the GAU-8/A Avenger carried by the A-10 over the ...
The story of the seven-barrel GAU-8/A Avenger cannon begins with a memo during the Cold War. The A-10 Thunderbolt or 'Warthog' carried the massive cannon to devastating effect in close air support ...