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US Air Force testing the limits of A-10’s scary GAU-8 Gatling gun after full overhaul

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the evolution and employment of Gatling guns in modern air warfare, from the GAU-8 Avenger on the A-10 Warthog to the devastating firepower of the AC ...
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Installing & testing US A-10 Warthog’s super scary GAU-8 Gatling gun

Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation, as we explore the A-10 Thunderbolt II GAU 8 Avenger cannon. Any reproduction of this ...
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A Look at the Engineering and Maintenance of the A-10’s GAU-8/A Cannon

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...
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For Troops, 'BRRRT' Is Sound Of Music: All About The 'Avenger' In Hormuz

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 ...