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The A-10 Warthog is no plane – it’s a flying cannon

The A-10 Warthog was literally built around its GAU-8/A Avenger, a 30mm, seven-barrel cannon that spits depleted-uranium ...
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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 content without prior authorization is strictly prohibited. Don't forget to ...
The National Interest

Watch This Amazing Video of an A-10 Warthog Using Its Avenger Cannon to Brrrrrrtttttt a Target

The first in-flight testing of the GAU-8 was done on Feb. 26, 1974 and the gun was fired for the first time in flight with combat ammunition on Jun. 19 of the same year. The impressive video in this ...
The Aviationist

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 ...
The Aviationist

GAU-8/A Avenger

Video Shows One Reason Proponents Say A-10’s Heavy Gun Still Remains Relevant. Arguments about weapons systems tend to be circular and hard to win. The discussion about close air support, the ...