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Testing the Extreme Limits of US A-10’s Scary GAU-8 30mm Cannon

Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation as we explore the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the legendary close air support aircraft known as the "Warthog." Designed around its powerful GAU-8 Avenger cannon. Voice, ...
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

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 ...
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 ...
Military.com

Air Force Debates Replacing Depleted Uranium Rounds for A-10

On the nose of the A-10 Thunderbolt II is a 30mm GAU-8 Avenger seven-barrel Gatling gun which is used to pierce heavy armor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua Strang) Secretary of the Air ...