And the thunder came from that humungous GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon. The GAU-8/A 30mm Gatlin gun is installed on the US Air ...

The Warthog’s GAU-8 Gatling gun can carry an astonishing 1,174 rounds of ammunition, which is stored in the aircraft’s fuselage. This capacity allows the A-10 to engage multiple targets or to ...

The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.

The Warthog’s GAU-8 Gatling gun can carry an astonishing 1,174 rounds of ammunition, which is stored in the aircraft’s fuselage. This capacity allows the A-10 to engage multiple targets or to ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly called the "Warthog," is basically a flying gun. It is built around the 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger, a powerful cannon able to fire at a rate of roughly 4,000 rounds per ...

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, fires the 30 mm gun at a low angle strafe, as part of the 2006 Hawgsmoke competition, Thursday, March 23, 2006, at the Barry-Goldwater Range, Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary ...

Take one look at an A-10 and you'll immediately notice the huge gun protruding from the nose of the aircraft. That gun is a GAU-8/A "Avenger" 30mm Gatling gun; it can fire 3,900 rounds a minute ...

The A-10 "Warthog" Gun. Even before the plane's design really began, planners built the A-10 Thunderbolt II around its main armament, the GAU-8 Avenger.

No other warplane in the Air Force’s inventory has this weapon. In fact, the A-10 Warthog isn’t so much a plane with a big gun. Instead, it’s a big cannon that happens to be attached to a plane.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Warthog is sitting pretty. Once on the brink of forced retirement, the A-10 attack plane with the ungainly shape and odd nickname has been given new life, ...