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GAU-8 Avenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm, seven-barrel Gatling gun that is mounted on the United States Air Force's A-10 Thunderbolt II. GE has also developed the GAU-13, a four-barreled weapon using GAU-8/A components, which has been tested in podded-form, and the Avenger forms the basis for the Dutch-developed Goalkeeper naval air-defence gun. Some of the GAU-8/A technology has been transfereed into the smaller 25mm GAU-12/U Equalizer developed for the AV-8B, which is about the same size as the M61 but is considerably more lethal. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GAU-8_Avenger   (1257 words)

Probert Encyclopaedia: Artillery (G) The GAU-8/A Avenger is designed as a tank killing cannon, and fires special armour piercing ammunition in ten two-second bursts separated by a one-minute cooling period, with a muzzle velocity of 988 meters-per-second and an effective range of 1235 meters. The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is an American 30 mm calibre, seven-barreled cannon fitted to aircraft. The Giat M30/791 is a French 30 mm calibre single barrel revolver cannon fitted to aircraft as a replacement for the DEFA 550 series. www.probertencyclopaedia.com /FYH.HTM   (1259 words)

combatindex.com - GAU-8 Avenger The GAU-8 is a 30mm, 7 barrel gattling gun used primarily in the air to ground role as a soft target killer and tank buster. The Avenger is the only fighter gattling gun that retains its brass for recycle after the slugs are fired. The Avenger is an awesome weapon mounted only on the venerable A/OA-10 attack jet. www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/cannon/gau8.html   (246 words)

Dur Blair - Thunderstruck With it’s GAU-8/A Avenger blazing, the lead aircraft makes short work of the enemy’s assets, as the ground passes by in a blur of speed. The aircraft was built around its GAU-8/A Avenger seven-barreled cannon, the most powerful gun ever fitted to a tactical aircraft. The ultimate measure of a fighting force’s effectiveness is the ability to rapidly project and sustain an effective combat force close to a potential battle area. www.aviatorart.com /blair/thunder.htm   (221 words)

GAU-8 Avenger At left is the body of an A10 showing the arrangement of the Avenger weapon system. The hollow zone besides the gun is for the forward landing gear. It is a device that is much like another magazine except that it is intended to feed the on-board magazine of the gun. www.mindfully.org /Nucs/2003/GAU-8-Avenger.htm   (1212 words)

General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger Cannon - US Air Force Museum Attack Aircraft Virtual Aircraft Gallery The first in-flight testing of the GAU-8 was done on 26 February 1974. The GAU-9 was a license-built version of the Swiss Oerlikon 304RF 30 mm cannon. The gun was tested in a wide variety of flight profiles: from as high as 25,000 feet to as low as 100 feet; at speeds ranging from 135 knots to 415 knots; in all attitudes (various roll, pitch and yaw) with up to 5 g's. www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/research/attack/a6/a6-13.htm   (508 words)

A-10's weapons It's main weapon in the huge seven barrelled GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm cannon, the most powerful gun ever fitted to an aircraft. Click here to read about the GAU-8/A Avenger gun. The gun is offset to the left to ensure that the firing barrel is precisely along the centreline of the aircraft, again aiding accuracy. kom.aau.dk /~august/a-10weaponj.htm   (712 words)

eBaum's World Forum - 30mm gattling gun vs. brick wall The AN/GAU-8 30mm Avenger seven-barrel gatling gun, mounted only on the A-10 attack jet, is a 30mm, 7 barrel gattling gun used primarily in the air to ground role as a soft target killer and tank buster. This aircraft is used for close-air support in attacking ground threats such as armored tanks and vehicles, and also serves as a forward air control observer for sighting ground threats and directing air strikes against enemy targets. forum.ebaumsworld.com /printthread.php?t=49192   (1501 words)

Miltary Equipment Guides -AN_GAU_8 Description: The AN/GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gun system was specifically built to serve as a Close Air Support "Tank Buster." Similar to the earlier M61 20mm Vulcan design, the Avenger uses seven barrels to achieve a rate of fire of 3,900 rounds per minute. The AN/GAU-8 is used exclusively by the United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, a dedicated Close Air Support aircraft which was essentially designed around the Avenger gun system. The Avenger fires a mix of 30mm electrically primed PGU-13/B High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) rounds and PGU-14/B Armor Piercing Incendiary (API) rounds. www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=AN_GAU_8&cat=w&lev=2   (334 words)

1 Shot of a Death Glider Cannon vs. 1 Shot of a GAU-8/A 30mm - SpaceBattles.com Do you mean one burst from the GAU-8 Avenger? 8 rounds from the Avenger is considered enough to kill any tank in the world. The Avenger is significantly more powerful then the Staff Cannon. forum.spacebattles.com /showthread.php?t=84811   (384 words)

A-10 Warthog At the heart of the A-10 is the awesome GAU-8 Avenger cannon. GAU-8A Avenger cannon with 1,350 rounds; 16,000 lbs or assorted ordnance (see above). This 30-mm, seven-barreled, rotary cannon fires depleted uranium shells at up to 3,900 rounds per minute, and is capable of destroying a tank in a fraction of a second from more than a mile away. www.angelfire.com /mac/f14dflyer/a10.html   (586 words)

Avenger cannon ammo The A-10 is an effective support aircraft, mainly because of its Avenger GAU-8 cannon. The Avenger gun has a training round that consists of a stack of washers in an aerodynamic casing. Even if the cannon is loaded with HE ammo instead of AP the high velocity of the rounds fired from a high angle will bury them in the ground, making the weapon less effective for attacking infantry. www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/avenger.html   (1185 words)

Operation Flashpoint Network The aircraft is armed with a General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm cannon mounted in the nose of the aircraft. The A10 is capable of deploying a wide range of ordnance, for example the LDGP Mk 82 226 kg, 500 lb general purpose bombs, BLU-1 and BLU-27/B Rockeye II cluster bombs and the cluster bomb unit CBU-52/71. Using the cannon, the A-10 is capable of disabling a main battle tank from a range of over 6,500 m. www.3dactionplanet.com /flashpoint/a10.htm   (1437 words)

Military.com Content The AN/GAU-8 30mm Avenger is a 30mm, 7-barrel Gatling gun mounted on the A-10 Thunderbolt II and used against tanks and "soft targets." The aircraft's arsenal includes depleted uranium shells. www.military.com /Content/MoreContent/1,12044,FL_uranium_psas,00.html   (904 words)

CGTalk - WIP - GAU-8 Avenger a GAU-8 Avenger which is mounted on the front of the A-10. Author: LightWave 3D [8] Modeling - A Definitive Guide I tried finding detailed pics of the Avenger before for a project (project still being planned), and the beetle comparison shot was one of the few decent ones I'd found. forums.cgsociety.org /showthread.php?t=107755   (995 words)

BeyondUnreal Forums - Su-25 vs A-10! GE makes four Gatling cannons: the 5.56mm "Microgun", the 7.62mm "Minigun", the 20mm M-61 Vulcan cannon and the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger. A Su-25 could carry 8 of them, and pilots were often instructed to even keep a couple for returning to base, "just in case". Now when it comes to survivabillity, i would guess the two are very equal, both have the track record to prove they get their pilots back alive. forums.beyondunreal.com /printthread.php?t=90803&pp=70   (7231 words)

gau from LiveJournal gau's stray cat rage is too good in WoB, he's doing 1.2k damage on kefka when everyone else is doing 200 and it only gets stronger. Since I was across the street from Gau I called him and went over there. Gau рейджит Templar'a, кастуя Fire2 на вражину, а Locke и Cyan стоят наготове и кидают зелья. www.ljseek.com /search/gau   (591 words)

A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog As main armament the A-10 is equipped with fuselage mounted 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon, the most powerful gun mounted on an aircraft in the world. The fuel tanks are filled with the reticulated foam to minimize the risk of fire if the aircraft is hit, while fuel lines not protected with armor are fitted with self-sealing covers. It is capable of firing 70 rounds each second and can put all 70 rounds within on eight foot circle from a mile away. www.goerie.com /erieairshow/body_a-10_thunderbolt_ii_warthog_.html   (243 words)

NFSCars Forums - M 1911 A1 .45 [Update 3 & Renders] 08-14-2003 04:34 AM The M61 Vulcan, GAU-8 Avenger, M134 Minigun, and the GAU-12 Equalizer all look pretty much the same except for caliber and the number of barrels. O.o, a Colt.45 8) The only gun i have ever made was the gatling gun on the missile launcer i made a while back... 08-14-2003 03:44 AM O.o, a Colt.45 8) The only gun i have ever made was the gatling gun on the missile launcer i made a while back... www.nfscars.net /forum/printthread.php?t=5761   (601 words)

A-10 Thunderbolt II - Unipedia 1x 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger seven-barrel Gatling gun with 1,174 rounds The massive shells and high muzzle velocity allow the Avenger to engage heavily armored main battle tanks. The most powerful aircraft cannon ever flown, it fires large, depleted uranium armor-piercing shells at a rate of 3,900 rounds per minute. www.unipedia.info /A-10.html   (1726 words)

Big Timberwolf Mech, aka "I'm here, shoot me" [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com We don't know, all we know it's it's using 5 kilos of ammo, which the GAU-8 goes through in about 1/14th of a second. Yet we do have a Cannon Source, the rules say that 8 shots of Guass weigh 1 ton, and that they travel 2.2 times the speed of sound. If the Avenger is within range of it's gatling, it can hurt a Mech, but then it'll be in range of about 30 LRMs. kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-8038   (8368 words)

Upgrades To Bring A-10 Into 21st Century The modifications are aimed at marrying advances in computer technology with the raw power of the largest, most powerful cannon ever mounted in an aircraft, the 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger Gatling gun. The Air Force plans to keep the A-10, which was first deployed in 1976, in service until 2028. The Air Force is working on a series of upgrades to the A-10 Thunderbolt II that will add new avionics, digital communications links and satellite-guided precision weapons to the service's premier close-support aircraft. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/705106/posts   (2847 words)

Fairchild Republic YA-10A - US Air Force Museum Attack Aircraft Virtual Aircraft Gallery The General Electric GAU-8 "Avenger" 30 mm cannon was not ready during this period, so both the YA-10A and A-9A were fitted with the 20 mm "Vulcan" cannon for testing. The YA-10A was flown a total of 138.5 hours during 87 flights while the A-9A was flown 123 times for a total of 146 hours. The two aircraft were equally accurate in weapons delivery and gun tests. www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/research/attack/a6/a6-12.htm   (635 words)

MRC - Aircraft Series - A-10A OPERATION 'IRAQI FREEDOM', Item: 12402, Plastic Model Kits/Aircraft Called the GAU-8/A Avenger, it is a 30mm cannon capable of firing up to 70 rounds of heavy ammunition per second. The centerpiece, the GAU-8/A Avenger would intimidate even a 1/32 scale enemy aircraft! With a muzzle velocity of ¾ mile in one second, the shell is intended to penetrate even the strongest tank hull. www.modelrec.com /products/plasticModels/product.asp?ID=1671&Subcategory=Aircraft   (248 words)

30mm cannon GAU-8 Avenger - en The GAU-8/A Avenger is more than a scaled-up M61. Such a weapon could have been designed and built but would have been unacceptably heavy. If you would like to help me or if you have pictures or anything interesting for these pages, www.military.cz /usa/air/in_service/weapons/cannons/gau8/gau8_en.htm   (685 words)

Armor  RE:So many misunderstandings, so little time StrategyPage.com Azurhan  3/15/2005 1:36:52 PM RE:A-10's GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm   WinsettZ  2/7/2005 1:53:33 PM RE:A-10's GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm   In_tHe_EnD24  2/7/2005 1:26:56 PM RE:A-10's GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm   www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/2-12889.asp   (268 words)

Mechanized Propulsion Systems : Message Board powered by Ikonboard Also, there is the ability to carry more shels for the GAU that would allow you to attack more armor than if you had to mount hellfires some way. Quote: from noahrei on 9:32 am on Mar. 3, 2004[brAlso, there is the ability to carry more shels for the GAU that would allow you to attack more armor than if you had to mount hellfires some way. I assumed that the feeding systems and such could be arranged any way needed, th gun barrels themselves are only 8 ft long and that would fit nicely...perhaps I can design a similar lower RPM.50 Cal system? www.mechaps.com /cgi-bin/board/printpage.cgi?forum=2&topic=180   (9387 words)

Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II Carrying a 7-barreled 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon the Hog is devestatingly effective against ground targets. It was designed as a close air support aircraft to get down in the dirt and the mud and the smoke in support of ground troops. www.craigcentral.com /models/a-10a   (1281 words)

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