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The A-10: Worse Than You Think
It’s an absolute icon - but is the A-10 Thunderbolt II actually outdated? Armed with a 30mm GAU-8 cannon, designed to take a ...
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How The A-10's Avenger Cannon Went From Terrible To Terrifying
In our latest installment of 'TWZ TV,' we take a look back at the A-10 Warthog's defining weapon, the 30mm GAU-8A Avenger cannon. Early on it wasn't all roses for the Warthog's iconic big gun ...
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America’s A-10 Warthog Is Still at War Against the Islamic State
The A-10 was developed to fill this gap and was largely designed around the high-power 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary autocannon. The Air Force ultimately selected the A-10 due to its lethality ...
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11 photos of the Su-25, Russia's answer to the legendary A-10 Warthog
Below is a shot of the 30mm GAU-8 cannon rounds. Source: National Interest. Here is a shot of a Russian mechanic loading the Su-25's 30mm GAU-8 cannon, which can fire 2,500 to 3,000 rounds a minute.
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Here’s what it looks like on the receiving end of an A-10 Warthog’s scary-as-f*ck gun run
There are few things more glorious than the furious BRRRT! of the A-10 Warthog's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon laying the law on ground-based foes — and now we know exactly why the sound ...
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Survey: How do you spell the sound that an A-10 Warthog’s autocannon makes?
There are few sounds more welcome to U.S. military personnel than the sound of an A-10 Thunderbolt II's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon raining down a hail of lead on an unsuspecting enemy force.