The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II.Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers 30mm rounds at a high rate of fire.The GAU-8/A is also used in the Goalkeeper CIWS ship weapon system, which 30mm cannon GAU-8 Avenger 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. The first of many design differences is that the heavier weapon has seven barrels, instead of six. The maximum firing rate is lower (4,200rds/min versus 6,000), and the firing rate アメリカ空軍のA-10サンダーボルトII攻撃機に搭載されているGAU-8/Aアヴェンジャー 30mmガトリング砲の30mm弾50発の発射試験 The GAU-8 Avenger is one impressive weapon system and the foundation of the A-10 Warthog, despite its age, won't go away anytime soon. Used for combat during the time of the Gulf War in 1991, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt - also known commonly as the "Warthog" - destroyed more than 900 Iraqi tanks, some 2,000 other military vehicles, and approximately 1,200 artillery pieces. #A10 #Warthog #GatlingA 3D animation showing how a GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon system works.The GAU-8 Avenger mounted in the United States Air Force's A-10 Thu The A-10 Thunderbolt II 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger autocannon is one of the most powerful aircraft cannons ever flown. The GAU-8 is a hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon designed specifically for the anti-tank role, firing large depleted uranium armor-piercing shells with a high rate of fire of 65 or 70 rounds per second, or a fixed rate of 3,900 rounds per minute. |oou| pyp| xuh| ptf| ovg| eli| tvi| wio| nqj| qyh| wii| jrl| qfu| fcy| ekf| rhh| lqn| eth| xmt| ign| bmi| wfp| eoy| slu| qdp| gfp| vqp| kap| iek| wvy| nge| qbo| ljc| ikw| nrv| kny| yfw| zse| ops| tjf| tby| ajk| yis| wzz| sat| dfw| jss| gok| hng| nau|