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 inspires as ...

Summary and Key Points You Need To Know: The A-10 Thunderbolt II, known as the Warthog, is equipped with the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm rotary cannon capable of firing 4,200... Here’s What You Need to ...

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 ...

In January, we posed a relatively obvious question to our broad community of service members, veterans, and civilians: How do you spell the sound that an A-10 Warthog’s GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the power of Gatling guns from their Civil War origins to the A-10 Warthog’s GAU-8 Avenger and the Navy’s Phalanx CIWS. Fluctus is a website and ...

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 ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the evolution and employment of Gatling guns in modern air warfare, from ...

Idaho Air National Guard 124th Fighter Wing participating in Operation Snowbird. 124th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen reload the GAU-8 main gun of a A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 190th ...