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...
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altitude. A camera system on the assembly provides a visual fall-back for the system operator. The GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm, also used by the A-10 Thunderbolt...
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based on the mechanism of the 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon, but firing a new NATO series of 25 mm ammunition. The GAU-12/U cannon is operated by an 11 kW...
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The General Electric GAU-13/A is a 30 mm electric Gatling-type rotary cannon derived from the GAU-8 Avenger cannon. The GAU-13 was developed in the late...
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on the gun mount. Like the American GAU-8/A Avenger, it is recommended not to fire longer than a single minute at a rate of 4,200 rounds per minute, after...
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firepower of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The Thunderbolt II's airframe was designed around the high-power 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary autocannon. The airframe...
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of Russian weaponry "The old new Gatling: M134 Minigun, M61 Vulcan, GAU-8/A Avenger and others". Modern Firearms. Archived from the original on 2007-07-12...
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cannon – 20 mm Gatling-type rotary cannon GAU-12 Equalizer – 25 mm rotary aircraft autocannon GAU-8 Avenger – American 30mm autocannon (since 1977) Yakushev-Borzov...
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- A Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial Number : 77-0205) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using its GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon. The A-10...
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0/GAU-23/A/Mk 46 Mod 2 Bushmaster II (Automatic Cannon) (30×173mm) (USAF: AC-130W, AC-130J) (USN: Zumwalt, Independence, Freedom) GAU-8/A Avenger (Rotary...
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