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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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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Look up avenge, avenger, or avengers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to: Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes...
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barrel is chromium-plated for extended life. The gun uses standard GAU-8 Avenger ammunition that is available in API (Armor-Piercing Incendiary), HEI...
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Thunderbolt II's airframe was designed around the high-power 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary autocannon. The airframe was designed for durability, with measures...
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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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900 km) Power plant: solar arrays generate 1485 watts Height: 32.8 ft (10 m) on orbit; 28 ft (8.5 m) at launch Diameter: 22 ft (6.7 m) on orbit; 13.7 ft (4...
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chambering). Another multi-barrel design is the hydraulically driven GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm autocannon, carried on the A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) attack...
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defenses, often through strafing. The A-10 was designed around the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30 mm (1.2 in) rotary cannon, which is the airplane's primary armament...
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used 20mm M61 Vulcan is rated at 8 milliradians, while the much larger and considerably heavier 30mm GAU-8 Avenger is rated at 5 milliradians. The CRV7...
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M61 Vulcan (redirect from GAU-4)
4-barrel version of the GAU-12 mounted internally in the F-35A and in external gun pods on the F-35B and F-35C GAU-8 Avenger – General Electric, 30 mm...
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30×173mm Soviet 30×165mm The DU penetrator of a 30×173 mm round used in the GAU-8 French 30×150mmB 30×113mmB rounds being loaded into an AH-64D Apache Longbow...
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display in Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung in Koblenz, Germany. GAU-8 Avenger GAU-13 GAU-12 Equalizer Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 Williams, Anthony G (13...
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M134 Minigun (redirect from GAU-2B/A)
Versions are designated M134 and XM196 by the United States Army, and GAU-2/A and GAU-17/A by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The ancestor to the modern...
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nuclear bomb B83 nuclear bomb Gun GAU-8 Avenger M61 Vulcan GAU-12 GAU-13 GAU-19 M240 L/60 Bofors M102 howitzer GAU-23/A M2 Browning M134 Minigun Missile...
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assembly provides a visual fall-back for the system operator. The GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm, also used by the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, was selected...
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howitzer. Some weapons that operate at high rates of fire, such as the GAU-8 Avenger Gatling cannon, use plastic driving bands instead of soft metal. Using...
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nuclear bomb B83 nuclear bomb Gun GAU-8 Avenger M61 Vulcan GAU-12 GAU-13 GAU-19 M240 L/60 Bofors M102 howitzer GAU-23/A M2 Browning M134 Minigun Missile...
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Minneapolis, WI: Blue Book Publications Inc. pp. 64–79. ISBN 978-1-886768-88-8. Ayoob, Massad (2005). Gun Digest Book of Beretta Pistols. Gun Digest. Zidock...
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nuclear bomb B83 nuclear bomb Gun GAU-8 Avenger M61 Vulcan GAU-12 GAU-13 GAU-19 M240 L/60 Bofors M102 howitzer GAU-23/A M2 Browning M134 Minigun Missile...
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M16 rifle (section Colt Commando (XM177 & GAU-5))
Air Force's GAU-5/A (XM177) and the Army's XM177E1 variants differed over the latter's inclusion of a forward assist, although some GAU-5s do have the...
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CIWS systems. China India Russian Federation Vietnam Soviet Union GAU-8 Avenger Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 Gryazev-Shipunov...
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M4 carbine (section GAU-5/A)
program, the URG-I has seen use by other components of SOCOM as well. The GAU-5/A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon (ASDW) is an Air Force modified M4 with a...
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(France) FN Browning machine gun (Belgium) GAU-7 cannon (United States) GAU-8 Avenger (United States) GAU-12 Equalizer (United States) GIAT 30 (France)...
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of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, the cooking off time for a Mk 84 is about 8 minutes 40 seconds. MK 84 were used by U.S. forces in the Vietnam War, Operation...
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M134 Minigun, the Mk 19 grenade launcher, the M2 heavy machine gun, the GAU-19A/B gatling gun, the M240G/B machine gun and M249 SAW. The M1114 "up-armored"...
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States 1861 GAU-8 Avenger General Electric 30×173mm United States 1977 GAU-12 Equalizer General Dynamics 25×137mm United States 1971 GAU-19 General Dynamics...
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Paveway Bombs During OIF". Defense Daily. 8 July 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015. Raas and Long, 2006 Cloud...
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nuclear bomb B83 nuclear bomb Gun GAU-8 Avenger M61 Vulcan GAU-12 GAU-13 GAU-19 M240 L/60 Bofors M102 howitzer GAU-23/A M2 Browning M134 Minigun Missile...
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