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    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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  • powerful airborne cannon used by the military of the United States is the GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling-type rotary cannon; it is surpassed only by the specialized...
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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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  • Guns GAU-12/U 25 mm Gatling gun GAU-16/A .50 Caliber Machine gun GAU-17/A 7.62 mm automatic gun GAU-21/A .50 Caliber Machine gun GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm...
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  • Cannon (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 The GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon, mounted in a Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II Cannons in general have the form of a truncated...
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    above are impressive as not even the PGU-13/B HEI round for the GAU-8/A Avenger gun of the A-10 Warthog or the 30 mm OFZ shell of Russian GSh-30-1 and GSh-30-6...
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    25mm Martin Marietta GAU-12/U cannon, along with a pod-mounted 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon. The cockpit was also to be fitted with a Martin-Baker Mk.10...
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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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    Cobra". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 8 October 2024. "AH-1W Super Cobra". NAVAIR. Retrieved 8 October 2024. "AH-1W Super Cobra and UH-1N Huey"...
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    anti-tank ordnance such as the AGM-65 Maverick), the A-10's main weapon is a 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling gun which is capable of firing 3,900 depleted...
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  • M134 Minigun (redirect from GAU-2B/A)
    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 minigun was a hand cranked mechanical device...
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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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    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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  • %5B%5BWikipedia%3ARedirects+for+discussion%5D%5D+debate+closed+as+delete #REDIRECT GAU-8 Avenger...
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    M2 Browning (redirect from GAU-10/A)
    the designation GAU-21/A for use on helicopters. The GAU-21/A is also being used by the U.S. Marine Corps to upgrade from the XM-218/GAU-16 .50 cal. machine...
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    platform featured a 37 mm chambering). Another multi-barrel design is the hydraulically driven GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm autocannon, carried on the A-10 Thunderbolt...
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    CAR-15 (redirect from GAU-5)
    a GAU-5/A converted to a GUU-5/P and fitted with a Blank Firing Adaptor (BFA) for firing blanks. The U.S. Navy SEAL in the foreground is carrying a field...
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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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    GBU-8 Homing Bomb System (HOBOS) is a 2,000 lb (910 kg) electro-optical guided bomb developed for the United States Air Force. The GBU-8 consists of a contrast...
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    Northrop YA-9 (redirect from Northrop A-9)
    undercarriage nosewheel was offset one foot (0.30 m) to the left. As the GAU-8 Avenger cannon was not ready, both YA-9 prototypes (and the two YA-10s) were...
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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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    or 14 oz) used by the Kortik is comparable to the DPU rounds of the GAU-8 Avenger (425 g or 15.0 oz), although the muzzle velocity (and therefore both...
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