ATK's 30mm PGU-series target practice ammunition is especially designed for training applications and is currently used by the 30mm GAU-8/A Gatling gun mounted on the Air Force A-10 Warthog close ...

Another cool “brttttttttt video.” Filmed throughout acceptance trials for a new lot of ammunition, this impressive clip shows a GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun firing from a test stand.

Dubbed Warthog, Hog or just Hawg, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is, basically, an airplane built around the GAU-8 Avenger 30-mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon. The Avenger cannon ...

Summary: The A-10 Thunderbolt II, known as the Warthog, is renowned for its GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, capable of firing 4,200 rounds per minute. -Developed in the 1970s to counter Soviet tanks ...

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) ...

The original GAU-8 was so massive that the A-10 had to be designed around it to accommodate all seven of its 7-foot-long barrels, a hearty firing mechanism and feed system, and the ammunition drum ...

A 30mm High Explosive Incendiary round for the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II’s GAU-8/A ‘Avenger’ cannon stands next to a NATO 5.56mm round at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 23 ...

When asked what it's like to shoot the 30mm gun, McGraw said, "I wish I had better terms for it — but it ... We asked an A-10 pilot in Afghanistan what it's like to shoot the 30mm GAU 8 Gatling gun.

The Warthog A-10 is a badass plane, about that there can be no doubt.And at the heart of that badass plane is the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, a massive gun the plane itself is essentially ...