In our latest installment of 'TWZ TV,' we take a look back at the A-10 Warthog's defining weapon, the 30mm GAU-8A Avenger cannon. Early on it wasn't all roses for the Warthog's iconic big gun ...

It’s an absolute icon - but is the A-10 Thunderbolt II actually outdated? Armed with a 30mm GAU-8 cannon, designed to take a ...

of the A-10 Warthog's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon laying the law on ground ... firepower in ridiculously exaggerated terms like “a cannon with wings” or “Chewbacca with chainsaw arms ...

July 17, 2012: The U.S. Air Force has officially accepted the modified 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster automatic cannon as the GAU-23. For the last three years, modified (and continually tweaked) Mk44s have been ...

There are few sounds more welcome to U.S. military personnel than the sound of an A-10 Thunderbolt II's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon raining down a hail of lead on an unsuspecting enemy force.

This attack and close air support aircraft made its first flight on May 10, 1972 and was developed around its massive 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, which has made it the world's most lethal tank ...

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...