A quick look at why the GAU-8/A Avenger Gun is Mounted Left of...

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gau 88 avenger GAU-8 Avenger là pháo chống tăng 30 mm, 7 nòng quay, được trang bị trên máy bay A-10 Thunderbolt của Không lực Hoa Kỳ. Đây là một trong những loại phi pháo lớn nhất, uy lực nhất trong quân đội Mỹ..

gau 88 The GAU-8/A 30mm Gatlin gun is installed on the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and the Navy’s Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon System. The GAU-8/A provides a reliable, high-rate-of-fire, combat-proven weapon for close air support and shipboard defense missions. Each of the gun’s seven barrels contains its own breech bolt assembly, which fires once per gun revolution. This ...

gau 88 avenger The GAU-8 itself weighs 620 pounds (280 kg), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 pounds (1,828 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. It measures 19 ft 5 1⁄2 in (5.931 m) from the muzzle to the rearmost point of the ammunition system, and the ammunition drum alone is 34.5 inches (88 cm) in diameter and 71.5 inches (1.82 m) long. Power for operating the gun is ...