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The A-10 Warthog is no plane – it’s a flying cannon

The A-10 Warthog was literally built around its GAU-8/A Avenger, a 30mm, seven-barrel cannon that spits depleted-uranium ...

Can an A-10 Warthog destroy a tank?

The epic A-10 Warthog is known for its 30mm cannon, but can it really turn enemy tanks into flaming wreckage so easily?
The Aviationist

A Look at the Engineering and Maintenance of the A-10’s GAU-8/A Cannon

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...
The National Interest

How to Make the F-16 Fighter Even Deadlier: Give It an A-10 Warthog Cannon

Summary and Key Points: In the twilight of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force explored replacing the A-10 Thunderbolt II, known for its 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon, with a variant of the F-16, dubbed the ...