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 Air Force 's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers 30mm rounds at a high rate of fire.

May 7, 2021 · 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...

The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute).

Jul 27, 2017 · Why did the US develop a rotary aircraft cannon while W.Europe developed revolver cannons? To be specific, the M61 Vulcan compared to the ADEN, DEFA and Mauser BK-27. What are the advantages/disadvantages of either? …

The M39 cannon is a 20 mm caliber single-barreled revolver cannon developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of fighter aircraft from the early 1950s through the 1980s.

Dec 21, 2023 · US military photos from a recent training exercise captured US Air Force A-10s in action, showing a bit of what the attack aircraft sometimes described as a cannon with wings is capable of.

Barrel length: Approximately 1 meter (varies by modification) Weight: Approximately 150 kg (depending on configuration) Ammunition: Belt-fed armor-piercing incendiary tracer rounds; Drive: Hydraulic or pneumatic; Operating Principle: Rotary Block: The heart of the cannon is a rapidly rotating block of six barrels. Each barrel completes a full ...

Mar 4, 2015 · The following year, the Spad XII took to the skies — a dedicated dogfighter armed with a 12-shot, 1.46-inch cannon. The heavily gunned warplanes were distributed in ones and twos throughout the French air corps with a handful finding their way into U.S. and British squadrons on the Western Front.

May 22, 2015 · The Russian SPPU-6 gun pod containing the six barrel GSh 6-23 cannon can be mounted on a pylon facing either forwards or backward and is used for defence suppression. This pod allows movement of the cannon through 45 degrees in elevation and 45 …

Aug 27, 2017 · The crankshaft of the inline 109 engine was hollowed out for the cannon barrel. The Fw-190 didn't use a hub-mounted cannon since it used a radial engine. This had a different architecture than an inline engine, meaning the hub mount design would have been difficult or impossible i believe.