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 ...

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson learns about the GAU-8 30-millimeter ... will stick with 30mm depleted-uranium (DU) bullets or if it will switch to a tungsten round.

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 ...

Filmed throughout acceptance trials for a new lot of ammunition, this impressive clip shows a GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling ... hear the noise of the A-10’s 30mm rotary cannon firing 170 rounds ...

The biggest source of weight for the GAU-8 was its Coke-bottle-sized 30mm depleted uranian armor-piercing rounds, and there was no way a pod-based variant would be able to carry as much of this ...

Summary and Key Points: The A-10 Warthog is beloved by U.S. ground forces largely due to its powerful 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling gun, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. -This cannon ...

The big fighter carries just 150 of these rounds. In comparison, the A-10 Warthog's mighty GAU-8 Avenger cannon also fires 30mm rounds, although they have dimensions of 30×173mm. Larger ...

The Su-25 also has a Gsh-30-2 30mm gun holding 260 rounds mounted under the nose. Below is a shot of the 30mm GAU-8 cannon rounds. Source: National Interest. Here is a shot of a Russian mechanic ...

The GAU-8 is rated at “5 mil ... of the barrel so that a spin on each round can be induced. The 1,150 30-mm rounds of bullets stored in the drum weigh about 4,000 pounds: this means that ...

Summary and Key Points: The A-10 Warthog is beloved by U.S. ground forces largely due to its powerful 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling gun, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. -This cannon ...