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 ...

When the Gulf War began in 1991, the US military deployed over 132 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft armed with a powerful 30-millimeter GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon with a fire rate of ...