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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.
2 kwi 2024 · A nearly-1:1 scale model of the A-10 Warthog's legendary 30mm GAU-8 Avenger anti-tank cannon with accurate barrel rifling that freely spins using bearings for rotation. As a bonus, a cam in the base causes pistons to ride up and down in each barrel, spinning along the rifling as they do so.
The USAF specified a minimum 21,000-round life for each set of barrels. The GAU-8/A also has an improved and more compact bolt design that reduces the overall length and weight of the gun. The GAU8/A is relatively compact, being only fractionally larger in diameter than the much less powerful M61.
The 30 mm caliber is a range of autocannon ammunition. It includes the NATO standardized Swiss 30×173mm (STANAG 4624), the Soviet 30×155mmB, 30×165mm and 30×210mmB, the Czechoslovak 30×210mm, the Yugoslav 30×192mm, the British 30×113mmB, and the French 30×150mmB and 30×170mm cartridges.
Developed by General Electric, the 30mm GAU-8 ‘Avenger’ has been the primary weapon of the USAF’s A-10 Thunderbolt II for over 40 years. It is also mounted in the Goalkeeper naval close-in weapon system. The GAU-8 has 7 independent barrels with rotary-locking bolts which are mechanically actuated.
A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CASE STUDY David R. Jacques, PhD, LtCol USAF (Ret) Dennis D. Strouble, PhD Air Force Center for Systems Engineering (AFIT/SY) Air Force Institute of Technology ... 3.3.2 Program Initiation for the CAS Gun System ...
The GAU-8/A 30mm Gatlin gun iis 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.
