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Congressional Showdowns and Engineering Legacies as the A-10 Warthog Faces Sudden RetirementWhat is it that occurs when a legendary warplane, designed to absorb the most intense ground fire, becomes expendable in one ...
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Why the A-10 Warthog Is Truly a Flying TankBuilt for survivability and firepower, the A-10 Thunderbolt II—better known as the Warthog—earned its nickname “Flying Tank” ...
The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.
A US Air Force test showed that the A-10 attack aircraft, which is over 40 years old, can take out even modern tanks with its gun. The air service tested the attack aircraft against main battle ...
We love the A-10 Warthog. And Nerf guns too. Finally, they have come together in a glorious clip that looks like a scene out of late-90's classic Small Soldiers. The FreeWing A-10 mixed with a ...
The A-10 Warthog ground attack jet, already in the process of receiving new wings, is also set for a series of improvements including new weapons, cockpit upgrades, and helmet-mounted controls ...
A-10 Warthog: The Indispensable Flying Tank with a Gatling Gun. The A-10 Warthog is probably one of the greatest warplanes in the history of flight. This is no fancy, supersonic warbird with ...
Meet the A-10 Warthog. ... Able to fire up to 4,200 rounds per minute, no attack aircraft in history has ever mounted a gun with the tank-killing capability of the GAU-8.
The gun itself is larger than a Volkswagen Bug and takes up 16% of the A-10's total weight of 12 tons. The Warthog was designed to be a "Tank Buster," capable of conducting attack runs on ground ...
On Thursday, we saw for the first time the brand new F-35B/C variant's GAU-22 25 mm gun pod firing, and as impressive as it was, it's not even close to the best gun on the force. What you're ...
With its 10 weapons stations, the jet can drop an arsenal of bombs, rockets or missiles on enemy tanks, but the A-10’s most famous weapon is the 30mm GAU-8/A Gatling gun that stretches about ...
We love the A-10 Warthog. And Nerf guns too. Finally, they have come together in a glorious clip that looks like a scene out of late-90's classic Small Soldiers. The FreeWing A-10 mixed with a ...
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