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| Tango01 | 11 Jan 2016 10:39 p.m. PST |
…pretty impressive. WOW!!! "Filmed throughout acceptance trials for a new lot of ammunition, this impressive clip shows a GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun firing from a test stand. What makes this video interesting is the fact that although the muzzle was placed 40 feet from the camera you can clearly hear the noise of the A-10's 30mm rotary cannon firing 170 rounds during this 2,3 sec. long burst. The Avenger cannon is the Hog primary weapon and is able to fire 3,900 bullets per minute: placed in the A-10 fuselage, each of its seven barrels has an internal riffling groove which passes through the whole length of the barrel so that a spin on each round can be induced…"
See here
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| StarCruiser | 12 Jan 2016 5:57 p.m. PST |
And that – my friends – is why so many Iraqi soldiers surrendered in droves during both "Desert Storm" conflicts… Well, not accounting for AH-64's, M1 Abrams', plus French, British … never mind. Still an awesome gun. |
| Tango01 | 14 Jan 2016 10:45 p.m. PST |
Awesome without doubt!. Amicalement
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.