The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily, and most famously 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. The GAU-8/A is also used in the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS ship weapon system, which provides defense against short-range threats such as highly maneuverable missiles, aircraft, and fast-maneuvering surface vessels. The GAU-8/A was designed by General Electric and has been produced by General Dynamics since 1977.
The GAU-8 was created as a parallel program with the A-X (or Attack Experimental) competition that produced the A-10. The specification for the cannon was laid out in 1970, with General Electric and Philco-Ford offering competing designs. Both of the A-X prototypes, the YA-10 and the Northrop YA-9, were designed to incorporate the weapon, although it was not available during the initial competition; the M61 Vulcan was used as a temporary replacement. Once completed, the entire GAU-8 assembly (correctly referred to as the A/A 49E-6 Gun System) represents about 16% of the A-10 aircraft's unladen weight. Because the gun plays a significant role in maintaining the A-10's balance and center of gravity, a jack must be installed beneath the airplane's tail whenever the gun is removed for inspection in order to prevent the aircraft from tipping rearwards.
The gun is mounted slightly to the port side with the active firing cannon barrel on the starboard side at the 9 o'clock position and on the aircraft's center line. The front landing gear is positioned to the starboard side. The gun is loaded using Syn-Tech's linked tube carrier GFU-8/E 30 mm Ammunition Loading Assembly cart.
The A-10 with its GAU-8/A gun entered service in 1977. It was produced by General Electric, though General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been responsible for production and support since 1997 when the division was sold by Lockheed Martin to General Dynamics.
In November 1988, the US Air Force sought to pursue the idea of a dedicated CAS F-16 using the GAU-8 Avenger cannon from the A-10. The 174th Tactical Fighter Wing was transitioned off of the A-10A to the F-16A/B Block 10, and during Desert Storm their aircraft were equipped with the GPU-5/A Pave Claw pod housing the 30mm GAU-13/A, which was a four-barrel variant of the seven-barrel GAU
"Houston, why is our drone shaped like a KH-59 missile"
Anyways jokes aside, the build is nice including the livery
However its kinda weird (according to myself) that its categorized as an UAV tho the looks of it would be more niche if it was grouped as a cruise missile.
dkni omg thjsj plan e=is smo gud quliyty that my phon ealmost0- epxlodededed............... thej s wings are veryyr leasitic like what fwa real b 17 woudl andde im tpa=lly givng thsjs an u vpvore
@Kav well uhh we kinda wanted to stay neutral since we dont really want the risks of our infrastructure to be damaged, so thats a no from me sorry man but we had to:(
Ahh the memories..... i used to have one but it broke because the tail rotor somewhat snapped
+10Medieval SAM
+6Pretty mid but still decent looking
+5what if i made a missile version of this?
+4Cringe+brainrotting
+4Man your post need recognition ngl
+3This is peak
guess i need to pay premium subscribtion for the full version...
+3M O K E Y M O U S E
+3Soup lane classic
+3The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily, and most famously 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. The GAU-8/A is also used in the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS ship weapon system, which provides defense against short-range threats such as highly maneuverable missiles, aircraft, and fast-maneuvering surface vessels. The GAU-8/A was designed by General Electric and has been produced by General Dynamics since 1977.
The GAU-8 was created as a parallel program with the A-X (or Attack Experimental) competition that produced the A-10. The specification for the cannon was laid out in 1970, with General Electric and Philco-Ford offering competing designs. Both of the A-X prototypes, the YA-10 and the Northrop YA-9, were designed to incorporate the weapon, although it was not available during the initial competition; the M61 Vulcan was used as a temporary replacement. Once completed, the entire GAU-8 assembly (correctly referred to as the A/A 49E-6 Gun System) represents about 16% of the A-10 aircraft's unladen weight. Because the gun plays a significant role in maintaining the A-10's balance and center of gravity, a jack must be installed beneath the airplane's tail whenever the gun is removed for inspection in order to prevent the aircraft from tipping rearwards.
The gun is mounted slightly to the port side with the active firing cannon barrel on the starboard side at the 9 o'clock position and on the aircraft's center line. The front landing gear is positioned to the starboard side. The gun is loaded using Syn-Tech's linked tube carrier GFU-8/E 30 mm Ammunition Loading Assembly cart.
The A-10 with its GAU-8/A gun entered service in 1977. It was produced by General Electric, though General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been responsible for production and support since 1997 when the division was sold by Lockheed Martin to General Dynamics.
In November 1988, the US Air Force sought to pursue the idea of a dedicated CAS F-16 using the GAU-8 Avenger cannon from the A-10. The 174th Tactical Fighter Wing was transitioned off of the A-10A to the F-16A/B Block 10, and during Desert Storm their aircraft were equipped with the GPU-5/A Pave Claw pod housing the 30mm GAU-13/A, which was a four-barrel variant of the seven-barrel GAU
+2"Houston, why is our drone shaped like a KH-59 missile"
Anyways jokes aside, the build is nice including the livery
+2However its kinda weird (according to myself) that its categorized as an UAV tho the looks of it would be more niche if it was grouped as a cruise missile.
@BluesynVN aw hell nah..💀
+2Farezic empire i guess
+2@CorporalWojak better being used rather than getting scraped lol
+2Thats called a massage
+2@RB107 RP ini kabarnya gmn?
+2@DeeganWithABazooka its not really dreaded for @JBPaviation tho (he has a 14 core pc)
+2My favorite aircraft is helium
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Aslong it flies lol
@keiyronelleavgeek567 i unblocked you
+2@Nenormal its american airship doofus
+2Buy an atom
+2How to read ur name
+2Wth
+2This is a plane, a plane is a car which is a boat
+2Jump in the ca. ac
+2........... .........Dil
Jake from subway surfers
NEEDS IT
+2@KSB24 never knew a car can cook + making gordon ramsay faint in miliseconds
+2fun fact: he make this cuz of my pfp
+2@keiyronelleavgeek566 happy new year
+2..
Happy old year
Thats not a sheet post that is....
+2.
Steel
OOOOOOOH MYYYYY-Y PCCCC-CCCCCC
+2Whadya mean by bragging rights?
+28 years later......
+2@126 zayum
+2@BUBURbakar this plane boutta be fire❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
+2Keren
+2Im going to join
+2@Kav for short, he is me the same guy that your currently chatting to
+1@Kav no hes not, he is simply my alt account for uploading random stuffs also including RP.
+1Technologia
+1@TitanVector thank you:D (im the same guy btw)
+1dkni omg thjsj plan e=is smo gud quliyty that my phon ealmost0- epxlodededed............... thej s wings are veryyr leasitic like what fwa real b 17 woudl andde im tpa=lly givng thsjs an u vpvore
+1@tetozz not that thi twin😭
+1The thi i meant is Thi-s
Also isnt the hs 129 supposed to have that large cannon underneath its fuselage
+1Yooo you came back
+1@Kav well uhh we kinda wanted to stay neutral since we dont really want the risks of our infrastructure to be damaged, so thats a no from me sorry man but we had to:(
+1Okayland will bought 49 of these please!
+1Since surely we dont want our country to be empty handed incase of a war
@AugustVonMartis okay ill reduce my demands to 15, how much is it now?
+1Kyooboid
+1Can okayland buy 57 of these? Of course we dont want to left our land force defenseless
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