A-10 Warthog - Iraq

... out of all the aircraft in the world, the A-10 kicks the most ass. Just listen to the Gatling Cannon... Whoo!

Anyone know the muzzle velocity or the rate of fire?

DuDe It'S 4700 RouNds PeR MinUtE!!1

1067 meters/second and 3900 rounds/min

of the A-10's gun a "fart from God" one of the last things anyone would want to hear!

The rounds from that a-10 cannon travel supersonic, so they hit you before you hear a dam thing.

Usually Gatling´s can fire approx. 6000rpm. Not sure if A-10´s gun can do it?

6000 huh? Thanks for the info!

The A-10 uses the Vulcan gun system which can fire at various rates up to 6000 rounds/minute (100/sec!). It uses ammunition made from depleted uranium for a very hard hitting punch (due to the heavy projectile mass). The recoil from the gun is so severe, that the gun is offset sideways so that the firing barrel (1 of 6) is always aligned with the centerline of the aircraft. Upon firing, the airspeed drops significantly. The amount and variety of external ordnance that this aircraft can carry is the highest of any in it's size. An amazing aircraft with a functional beauty all it's own; affectionately nicknamed the "Warthog" by it's crew!

Actually, it's the AN/GAU-8 30mm Avenger gun system. It's made by (ex General Electric) Martin Marietta Armament Systems.

The term "Vulcan" gun actually applies to an entire class of multiple barrel, high discharge weapons initially developed by GE starting in 1946. The original weapon spawned a new family of guns of varying calibers with firing rates as high as 10,000 SPM (shots per minute)! Barrel number varies as well, with as few as 3, or as many as 7. "Vulcan" was the ancient Roman god of fire, so it seems a fitting name for this family of fire power!

... beauty only described as Art. Thanks!

I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DIE LIKE IN 9 11.

You bastard and your whole family muthafucker. All those muslims are not terrorist. how stupid can you be?

U must b muslim so i will ask u this if not all muslims are terrorist then why are all terrorist muslim i rest my case u all should be wiped off the face of the planet

Or I'll order the jihad morons to crash a commercial airline with your family in it right into Usama's home

Wit!

LOL Loose any countries recently?

are u crazy? it was the middle east that threw the first stone, and they have been attacking britain and america for years now, so at the end of the day if they didnt attack us then we wudnt have attacked them

your a complete fool,you must be french.

u must be a F**king as wiping white american piece of S**t ! go kill ur self motherfucker

bring up a proper argument for the war u fuckin punk

Ace is the short for a**hole go F**k a sheep

stop your crying ,talk about a punk,wawawaaw then when something goes wrong you stinkin pukes want the U.S. MONEY AND HELP.so whos the real punkproper argument my ass,how about we should have gone in ten years ago but with a punk demorat.in office he didnt have the guts.

Other countries blast the hell out of the US etc., and then came crying for money, aid, whatever, and expect it.

I love it when some dictator criticises the US, then get's into his AMERICAN car, wearing his AMERICAN suit, goes home and watches it all on his AMERICAN television!.

No one but Americans and stupid people buy American cars, suites or TV’s. Burgers, soft drinks and running shoes maybe. you see style is not some thing America do. War, yes very good at that, but not style!

Don't be a f**king idiot no American would ever intentionaly kill a Brit war S**ks end of story but it is better to be on our side the there yes britsh army is good but come on the best in the world you know as well as I they could never compete with the US

the brits were killed by a helcopter

You obviously don't know what you are talking about.
F**king Redneck, who the hell taught you to write?

look up the video the freindly fire after dark was a helicopter you stupid limey.

nope you stupid yank it was an A10 ive even seen a documentry made by the familys of the dead soldiers who where trying to get answers as to what happend.
we call this so called friendly fire, Blue on blue which is a british term for said instance. sad but some thing which is unavoidable in war i hope the lessons where learnt from it.

King of friendly fire. Bain of all North African Allies.

your wrong the clip(if its the same clip)was a helicopter it fired a hellfire at a troop transport and no matter what its still sad.

The only british tank destroyed by american fire in desert storm was 75 miles out of its area of operations, if they stayed where they were supposed to be they wouldn't have gotten shot at.

been brainwashed you fool!

mike, ignorance is not bliss. it is ignorance which caused the terrorism situation at present because everyone ELSE thought it is alright.

Even if everyone drop their weapons, do you think the terrorists will stop? Think about it, they target CIVILIANS DELIBRATELY!

Get REAL!

You're right, not every Iraqi is a terrorist. But we are not killing every Iraqi, now, are we? Anybody who thinks so gets all their information from television. I spent 14 months in Iraq, and I killed 27 people, ALL of whom tried to kill me first. And you know what? I'll do the same to anybody who tries to kill me in America. 11B, hooah! All others are pogues.

If you think FIST are pogs, or combat engineers, or EOD, you haven't spent enough time around them

What are the odds that you aren't 11B? Pretty damn good . . . I'm not certain that I've ever met 11B who would lump FIST, boomers, or EOD with the crazies. Hell, in 7 years I've nary met one who even considered 11C to be one of us. There's a reason they end up as range control whenever we qualify.

If you've never had to run off some scrawny dude's -10 to keep from going calm . . . you might be a pogue. If a 240 is your dirtbike's engine instead of something you had to *@#% high crawl 300 meters with . . .you might be a pogue. If you think "turning blue" is what happens when you hold your breath . . . you might be a pogue. If you think a glass house is the name of a really good porn . . . you might be a pogue. If you think that "triple canopy" refers to the jungle . . . you might be a pogue. If you buy all your high-speed gear from the PX . . . you are DEFINITELY a pogue.