The 30mm gun itself weighs 600 pounds, but with ammo and feed system takes it to 4000 pounds fully loaded with 1150 rounds. The shell case is an actual 30mm case. Photo of the 30mm gatling gun of an a10 warthog ground support aircraft at andrews air force base in maryland during an air show on 9/16/17.
30 mm GAU8/A Avenger Gatling Gun On the A10 Anna
A rooftop sniper or an enemy planting a roadside ied needs to be killed.
So your choices come down to selecting the most appropriate ordnance on board.
This ammunition is capable of stopping amphibious vehicle assaults and destroying a wide range of armored mobile and fixed targets. The objective was to determine the compatibility of gun and aircraft. 4 km maximum against surface targets. You will see that it completely destroys tanks and even buildings.
This jet airplane attacks ground targets such as tanks with the gatling gun as well as bombs and missiles which can be attached to the wings.
Each of the gun’s seven barrels. Products (gdatp) is a 30mm gatling gun that is installed on the u.s. It indicates the ability to send an email. 1 to 1.5 km against inbound missiles.
A pilot fires the 30 mm rounds at a high rate of speed (3,900 rpm), in 2 second trigger pulls, also known as a “combat burst”.
With a capacity of 1100 rounds, the pilot has approximately 9 trigger pulls at their disposal in a flight.
