Although the A-10 Thunder II attack aircraft is very ugly, nicknamed "Warthog", but the skin is thick and thick, especially the display of "fangs" makes the tank shudder. The A-10's most powerful weapon was the GAU-8 Avenger's rotating gun, which fired 4,200 rounds per minute.
The tanker's biggest fear was hearing the sound of the GAU-8 Avenger's spinning gun firing. In the early 1970s, after the U.S. Air Force analyzed the tank wars in Israel and the Arab countries, they decided to develop a "tank" killer. In order to eliminate thousands of Soviet tanks in the ensuing duel.
GeE won the bid for a 30 mm rapid-fire gun. The gun can fire armor-piercing and high-explosive shells, rivaling any tank, armored vehicle, or artillery. This seven-barrel Gatling machine gun can fire at any altitude between 100 feet and 25,000 feet. The GAU-8's fuselage weighs 281 kg, and with the addition of the drum and feeding system, it weighs as much as 1827 kg.
During Operation Desert Storm, the A-10 fired a total of 783514 rounds of ammunition in the battle of sorties 8077. It wiped out 900 Iraqi tanks, at least 2,000 other armored vehicles, and about 1,200 artillery pieces.
