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  2. GAU-8 Avenger - Wikipedia

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    The GAU-8 itself weighs 620 pounds (280 kg), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 pounds (1,828 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. It measures 19 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (5.931 m) from the muzzle to the rearmost point of the ammunition system, and the ammunition drum alone is 34.5 inches (88 cm) in diameter and 71.5 ...

  3. Goalkeeper CIWS - Wikipedia

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    The GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm, also used by the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, was selected for the system. The 30x173mm cartridge has a greater projectile mass than the 20x102mm cartridge fired by the Phalanx CIWS M61 Vulcan , so it provides much greater destructive power and significantly increased range with similar muzzle velocity.

  4. List of equipment of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Ammunition Used by Mounted Weapons GAU-8 Avenger: Seven-barrelled Rotary cannon: 30 mm A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II: GAU-22/A: Four-barrelled Rotary cannon: 25 mm F-35 Lightning II: M61: Six-barrelled Rotary cannon: 20 mm F-15 Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon F-22 Raptor: GAU-23/A: Chain gun autocannon: 30 mm AC-130: M102: Howitzer: 105 mm AC-130: GAU ...

  5. 30 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    Size comparison between 30×170mm and 5.56x45mm NATO. The 30 mm caliber is a range of autocannon ammunition. It includes the NATO standardized Swiss 30×173mm (STANAG 4624), the Soviet 30×155mmB, 30×165mm and 30×210mmB, the Czechoslovak 30×210mm, the Yugoslav 30×192mm, the British 30×113mmB, and the French 30×150mmB and 30×170mm cartridges.

  6. Mk44 Bushmaster II - Wikipedia

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    On 9 July 2012, the Air Force type classified a new version of the Bushmaster called the GAU-23/A. The cannon will be used on the AC-130W and the AC-130J gunships. [5] Mk 46 Mod 2 GWS aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport ship Green Bay, 2016. The U.S. Navy uses the Mk44 Bushmaster II in the Mk 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS).

  7. Depleted uranium - Wikipedia

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    Most military use of depleted uranium has been as 30 mm ordnance, primarily the 30 mm PGU-14/B armor-piercing incendiary round from the GAU-8 Avenger cannon of the A-10 Thunderbolt II used by the United States Air Force. 25 mm DU rounds have been used in the M242 gun mounted on the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the Marine Corps's LAV-25.

  8. List of U.S. aircraft gun pods - Wikipedia

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    Developed under Project Pave Claw, the GPU-5/A was designed to adapt the power of the A-10 Thunderbolt II and its GAU-8/A gun to smaller aircraft. The resulting weapon used a smaller version of the GAU-8/A, designated the GAU-13/A, with only four barrels. Podded, the system weights 1,900 lb (860 kg) loaded with 353 rounds of 30 mm ammunition in ...

  9. Phalanx CIWS - Wikipedia

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    One major difference between the land- and sea-based variants is the choice of ammunition. Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the C-RAM uses the 20 mm HEIT-SD ( High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer , Self-Destruct) ammunition, originally developed for the M163 Vulcan Air Defense System .