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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 ...
GAU-12 Equalizer United States: Cold War 30: External: GAU-8 Avenger United States: Cold War 30: External: GAU-13 United States: Cold War 30: Internal: Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 Soviet Union: Cold War 37: External: T250 United States: Cold War 37: External: Hotchkiss 1-pounder Rotary Cannon France: 19th century 47: External: Hotchkiss 3-pounder ...
1 x 30 mm (1.2 in) GAU-8/A Avenger seven-barrel rotary cannon The Goalkeeper CIWS is a Dutch close-in weapon system (CIWS) introduced in 1979. It is an autonomous and completely automatic weapon system for short-range defence of ships against highly maneuverable missiles, aircraft and fast-maneuvering surface vessels.
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.
The Gatling gun was a field weapon, first used in warfare during the American Civil War and subsequently by European and Russian armies. The design was steadily improved; by 1876 the Gatling gun had a theoretical rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, although 400 rounds per minute was more readily achievable in combat.
The U.S. Navy uses the Mk44 Bushmaster II in the Mk 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS). The GWS is produced by General Dynamics to give warships protection against small, high-speed surface craft. A Mk 46 turret consists of the 30 mm chain gun, a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor, a low light television camera, and a laser rangefinder. The ...
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 ...
Gatling gun United States: 1861 GAU-8 Avenger: General Electric: 30×173mm United States: 1977 GAU-12 Equalizer: General Dynamics: 25×137mm United States: 1971 GAU-19: General Dynamics.50 BMG United States: 1983 Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 23×115mm Soviet Union: 1975 Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2: KBP Instrument ...