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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. 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.

  4. Goalkeeper CIWS - Wikipedia

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    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.

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

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    Name Type Versions Picture 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

  6. 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 ...

  7. Rotary cannon - Wikipedia

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    The GAU-8 Avenger seven-barrelled 30 mm rotary cannon of an A-10 Thunderbolt II Four Soviet/Russian rotary cannons arranged in ascending caliber, from the left: GShG-7.62, GSh-6-23, GSh-6-30, AK-630

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  9. GAU-13 - Wikipedia

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    The GAU-13/A is a four-barreled rotary cannon based on the mechanism of the larger GAU-8, sharing the same massive 30 mm ammunition. Like the Avenger, it has a double-ended feed system with reverse clearing to remove unfired rounds. Unlike the GAU-8, however, it is pneumatically driven, giving it a rate of fire of 2,400 rounds per minute.