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The GAU-22/A's major difference is the use of four barrels, rather than the GAU-12/U's five barrels. The GAU-22/A is lighter and has a reduced rate of fire of 3,300 rounds per minute, but maintains the same, high accuracy of 5 milliradians, 80% circle [2] of the GAU-12 [3] and A-10's GAU-8. [4]
English: The General Dynamics GAU-12/U Equalizer: a five-barrel 25 mm Gatling gun-style rotary cannon used by the United States, Italy and Spain, mounted in their fighter jets such as the AV-8B Harrier II, airborne gunships such as the F-35 Lightning II, and land-based fighting vehicles.
GAU-8 mounted in A-10. The Avenger's rate of fire was originally selectable, 2,100 rounds per minute (rpm) in the low setting, or 4,200 rpm in the high setting. [2] This rate was later changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rpm. [3] At this speed it would take 18 seconds of sustained fire to empty the magazine.
A LAV-AD during live-fire exercise in 1999. LAV-AD (Air Defense) LAV fitted with an electric turret mounting a General Dynamics GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barreled Gatling cannon, and two missile pods each with 4 FIM-92 Stinger missiles for short range air defense duties. Capacity for 990 rounds of 25 mm ammunition, and 16 (including 8 ...
During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 86 AV-8Bs amassed 3,380 flights and about 4,100 flight hours, [94] [95] with a mission availability rate of over 90%. [96] Five AV-8Bs were lost to enemy surface-to-air missiles, and two USMC pilots were killed. The AV-8B had an attrition rate of 1.5 aircraft for every 1,000 sorties flown.
GAU-12/U Equalizer (Rotary Barreled Automatic Cannon) (25×137mm) ... Dragon Fire 120 mm automated mortar; MFSS 120 mm mortar; Artillery. In active service
The upgraded AC-130U Spooky has a 25 mm GAU-12 Equalizer cannon in place of the Spectre's two 20 mm cannons, an improved fire-control system, and increased ammunition capacity. [citation needed] The new AC-130J was based on the MC-130J Commando II special-operations tanker. The AC-130W Stinger II is a modified C-130H with upgrades including a ...
The F-16 carries 511 rounds with a 6,000-spm rate of fire, the F/A-18E & F carry 412 rounds with a dual rate of fire selectable between 4,000 and 6,000 spm, the F-15E carries 500 rounds with the same selectable rates of fire, and the F-22A carries 480 rounds with a 6,000-spm rate of fire.