The Avenger has seen use in multiple conflicts, earning a reputation that will linger long after the A-10 platform is retired ...

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...

7. GAU-19 > Weapon type: Gatling gun > Chambered for: .50 BMG ammunition The GAU-19 is a gatling gun typically mounted on helicopters, jets, land vehicles, and naval vessels.

The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.

12,000 Rounds a Minute Couldn’t Save This Gun From Failure Here’s What You Need to Remember: Gatling patented his rapid-firing gun in 1862 and experimented with electric power 30 years later.

A Texas-based company has started making vending machines for gun ammunition, arguing that this is the safest way to sell it. The company, American Rounds, has already had six of those machines ...