The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on how the US Air Force installs the giant Gatling Gun on its A-10 ...

The GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun is the A-10. Remove that gun or modify it in any way, and you end the A-10. That’s why one notion floating around the internet – to make a carrier-based version ...

The XM913 is the most powerful chaingun ever constructed. Drawing from the 19th-century Gatling gun design, the GAU-8 is an intricate assembly of seven barrels rotating around a central axis.

The GAU-8/A is more advanced than the Gatling guns used in the First World War, but the concept remains basically the same. When married to the armored beast that is the A-10 Warthog, the U.S ...

One of the most revolutionary weapons to enter the U.S. arsenal during this time was the GAU-17/A Minigun. This was a six-barrel electrically-driven gatling gun, capable of dispensing thousands of ...

Fulcrum Concepts LLC, which provides weapons system integration systems for the tactical aviation community, has taken over ownership of the GAU-19A/B .50 caliber Gatling gun from General Dynamics ...

One of the most recognizable features of the A-10 is the seven-barrel GAU-8 Avenger 30mm Gatling gun perched in its nosecone, which is capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. Interestingly ...

With its 10 weapons stations, the jet can drop an arsenal of bombs, rockets or missiles on enemy tanks, but the A-10’s most famous weapon is the 30mm GAU-8/A Gatling gun that stretches about ...