This is GAU-8 Avenger: Even Tanks Can't SAVE You
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- The GAU-8 30mm autocannon is installed on the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. The GAU-8/A provides a reliable, high-rate-of-fire, combat-proven weapon for close air support and shipboard defense missions.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet the GAU-8 Avenger: America's 30mm Autocannon Brrrt!
01:53 The Power of the Avenger's Ammunition
03:13 3,900 Rounds per minute Brrrrrrrp!
04:02 Built Around Power: The GAU-8 in the A-10 'Warthog' and Beyond
04:37 End of an Era: The Retirement of the A-10 'Warthog
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The GAU-8 Avenger, baby. You don't wanna mess with this beast. It's a mean son of a gun, designed to tear through anything in its path. When we roll out with the GAU-8, its sound goes brrrt!!
Thanks a ton!
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First you have to destroy radars. And also have something against MANPADS.
I agree
Drones changed everything a 10 thousand dollars can take a tank , what is the cost of taking of the airplane alone.
Other Aircraft: I'm a plane with a gun
A-10: I'm a gun with a plane
Old joke
@@Rotorhead1651 but still accurate
And a drone can fuk me up!
@MAGNUMICAable under the right gamer any military craft is lethal.
Don't take it personal . I am just a Russian
If you hear the brrrrt that means you weren't the target.
It's funny cause it's true.🤣
Real Talk💯
Or they simply missed
its a great airplane and does not need to be retired
I agree with you, it just proper upgrading and good maintenance. That's a badass plane right there!!
The air force has been trying to retire the A10 for decades. The AF doesn't want to support the grunts on the ground or be on call to destroy Taliban hideouts. AF generals want ever expensive projects, fancy new planes so they can be in charge of new programs. They want high flying planes and fancy air to air combat planes while strains of "up we go, into the wild blue yonder....." They want the glory, not the drudgery of support the ground troops and being second fiddle.
Give them too the Army !!!
@@CJWalker-rs6kr the US does retire their equipment too fast, and spend money on new weapons, that's why their defense budget is so high, countries like Iran would use them to the bone,
I read somewhere that the future of Warfare will be fought in the skies.
Stealth and Close Air Support seem to be mutually exclusive to me. Its endurance and durability is unmatched.
🙏PLEASE🙏 As a retired front line war veteran -
DO NOT TAKE THIS AWAY
Give them to the Army. Authorize their replacement in Congress!
Our troops are going to need this Very Soon. Restart a Production Line!
Transfer the aircraft to the Army and/or the Marines
Work on your 'reading comprehension'... I already said that Irvin.
The military branches have been hijacked by wokeness and the darkness.
They want to weaken our military.
I owe much to an A-10 pilot I will never meet. Thank you again for the CAS.
The very best ground support aircraft. The super A10 is coming. Never retire these beasts.
This is a common misconception, even in the video. The A-10 was designed for a ground attack role, for wars that never happened (large tank battles after WW2) and quickly became obsolete due to tank armor improving, so it was given the role of CAS. Even then, it was not considered the best at this because A models lacked the capability to drop smart munitions, so to attempt to prolong it's life received a major upgrade.
@@tomkinstle1925 It also begs the question of why even bother with it if virtually anything with wings owned by the US military can also drop the same smart munitions, while also being way faster or stealthier.
They got mothballed long ago.
as an 82nd Airborne paratrooper, WE LOVE THIS BIRD! If the air force wants to get rid of this plane reassign it to the Army and Marines and let this monster keep protecting us guys on the ground.
That's actually a great idea!! This bird would be a perfect fit for those branches! It's odd why they don't do that
The US Marines will happily adopt this stepchild, as they have done coutless other redheaded offspring. if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
When I was in "West Germany" in 1981-83 about 200 miles from est. 25,000 Soviet bloc tanks, the Warthog was an inspiration for hope.
Painted black in those days ?
Where did it say painted black @@MrSimonw58
Не было у СССР 25 тысяч танков в Германии,зачем врать??????
I was on the Graf'82 Range upgrade project. Grafenwhor, 1982.
We would watch these A-10s practice. They would light up theyre Gaitlin gun, you dont hear a thing, the 3 sec later the Loud Brrrrrrr!
Watched the drop they re bombs too, same thing 3 sec later for the Boom!
I was there the same time 81-83. Where did you serve.
Its still the best close air support aircraft in military history. She is heavy, powerful, incredibly durable and very heavily armed. These things can take heavy damage and still fly. I have many friends that are still here because nothing else can do what the a-10 can do❤
My first 3 yrs I was in the USAF I was stationed at RAF Bentwaters. My job for those three years was working the GAU-8/A and the GFU-7 otherwise known as the Dragon. We had a rotating display of the entire gun system and would haul that thing to air shows. It was good times.
BB-63? Retired
CG-47? Retired
OH-58? Retired
A-10 Warthog?
A-10 Warthog?
A-10...
A-10 Warthog: You might want to re-think your life choices... Sir!
Dumba** bureaucrat: As you were.
My favorite. They aren’t showing the A-10 as it is usually used though. They dive fire. When the weapon fires on the dive from the aircraft it actually visibly slows the aircraft down because of the recoil. It’s one hell of a sight to see!
Worked on these from 82' - 91' when they closed down EAFB, LA. I'll always be a proud "Flying Tiger"! 💪🇺🇸
I worked on 'em from '87 to '91 at Martin State Airport, Baltimore, MD. The 175th Tactical Fighter Group, Maryland Air National Guard. Thanks for serving.
We should never plan to retire this aircraft, its the best ground support built . Just up grade it ,its a flying tank. We will never not need a plane like this, c'mon lets be real.
When Combined with the newest AC-130 Gunship, and the A-10 with 11 hard points for various weapons, this is great at CAS, If It ain't broke fix It, and I understand the rate of improved military weapons are advancing rather quickly, I will miss this Aircraft. Thanks to U.S. Military News for sharing, And SRA Christopher Reel for your service. 👍🇺🇸
Both the A-10 and AC-130 are totally useless against militaries with any real air defenses, and the A-10 was rendered obsolete at the tank killing role before it even entered mass production due to advances in Soviet armor design. There's a reason nobody buys A-10s when they're more than happy to buy our F-16s, F-15s, and F-35s, it's that the A-10has little purpose in a world of both modern anti-air defense and precision guided munitions. Hell, it was regularly outshone in the tank killer role by the F-111 Aardvark in the first Gulf War, it's reputation is underserved.
I went to High School on the east side of Tucson, Arizona, in the mid 70's. We saw A-10's flying out of Davis Monthan AFB quite often, sometimes right over my school. I enlisted in the army in '77, and a few months later, found myself involved in maneuvers in West Germany, which often included A-10 ground support. These aircraft would have chewed up Soviet armor, and still can!
Недолетели бы.
@@art-ws9td Nyet, Comrade! If you've ever seen these guys on a live fire range, you would know that they don't miss very often!
@@j.b.macadam6516 The US Army in its own testing struggled to reliably penetrate T62 armor on stationary targets, modernized T72s or newer tanks can't be destroyed with the GAU-8, the A-10 has to rely on AGMs or laser guided bombs which begs the question of why even bother with the A-10 at all when F-16s or literally any other fighter can use those weapons as well.
@@YugaRider Although the AP Incendiary ammo for the GAU -8 will not penetrate the more heavily armored areas on Soviet tanks, it does wreak havoc on tracks, road wheels, vision equipment, main gum tubes and anything else that protrudes from the turret or hull. This damage will render the tank inoperable. I've seen down range target tanks after A-10 runs, and I can attest to the destructive power of the GAU-8.
This plane saved more lives than any other platform in history. Do not retire this bird, its the best at what it does
Lol it also has an utterly atrocious record of friendly fire incidents.
I get that A-10's are slower than F35's, but they are for different roles. A-10's loiter over the battlefields for hours, where the F35's can't. But the budget battle is forcing the decision to pick one platform or the other, which is a really hard pill to swallow because the A-10's have been perfected to be durable and powerful.
How is thre a budget battle when we are spending $900 on a toilet?
Swapping from A10 to an F35 is like a farmer replacing his John Deere tractor with a cybertruck. This isn't about performence, this is just about pure greed. You get something like five A10s to every one F35. The suits don't care about winning battles, they just want your taxpayer dollars in their backpocket, plain and simple.
Man, what a sad day it is seeing these absolutely badass birds leave moody afb!!! It's always been a highlight for me being a local here in Valdosta Ga.
Older A10's which reached the limits of their affordable upgrade lifespan are being retired in favor of a new Super A10 Warthog in development. Multiple tests have been run pitting the F35 against the A10 in the same missions and the older A10s keep surpassing the F35 in performance.
In what? In hiding against radars? MANPADS?
I was under the impression that the "Super[Warthog" project was shelved and that they were going to be pawning off the F-35s as the replacement, you know, because they're so good(30% combat effective across the fleet).
@@justmynickname The A-10 fulfills it's mission far better than an F-35 ever will; CAS, SAR, CSAR, MSAR, MCSAR, pure ground attack...they should just give the platform to the Army and Marines and be done with it, since the Air Force only likes fancy fighter jets.
@@mikemelina7395 News that I read said they were putting the Super Warthog into service in the coming years. The older Warthogs were still more effective than the F35s by a significant amount. They've tried retiring A10 multiple times over past decades but never seem to put the aircraft to rest. Its the arguably the most resilient aircraft in service anywhere, it can take substantially more damage than the F35 and still maintain flight.
@@justmynickname The A10 showed it was better at lower relative cost of flight operations, low speed strikes, low level strikes, resiliance against damage while maintaining the ability to stay in flight. There were a number of places it excelled over the F35. The F35 has stealth, speed, and dog fighting advantages but the prime missions of the A10 has never been focused on scenerios that needed those specific traits. Plus the F35 is more expensive and has had more reliability issues in recent years that the A10 never had at all.
Not sure if it is true, but I heard that
it was not specially designed for the A-10 Warhog,
the A-10 Warthog was specially designed for it
Yes that is True! The Plane was Built Around/for the Gun!!!
I used to have a little A-10 model when I was a kid. Such a cool vehicle. Perhaps it will live on in drone form somehow.
Mannheim Germany,1976/79.. awesome aircraft in action.
I understand that she's getting old, but would it be feasible to design a new and more capable airframe around the gun? It's combat record speaks for itself that it has had and can still have a very effective situational role in our military. It just seems too effective of a weapon system to let die. Not every situation or adversary is loaded with high tech air defense.
That's not how you plan to win wars. The gun is far more useless than it's worth to build an entire plane around. You're supposed to apply your weapons according to your enemy's defenses, and Russia and China have had armored vehicles that can shrug off 30mm depleted uranium for nearly half a century. That would be an egregious waste of money that could go into more F-35s.
It's called "planned obsolescence", when they come up with a real money-maker like the F-35, they try to shoehorn it into other roles and pretend it fills them, even if they have a platform that's cost effective in the role. Like the F-22, the absolute king of the sky, but they can't sell that technology, so they destroyed the tooling so they will never make another, but they make bank on the F-35 because they can sell it to friendly nations, even if it is only 30% combat effective across the fleet. They did the same with the F-14 and the A-6, Northrup had designs for an upgraded F-14 Tomcat that would fly circles around anything in the sky, but someone else greased the right palms, now we have "Superhornets" and "Lightnings" that are barely a match for the old Tomcats. They can't make money building an unglamorous ground attack aircraft that looks funny, the generals like fighter jets, the faster and more expensive the better.
It's actually horribly ineffective and inaccurate compared to modern precision munition, and is useless against modern tank armor.
@@YugaRider You must be a special kind of expert. "Modern precision munitions"? The GAU8 will put 40 rounds of 30mm within a 40' circle from 3/4 of a mile...in one second. A 5 Mil cone of fire is more accurate than a pilot can shoot in most cases, so more accurate than necessary, especially considering that a two second burst is putting 120 DUAPI rounds into the beaten zone with ~150,000ftlbs of energy behind each round. Reactive armor isn't going to stop it, 18" thick plate isn't going to stop it...the gun kills everything. What "modern tank" won't it kill? I've listened to marines and soldiers telling stories about it being nothing short of "ex-machina" level intervention from GW1 to the GWOT, and seen what it does to armor. Either you were trolling for a response, or you don't know what you're talking about.
@@mikemelina7395 The A-10 struggled to reliably penetrate even T62 armor during Army testing, and that was against stationary targets under ideal conditions. The GAU-8 can’t adequately deal with more modern T72 or later tanks, and has to rely on AGMs or laser guided bombs to score kills, which just begs the question of why even bother with an A-10 when much faster or stealthier aircraft with better sensors exist. Also lol at the A-10’s performance in GW1, it was a less effective attack aircraft than the F-111 in terms of tank killing due to its superior sensors and ability to drop laser guided bombs on tanks at night.
Air Force / I used to work on the A-10 / Desert Shield and Storm / This is why this aircraft is the soldier's favorite on the ground. It'll take hits and still fly 😮
Seriously this is the coolest attack plane ever!
No, that's the A-7 Corsair II.
Thanks for the incredible video!😍
Ft Stewart 24ID 5-52 ada 84-88. 6 rotations to Ft Irwin.
Witness that beast fire many many many rounds. Gettin chills right now thinking about it.
I fired the vulcan 163 20mm once. Was allowed a 100rd burst, it was over in less than 2 seconds. I was a track mechanic not a gunner so it was cool they let me fire it.
Once a year ft Stewart would bring out a platoon of everything it had, hunter army airfield included. Had the cobra and apache. A 10s.... all live fire.
Storming Norman was my commading general until 86 when he suddenly left for the pentagon, just before desert storm. McCooly took over
Great video! I really enjoyed the way you explained the concepts-very clear and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing your insights. Subscribed and looking forward to more content like this!
The A-10 has been in my top favorites for Military Aircraft since I was a child. My family (Mom's and Dad's) were both Military in every branch except the USCG and the recently formed Space Force. My Grandpa (Mom's Dad) was very familiar with the GAU-8A Avenger as he started his Military service in WWII in the Army Air Corps, then serving as the chief aid to a congressman...which opened his service to the Department of the Navy, where he was the guy who approved funding for weapons and Vehicles from the F-14 Tomcat, Tomahawk Cruise Missle and the predecessor to the CWIS, the Phalanx. The Phalanx used the 30mm GAU-8A because Soviet Cruise missiles were armored with a thick Titanium plate that the 20mm M-61 Vulcan couldn't penetrate. However, the 30mm Avenger literally melted the Titanium plate with the Depleted Uranium AP rounds .....code for Funding Approved. My Grandpa loved the 30mm Avenger, as well as the F-14 and Tomahawk and he got me passionate about them as well. Excellent, video .
Whoever told you this was completely wrong. The Phalanx uses a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon similar to most fighter aircraft, not the 30mm GAU-8, which would be pointless overkill against Soviet missiles. Also, the "titanium plate" thing sounds like total bullshit, and there's no way anything as inherently lightweight as a missile is going to be loaded down with armor so thick it can shrug off 20mm tungsten armor piercing rounds.
@@YugaRider Now it does yes....but the original was designed with the 30mm GAU-8A Avenger as I had described. Cost effectiveness and performance on current enemy munitions and aircraft is sufficient, for the time being. The NSWC is currently looking to replace the 20mm w/a potential missile system or even an Energy based CIWS. How old are you ? If you're young person I wouldn't expect you to know the history of the CWIS but again I described my source above so I'm a bit baffled you'd comment in the fashion you did.
For an old aircraft, that sucker is OP.
Give it to the Jarheads for close air support. They will love a new chew toy!
They'll need it since they took all their big guns away.
I’ve watched this a/c pounding targets on the side of a hill at Warminster UK. Awesome sound and spectacle. Respect to its creators and operators from this uk vet.
Sad to see the Warthog being retired 😢. As a kid in the 80s, it looked outdated then, but there was something about it. Had no idea the gun was that big!
Those extraordinary air machines gun never will been forgothen. For me is the better plane ever seen. In the 60's when was a child I felt identic love whit the oldest Sea Fury fliying in my country Cuba and remenber its magic sound.
A 10 Warthok sound is unforgotable. Loved it
I worked in Vermont decades ago where they design and test these. I saw them test fire. Amazing! I don't see how the aircraft doesn't shake apart.
The Air Force really needs to quit screwing with this damn plane.
Excellent channel! A-10 is legendary!!
Man, it's a beautiful plane with the most unique and awesome sound, both with the gun and the twine engines. Wish you could sell them to Australia.
Close air support at its best!
Soldiers love to hear that they are coming in.
I was in the Army back during the mid 1980s. I took basic training, and AIT School, at Fort Bliss, Texas; in short, my MOS was 16P10--Chaparral Missile Crewman.
In other words, I was in air defense artillery: we shot down enemy aircraft. But we had to be able to identify friendly aircraft apart from the enemy(…ies).
In those days while I was in boot camp/AIT, the A-10 was known as the “Thunderbolt”. Not the “Warthog”--I don’t know when or how that name was changed.
Excellent 🎉🎉
Brrrrrrrrrrrrt then fart sound😂
The gun with a plane attached to it and a mighty attitude.
Besides sr71 this is my favorite.. seen them in action 03 Iraq. Definitely wouldn't want to be on the receiving end . Cool story in talil airbase about 15 hours after it was captured we were landing and refueling a10s and a female pilot got shot up and landed safely. However got pics next to her and the aircraft. Years later seen her story on some channel.. God bless our troops and veterans.. have a safe and pleasant memorial day!!
Retire the Airframe Take the GAU8 and build a Drone to carry it
The gun is huge, saw it at the gun shop..
Sorry, but no. The A10 will live forever......Hopefully
Why? It's enormously heavy and pretty useless compared to pretty much any modern AGM or JDAMs. It also can't penetrate tank armor.
🤓Acktually, it can with the depleted uranium bullets
@@toobcat24 no, the 30mm DU rounds can’t penetrate modern tank armor. There’s a reason why virtually every military on earth, including the US, uses missiles or huge tank guns firing 120mm DU APFSDS ammo. 30mm is way too weak even with DU ammo, and the gun is way way less accurate than an AGM or laser guided bomb.
Edit: the GAU-8 couldn’t even deal with T-72s that entered service around the same time as the A-10, it’s a meme weapon rendered totally obsolete by precision munitions.
In the last clip .. I used to get supremely barrelled right off the end of the runway .. and to the left n right of it .. Pyramid Rock, runways, second peak n North beach. Patrolled by tiger sharks the size of adult great whites !! Kahekilis Leap peninsula .. formerly only accessed by Ali'i and Ali'i Nui .. now KMCAS ..
I wonder how well a retired A10 would work as a private aircraft. I imagine it would eat fuel like crazy. But the fun you could have jacking it around in the sky. And without the gun weight (if you could get the CG right) it would probably fly.very lightly.
Because brrrrrrrrtttttt happens 🤘🤣🤘
I got to see one of these at the Dayton air show in 2011 , very impressive weapon system. I don't think it would be smart to retire the avenger itself but maybe repurpose it in another aircraft or in a ground vehicle. If you run you'll just die tired really applies to that thing.
The GAU-8 is obsolete however impressive.
If the ground troops had any say, the A-10 would be in service forever. Much beloved airframe.
Worked across from the gun shop.
Was giving a tour by the head maintenance guy.
Dang missles and drones. We'll miss you A-10, you'll alway be kick a$$ in my book.
When you hear ‘BBBBRRRRRRRRRWWWWWW’ you were not the target….
Tom Cruz will own one after completely out of Air Force service, Great Fighter Jet to be own
I read somewhere that the recoil from that gun is greater than the thrust of both engines together running at full power.
Even before I knew anything about the A10, I thought it was the most badass jet because it looked completely different.
Hello, everyone ! 🌞😉👍
Very good, amazing ! 😻😻😻
one of the best planes for support ever made, but never the less, with 2 AA manpads had only 2% chance to survive
They will upgrade and keep them around for many more years to come!
👍🏻good narration
Keep it flying! It’s needed
I think theyre will always be a need for this plane. Once you establish air dominance you can steamroll any enemy w this jet
Los que hemos estado en un conflicto sabemos de lo grandioso que es tener un apoyo aéreo poderoso y oportuno
I learned a time ago, that often, the tank of bullets of those quick machine gun, is quickly empty
They should just call it the fire breathing dragon. Such a terrifying beast of an attack plane though.
"Whistling Death"
Didn't know Project Farm does narration for other channels
i got ideas for weapon systems ..... good ones ...
Tank : Look at my Body shell . 😎
Brrrrrttttt
Tank : i mean to say Decorative Holes .😁
Congress has nixed retiring the A10 twice already, and AFAIK, will not allow the AF to retire it a third time.
The A10 is actually getting new upgraded wings and jet engines and will good to at least 2030.
"A key component of the A-10C's upgrade is the integration of new weapons systems. This includes the addition of advanced precision-guided munitions and updated targeting pods, which will enhance the aircraft's ability to engage moving targets with greater accuracy"
The A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as an A-10 Warthog and famous for its “BRRT” sound, is set to be fully pulled out of U.S. Air Force service by 2029.
Wanna Bet?
The GAU-8 also works splendidly on massed dismounted troops.
The A10s can be made 'unmanned' can be excellent CAS drones
Warthog: I have GAU-8
S 400: I want five minutes alone with you.
S400 overrated.
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Love the sound of that gun
Based on shooting rate and magazine capacity the warthog can only work with 18 seconds of shooting before a reload. After that it’s time for missiles.
Such an iconic airplane.
They should remake a drone A10
And it's delivered by an airframe that basically can't be killed. I watched shilka light up an A10 for a full 30 seconds. It ate them like a stack of pancakes.
Imagine a smaller unmanned version of the A10... then imagine 3 to 5 of them working together
One of My favourite aircraft. It’ll be a sad day if they retire it
If you want to go to war,you need never retire this system.
WOW!! GAU-8 Avenger Is Terrifying
Good video. Love that A-10. But what is with the facial hair on the Senior Airman (8:57)? I retired in '95. Did the standards change?
I had to scroll and scroll to see if ANYONE mentioned the same thing.
I got my discharge a little before the Berlin Wall came down, but what the hell happened? It seems like nobody cares anymore.
Not too long ago, I went on post and I couldn't believe service men and women (if you can even call them men or women,) walking around like they were at the mall or something.
Unshaven men with hands in their pockets and wearing cover tilted way back like it was a baseball cap. Women with finger nails brighter than a chem-light and hair like they were still in highschool.
When I was at the gate to come on post that day, I even heard the gate guard in the very next lane address an officer on a motorcycle as "bro."
I tell you, I should've turned around and left right there and then.🤦🏽
I don't know, maybe it's just me.
So will these be available at war surplus stores? Just asking for someone.
What an impressive def3nse weapon, you surely don't want to mess around with a formida le weapon like the A10. No need to retire. The Philippines can use several squadrons of A10 in defending the Wezt Philippine seas.
Another issue is that the Gau-8 doesn't really destroy modern tanks; 30mm just isn't enough. As the shells hit the tank, however, the fragments will strip off the sights, options, and lights, and everything else. This "mission kills" the tank as it will have to return to base for repairs.
A 3 second burst will run you about $2,500. Depending on specific kind of munitions of course. The depleted uranium being the most.
Mein absoluter superjet,kenne ihn aus meiner dienstzeit in Nörvenich
i love the sound of apache gun, :)
The Warthog. America's flying Tank!!!
We should thank the Entire Universe for this awsome ' Tankeater ' ! The Age of these Plane may end soon ( CRYYYY !!!! ) But the next Gen . with the next Gen . of the GAU -X is even worst to the next comming Enemy ! ! So I think , Future can Come . . .😊😊😊
The A10 was one of the best aircraft this country has ever designed. Hate to see it bow down to cheaper air craft that hasn't seen as much combat in the sky as the A10. Long live the worthog.
The GAU-8 couldn't even penetrate Soviet tank armor from the era when the first A-10s entered production. There's a reason why tanks kill other tanks with 120+ mm cannons firing APFSDS rounds and don't roll around with 30mm gatling guns.
Engineers: let’s make a really big gun….now let’s make it fly
Thus the A-10 was born.
"The total weight without ammunition is 620 pounds fully loaded" 🤔 He really paused in the wrong spot here.
Marines love when this is above.
A great fighter plane. Nevertheless: During combat exercises, the Warthog had to be careful of the 35 mm "Oerlikon" twin cannon of the "Gepard" tank.
A10. The best attack aircraft of all time. Tank killer.