Uranium Bullets: The A-10 Warthog's Cannon Is A Truly Fearsome Weapon
Uranium Bullets: The A-10 Warthog's Cannon Is A Truly Fearsome Weapon
General Electric’s 30-millimeter GAU-8 Avenger cannon has been the primary weapon of the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack plane for more than 40 years. It also arms the Goalkeeper naval close-in weapon system. It’s a huge and awesome gun.
The Americans seem to love spraying their nuclear waste on countries they have a dispute with. They seemed very happy with all the devastation and long lasting effects it had on the civilians of Iraq and Kosovo. But let them try that shit on the Russians and see what the response will be. The Russian have said they will treat it as a nuclear attack because that is exactly what it is, a dirty nuclear bomb spread out across many small munitions. Basically a dirty cluster bomb.
Only thing is we don’t fire the uranium depleted bullets. We cracked them out back in 2016 IIRC when we had some A-10’s go after a convoy. 2 planes came back with busted up guns because the bullets blew up in the barrel.
send some to Ukraine
They used to do mountain pass training runs for A-10 squadrons here in the White Mtns of New Hampshire. Nothing quite as cool as sitting on a remote summit as the Warthogs fly in and out of nearby mountain passes.
Ukraine needs this! To control skies and defeat attacking Russia!
Depleted uranium. 30mm. Best close air support around
3:30 – what in the WHAT is are "recoil adapters"?????
Neber heard of such a thing, and I am a Mechanical Engineer.
Did he perhaps mean a hydraulic buffer system?
Who in the what write these scripts? A person has to wonder.
In the interim, I remain, scratching me ‘ead.
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4:11 – what exactly are "aviononomics?" Is this some new technology I am unaware of?
Gotta wonder ’bout these guys, dudes. Don’t believe everthang you see here????
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Spent uranium shell is a common resource on tank guns.
Thank you 😊
Ohhhh lord all is designed against human activities.
It fires 3,900 rounds per minute. But it only has 1150 rounds total. … So it goes into battle with around 25 seconds of rounds.
If I was an air force pilot (I’m a civilian pilot) the A-10 would be my first choice aircraft. I love this bird. It’s one of the most important assets in the inventory!
That’s GAU-some!
Uranium bullets …… That means of it hits you, you’ll get cancer
Favourite plane of all time awesome bit of kit.
Target Cease Fire!
love the fact that the guys that make washing mashines also made a cylinder of death
The hogs go USAF. Retired USAF.
1 bullet equal to my year’s salary
I wonder what it can do to human body
Always love me some A-10.
and the USMC
Depleted uranium is strong and very dense metal. So, I imagine that wear on a barrel of the gun is equally bad. How often does a barrel have to be replaced?
If you are the enemy and you see the A-10 with a bit of "fog and smoke" it is too late, cause you will not be there to hear the bbbrrrrrttttttttt!! 😁😀
What the Warthog needs is guided 30mm Cannon rounds or "Guided medium caliber ammunition ". That’s coming down the pipe.
That’s what contaminated Iraq’s water table during the first Gulf War.👌🏻
A gun so big it makes 77 horsepower lmao
This is a great tool for the battlefields of yesterday.
A real devastating punch if you happen to be in its path.
However its easy prey for some shoulder mounted ground to air systems.
Americas fire belching 🐉 dragon.
*How disgraceful that the worst enemy this fighting machine ever faced was not from the enemy but from pencil pushers back home*
Christian weapon makers need not supply arms to Ukranian Satanists to kill Russian Orthodox Christians. You have the right to refuse service for whatever you want remember? Make them eat a slice of bacon, kiss a crucifix, and declare Jesus the messiah for Christian weapons. Make sure you sabotage as much stuff as you can if you have no choice.
La qualité américaine, c’est bien pour l’Ukraine!
8:08 Totally surviving that.😐
It’s "General Electric" not "Generally Electric"
My bulletproof vest Stop Those rounds
I made du rounds and tungsten
that bass note every 4 seconds is so freaking annoying can’t watch this what’s wrong with you?
I like Brrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttt Brrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttt sounds. LOL! 4,200 rounds per min with armor piercing bullet. A10 Warthog is also known as tank killer. Say what now?
1st time I heard and seen one, it gave me an uncontrolled erection as it flew in singing.
You gotta love this baby girl!!! All seven barrels of I don’t care!!!! Truly winning any and all arguments!!!! Ha ha we bring good things to life and or death!!!!!! Good bye enemies thanks for the excuse to simply fart in the sky and bank away!!!!
Even to this day Iraqi civilians are suffering cancers and birth defects from all the depleted Uranium sprayed across Iraq during the gulf wars. The same for Kosovo. But they probably deserve it, because they weren’t following "the rules based international order". What do you think ? But I dare them to try that shit on Russia.
Death farts
I love all your snappy comments: The A10 is love or hate, but you can’t ignore your feeling. The uranium bullet is a different thing. Firing it creates a cloud of mortal dust. Not only on foes but on your own dear mates as well. Your governement considers these bullets a cheap way to get rid of nuclear waste while killing it’s own folks. They don’t care.
Don’t ever think of your government as protecting it’s own citizens. You are guinnee pigs, bags of money and everything else to be abused. We complain about the China government but meanwhile the US government is not much better. Don’t get me wrong, all americans I met were lovely people.
🎵GE we bring good things to life 🎵
Seen them carrying out training runs at a shooting range in South Scotland – WHAT JOY 🏴😎
Does the Uranium emit any radiation? Is the smoke from firing carry any contaminate? I don’t like this "metal" deposits at target.
1982-1986 Pt 1060 SD USMC
I’m confused, the plane farted?
Fearsome weapon – unless your sat in a tank….in which case your probably quite safe.
1:20 so much money and resources, and brilliant minds spent on development of weapons and systems that could’ve been used more effectively for better living if everyone would just get along. Dam shame, even if the consumer market actually did get a bit of high military tech eventually e.g. GPS n such.