In our latest installment of 'TWZ TV,' we take a look back at the A-10 Warthog's defining weapon, the 30mm GAU-8A Avenger cannon. Early on it wasn't all roses for the Warthog's iconic big gun ...

Summary and Key Points You Need To Know: The A-10 Thunderbolt II, known as the Warthog, is equipped with the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm rotary cannon capable of firing 4,200 rounds per minute ...

July 17, 2012: The U.S. Air Force has officially accepted the modified 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster automatic cannon as the GAU-23. For the last three years, modified (and continually tweaked) Mk44s have been ...

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 ...

of the A-10 Warthog's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon laying the law on ground ... firepower in ridiculously exaggerated terms like “a cannon with wings” or “Chewbacca with chainsaw arms ...

There are few sounds more welcome to U.S. military personnel than the sound of an A-10 Thunderbolt II's GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm autocannon raining down a hail of lead on an unsuspecting enemy force.