Скачать или смотреть BRRRRRRRRRT! A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) in Action

Most fighter jets get fitted with a gun as an afterthought. The A-10 Warthog was built the other way around — engineers designed the most devastating anti-tank cannon they could imagine, then wrapped an entire airplane around it.

This is the full story of the GAU-8/A Avenger: a seven-barrel, 30mm rotary cannon that weighs over 4,000 pounds, generates 10,000 pounds of recoil — roughly equal to the thrust of one of the A-10's own engines — and fires 65 rounds per second. From its Cold War origins to Desert Storm to the modern battlefield, nothing's come close to replacing it. Enjoy this video in 4K!

Timestamps:
0:00 - The Sound Every Enemy Fears
0:42 - Origins: A Radical Anti-Tank Solution
1:34 - Engineering a Monster
2:29 - The Linkless Feed System
3:08 - 65 Deaths Per Second
3:57 - The Physics of the BRRRT
4:35 - The Depleted Uranium Core
5:20 - Taming the Dragon
6:02 - Surgical Devastation
6:40 - From Desert Storm to Present
7:21 - The Flying Tank
8:05 - Solving the Impossible
8:44 - The Immortal Warthog

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