# GAU-8 test fire for A10 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 7, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545 "2007-08-07T08:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/1 "2007-08-07T08:29:07Z")
You tube has a couple of cool videos. Enjoy… ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/2 "2007-08-07T08:34:18Z")
Such a bad-ass gun. The A-10 will always be one of my favorite aircraft, such an enigma of “technology” these days. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/3 "2007-08-07T08:46:39Z")
Very cool. I can’t find it, but I’ve seen a picture that shows basically a cutaway of an A-10, and the gun is pretty much the length of the entire plane. They pretty much took a giant gun and built a plane around it. When fired the gun will actually affect the airspeed of the plane. I \<3 discovery channel. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/4 "2007-08-07T09:01:54Z")
30mm depleted uranium rounds. Mounted 2 degrees off-center so the firing barrel comes inline as it discharges. A 1 second burst will kill a tank dead. The gun itself with ammo drum is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, and yes, the aircraft was designed around the gun. It’s a tough mother too. \<3 A-10s… ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/5 "2007-08-07T09:04:37Z")
And who could forget that baller titanium bathtub. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/6 "2007-08-07T09:05:35Z")
[quote=“TrueBlue,post:4,topic:33545"”] 30mm depleted uranium rounds [/quote] 50 per second + supersonic speeds = dead before you hear it. ---
**Author:** ![91CRXSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91crxsi/32/7247_2.png) [@91CRXSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91CRXSI)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/7 "2007-08-07T09:32:36Z")
i was on a base when these were training. You’d see 2 puff’s of smoke come out of the plane, Hear the bullets hit the train they were using as a target, then hear that LOUD scream of the gun fire. It was one of the coolest things ive seen in person ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/8 "2007-08-07T09:39:06Z")
It sounds like a fart… ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/9 "2007-08-07T09:58:03Z")
Yeah, like ripping canvas. Ah, multibarrel cannons. I need one of those. make the daily commute so much more fun. ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/10 "2007-08-07T14:03:48Z")
I like slow planes with guns. I really like the A10 as well its namesake the Thunderbolt. And Skyraiders, I have a special place in my plane nerd fetish for those. ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/11 "2007-08-07T15:38:30Z")
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**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/12 "2007-08-07T16:13:53Z")
[quote=“BrockwayMT,post:10,topic:33545"”] I like slow planes with guns. I really like the A10 as well its namesake the Thunderbolt. And Skyraiders, I have a special place in my plane nerd fetish for those. [/quote] P-47 “Jugs” and A-1 “Sandies.” Hell yeah. Something tells me we’d get along just fine 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/13 "2007-08-07T16:15:39Z")
Not terribly practical but the metalstorm firing system is pretty cool ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/14 "2007-08-07T16:33:12Z")
[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:13,topic:33545"”] Not terribly practical but the metalstorm firing system is pretty cool [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/d/1db0babdca9cef3da6d3c207fb4a119915c24524.jpeg "Metal Storm") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE) [/quote] the metal storm i posted is bettar\>\>\>\>\> ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/15 "2007-08-07T16:42:49Z")
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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/16 "2007-08-08T05:48:58Z")
[quote=“BrockwayMT,post:10,topic:33545"”] I like slow planes with guns. I really like the A10 as well its namesake the Thunderbolt. And Skyraiders, I have a special place in my plane nerd fetish for those. [/quote] Worthog? ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/17 "2007-08-08T06:23:56Z")
[quote=“The\_Russian,post:15,topic:33545"”] [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/9/69e37dd1e59c3af5bac616f7f2c66b9ea45c65fa.jpeg "Phalanx (CIWS) Block 1B LPWS Testing and Firing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgpQBZF2sZQ) [/quote] Ah yes, nothing shooting bullets out of the sky 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/18 "2007-08-08T07:32:23Z")
Warthog is the nickname, it’s actually the Republic Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II. A lot of A models are getting bumped to C revs now. They were actually going to kill this plane off - cooler heads prevailed. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gau-8-test-fire-for-a10/33545/19 "2007-08-08T15:41:26Z")
ive got A-10s flying over my apt all the time, i’m about 10miles from a base. Definetly awesome planes.