How a A-10 Warthog’s “GAU-8 Avenger” Works
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2021
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A 3D animation showing how a GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon system works.
The GAU-8 Avenger mounted in the United States Air Force's A-10 Thunderbolt II.
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The engineering involved in the feeding and storage of the empty casings is just as impressive as the gun itself .
it isn't as impressive as the physics surrounding the annihilation of the target to oblivion.
But, why not eject the empty cases out?
@@mogaman28 probably so an engine doesn't suck one up
@@mogaman28 its because of the weight. Without the weight the center of gravity would shift too much. A10 even use extra ballast in the nose when flying without a loaded gun.
It looks like it is a very simple machine yet you know it must be complex as hell!
Well done. I still love the fact they bolted on a ground-attack aircraft to a gun.
That's pretty much literally how it was designed lol. Here's a big gun, now make it fly and drop bombs.
The best close support aircraft ever built. Period.
@@alphalima7572 Helicopters have that title.
@@ShadeAKAhayate Helicopters don't fly -- they beat the air into submission.
@@CraigTrader Disregard that notion, they are so ugly they are repulsed by the Earth itself.
It’s really impressive that they invented a gun that can fly.
True, however, it's only as good as the person on the stick! Poor pilot, poor results.
AC 130: aww how cute
@@randomuser5732 meanwhile WWII planes: *sweats in twin engine carrying a 75mm*
@A-10 boi Yeah but honestly it kinda sucks for air to air combat. it was only meant to a ground support plane and not a actual combat one.
GE: "Damn, we got one hell of a Gun here boys!"
Fairchild Air: "Yup, I wonder if we can put it in the air ."
Northrop/Grumman "We can help with that"
Ground based enemies; "Damn, they actually Wrapped an Airplane around a Gun?!"
AA gun operator "Yeah, and its tuff too"
Flight Crew "Its got no wings left Sir, What do I do?
Flight command "Just fly it home Son"
Public at large "What an ugly and useless platform"
Me "You'll have to excuse me, I just came a little"
Wow! I never knew an A-10 Warthog returns the spent shells back into the magazine drum, I always assumed a Warthog just makes it rain empty shells as it flies by.
the weight change would be too drastic and shift the center of gravity far too much.
This is what I was worried about. Cause a spent 30x173mm case dropping form a few thousand feet over an urban area could be NASTY.
@@ralfidude Well that and could you imagine the fun of accidentally sucking those spent 30mm shells into the engines?
@@SilvaDreams how exactly when the engines are place ABOVE the aircraft in a position completely out of the way
@@ralfidude You do know they won't drop straight down at the exact speed of the jet right? They'd go essentially back and either go over or under the wing (likely hitting it too) and would be caught up in the engine wash. One of the reasons the engines are even set that high is to reduce the risk of sucking in debris from the runway, but that wouldn't save it from anything it would be spewing.
Engineers:A gun with its own plane...
BRRRRRRRRT planes i gonna brrrt at your plane
Pilots: a gun with a control stick...
That's funny right there.. I don't care who ya are?!
Carry On!
@@cme5673 traget missed, we need another attack,
@@boggie7250 mayday, mayday little plane came out of nowhere 🤣🤣
Its not the video we wanted, but the video we needed.
In BRRRRRRRT we trust.
Hey Matt!
New or old we're always watching the same videos. I think we're soul mates
True
Good morning Matt!
The Fart Of God.
for those wondering, the magazine can hold up to 1174 rounds (although it's typically loaded with 1150)
how fast can it emptied all those rounds?
@@azz404607 Fast
@@azz404607 Around 17 seconds, if my math and wiki info is correct, wiki states fire rate is adjustable, anywhere from 2,100 to 4,200 rpm. I made a calculation at 3,900 rpm average. or 65 rounds a second
its limited to 1-2 second bursts though, and the exact time is 17.69 seconds, though wiki round that number to 18 I think this number is better. because you know
@@jaydawg1018 that's incredibly fast....tq for the info....
The GAU-8 "Avenger" Gatling gun and ammo drum (which size is comparable with VW "Beatle") are totally eco-friendly system. He carries empty shell casings with him. We will not mention sub-caliber depleted uranium penetrators.
@@Reiman33
True. Depleted uranium is totally eco-friendly chemical compound. Enriched uranium, which is more affluent and spoiled bratt, like every other rich kid.
@@Reiman33 please explain
@@Reiman33 eco-friendly uranium sounds like an oxymoron lmao
@@almicc Well, it is eco friendly
...for the Uranium.
@@Reiman33
If you live on the sun!
as you can see, the plane just disintegrated without its gun.
its made out of ice
im about to say that too
@@dam78 to late man
@@dam78 aye man your my favourite plane crazy yter!
@@recheat8264 wow you really found the source
It would be best if you add the firing scene of the Real A10 Warthog at the end.
exactly my thought
Good thinking.
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!
You’re welcome..🤗
I like the song in the end though, very catchy
i was about to type that
"Sir would you like to donate your 1 dollar to charity with your ord-"
My meme lol
“the bell doesnt dismiss yo-“
I love how at the start of the video the heat of the gun melts the plane, yet the gun remains airborne through sheer anger
Cdaqqriiu
*angry brrrrrrt noises*
lmfao
Did you want NATO expansion to the borders of Ukraine with the Russian Federation? Get a cheek from Putin))
@@evgeniya9465 what the hell are you talking about man
“How it works
Step 1: you push a button
Step 2: you listen to the brrrt
Step 3: you watch everything die”
Step 4: you blast something CCR and simultaneously scream “NOT TODAYYYYYY ISISSSSSS”
On the ground
1. Seeing everything destroyed
2. Hearing brrrrrt
October 6 2021, The Thunderbolt Incident
@@ferry6700 Being happy you were not the target
And don't forget: if you hear the BRRRRRRT, it means you were not the target.
Ever since the invention of the GAU8 I've been head over heels in love with it she is one sweet baby girl!!! And when she talks any and all arguments are over!!!! That's what I like most of all about her no arguments!!!! All 7 barrels of (I don't care)!!!!!!!
Thanks for putting this together. Sometimes it's too easy to get caught up in the content, when it's something the viewer is interested in, and not to appreciate the effort that's gone into it. Many thanks for your work.
The guy who has to reload these magazine drums must have insane patience
It's most likely a machine actually.
But if it is a guy, wow.
@@ATIHpss64HM Yeah they have a machine do it, it's called a 'Private'.
@@truereaper4572 interesting
@@truereaper4572 fascinating
@@ninetailedfoxcommander3627 a private is a low rank military person so i think they’re saying that they get a low rank person to reload it
It's amazing how they've managed to put a plane around that cannon!
if they did that with an engine, then cannon was no issue either
@@GewelReal The cannon was a huge issue, they basically had to re-engineer the entire airframe to mount it. It's kind of the reason why the air force never rally took to them, they are not multi role craft, they do one thing and one thing only. Provide close air support. It's the reason why the core and army love them, if you need close air support you can't do better than an A-10. It's always a going to be a very bad day for the guys on the other side if there's an A-10 providing close air support.
@@FerociousMoOoO And why the Air Force has tried to replace it with multi-role aircraft, but nothing they considered could really do the job effectively enough to replace the A-10.
@@Krahazik most CAS missions in the USAF are performed by multirole aircraft like F-16s and F-15s, the only advantages of A-10s is that they are cheaper to operate and the psychological effect caused by it's low speed, flight altitude and the distinctive BRRT
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Never knew the system took such a massive chunk of space in the aircraft, thank you
The aircraft was literally designed around the gun.
I love the A-10 it’s a life saver it should never be taken out of service.
*BRRRRRRRRRT!*
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt
BRRRRRRT brrr NYOOOOOOOOOOOM
AAaaaghrr BRRRRRRRRRRRT
**BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT**
Fun fact: the cannon fires when the round reaches the 9̶ 7 o'clock position, and that's why the cannon is shifted to the left (viewing from the front). This aligns the "recoil" force with the plane.
(Thanks for the correction!)
You meant that the plane is shifted to the right of the gun
''Robert, I like the gun stuff and all ... but where am I supposed to put the nose wheel ?
- Eeeehm ... If I tilt the gun that way there you have the room for whatever fancy stuff you want''
It turns out the plane was built over a gun?)
@@Anubisbyitself
They built the gun.
The guys then went out to have a drink.
Someone said, drunk, that they should put wing on it.
They laught.
Then they stopped, stared at each other for a minute.
They slammed their glasses on the table and rushed back to their office ...
The rest is history.
7 o’clock position actually..
Wow! I didn't realize it actually collects and stores the shell casings, that's pretty damned cool!
That is an insane amount of small moving parts and small machine bolts and roller bearings! Like an insane amount and that's just the gun and drum. There's an aircraft bolted to that beast of a gun !!
Ah yes, the GAU-8
The only gun powerful enough to have its very own plane
Ah yes, the 75mm cannon
The only other gun to have its very own plane
ah yes, my favorite weapon from my favorite washing machine company
A-10 🇺🇸: BRRRRRRTTTTTTTT..........
Su-25 🇷🇺: BRRRRRLLLYYYYYAAAAATTTT.....
Lol
SU-152: **USSR anthem intensifies**
THATS WHY I LOVE RUSSIA!! DA?!
@@romanroque9559 we
@@romanroque9559 everybody gangsta till afghan soldier comes in
Polices its own brass. "Leave bodies, not your trash, gentlemen." ❤
Amazing weapon. Thanks to the designers. Brilliant system!
Nicely done👌
Verified?
@Rip DOOM Yeah, I've seen those videos too. Seems like dn is trying to steal the ad revenue.
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This really explains a lot. So the pilot is actually sitting on top of the BFG.
*Doom Slayer wants to know your location*
you'd think there would be more female warthog pilots :P
@@meawreg 😁 I'll pretend that I didn't get that.
@@meawreg They all have a BIG SMILE when describing pulling the trigger.
Imagen the vibration this gun creates when the pilot is flying
Awesome. Thanks for this animation. So cool that is saves the casings- nothing wasted!
It’s amazing that the barrels can cool down enough between rounds so as not to melt.
"Build me a gun.. Now figure out an aircraft for it."
Beautiful/horrific cas machine.
Legends says: "if you hear the BRRRRRRRT, you were not the target... yet..."
How about you try it
I was told, if you can see the plane, it is already too late for you.
🤣🤣
Isnt the first brrrrrr the closer one and the second brrrrt is the sound reaching you from the plane
Seems like its been safe and consistent for the pilot 🤞 I'm surprised that those huge bullets detonate so close to the pilot. They must really feel it.
"no! please! don't steal my bike! i-"
1:11
Wow! Optimized mechanism is a kind of art!!
The basic design of mechanism is over 150 years old.
@@SandBoxJohn imagine the guy who figured out that you can attach an electric engine to it instead of a handcrank.
@@Jan_372 its driven by a hydraulic motor. And the entire unit is mechanical poetry. Pure joy to work on.
The amount of engineering that goes into making a machine go BRRRRRT is just astounding.
Very impressed that someone had the forsite to not drop it’s spent rounds out the bottom. Not only could the family into the intake but could inadvertently fall on friendly ground troops. Very cool system.
And apparently according to another comment, the weight change would be too drastic and do gravity shenanigans, possibly putting the plane at risk
it all comes down to these two facts- a nose heavy aircraft is difficult to fly yet a tail heavy aircraft is practically impossible to fly.
third fact- designing an aircraft is all about balancing the aircraft.
Everything working in concert. Pretty beautiful.
"See the target over there?"
"Yes"
*BRRRTRRRRRT*
"Not anymore"
It’s like you tried to improve a copy comment and just fail miserably
@@williamkirklin6120 oh Will i'm so miserable
@@hirosh7418 U gud
I wonder what it looks like when they load the “drum magazine”
Looks just about like the feeding. Basically bring this loading cart up next to the aircraft, hook up the feed ramps to the aircraft and the truck load of ammo and rotate the canon to feed them in.
@@sparkplug1018 and how they load the loading cart?
@@juanito5350 The new KP duty?
@@grimlock1471 what is KP duty
Sorry
@@juanito5350 i think its the cadet duty?
I might be wrong tho. Didn't know shit about army ranks. Hahaha
Great animation!
Thanks for the tutorial!
Fun fact: The GAU-8 generates more recoil force than one of the A-10's engines. The GAU-8 is so powerful that the A-10 needs 3 separate safety systems in place to safely fire the gun.
First, due to the sheer amount of recoil generated, the weapon is electronically limited to firing in bursts. If this safety system wasn't in place, firing the weapon full-auto could potentially cause the aircraft to stall, even at full throttle.
Secondly, a scoop with a built-in vacuum system is placed under the weapon to collect the exhaust gasses from the gun while in use. This is because when the weapon was being field tested, the engines would ingest the weapon's exhaust gasses and flame-out due to being starved of oxygen. The scoop reduces this to a more manageable level.
And lastly, as a extra measure on the engines, the engines are wired into the GAU-8's fire control electronics. So when it's firing, the engines automatically spool up to full throttle and the engine starters go into "Continuous Ignition" mode where they will be constantly firing off. That way if the engines flame-out due to ingesting the exhaust gasses from the weapon, as soon as the weapon stops firing, the engines will immediately relight.
I did the math and the a10 would run out of ammo before stalling
@@kawi4nia599 Fair enough. But it still pretty dang surprising that it's even within the realm of possibility.
So you are saying that, if i have bigger magazine drum, can i use gun as a propulsion method ?
@@alexisruhl2916 In theory, yes... If the gun was pointed backwards.
When I first heard about this, the joke was "Yes, the plane can slow down...by firing full-auto."
I fell in love with her when she was born. I was stationed in Schwabish Gmund Germany in ‘85 with the 56th Field Artillery Command Pershing (nukes). We played war games and during the games there were A10’s that would fly around trying to find us. They would fly really low and slow. They are so beautiful and sound awesome. She is my favorite military aircraft of all time.
Same deal, 81st FA here. The A10's would fly just above the treetops.. an awesome sight.
I love the 'eeeeeeeeEEEEEEEE_EEEEEEEEEEEEE_EEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee' as they fly overhead. The A10 is my favorite plane (with the B17 WW2 bomber a very close 2nd)
As they say, the A-10 isn't a plane with a gun strapped on to it, it's a gun with a plane strapped on to it.
For reference, the gun + ammo drum you see in the video is about as long/the size of an RV... absolute unit
This is so satisfying. I could watch a loop of the for hours.
Legend GAU-8 evenger : powerful weapons
What?
What?
What?
What?
@iron boy 2008 GAU is still stronger than Russians
As killing machines go, it has to be one of the neatest killing machines ever invented.
Slaughtering innocents for decades in the name of corporate democracy.
@@lastofthebest5102 stfu
@@lastofthebest5102 ok soy boy
@@lastofthebest5102 Whoa until now i was sure Allah was a head of some religion... not a corporate CEO.... thanks for opening my eyes.
Everyone knows all this is for the oil and the MIC.
I'm currently in the process of disassembling the entire gun housing for my company. Such a beautiful and complex weapon. I feel lucky to have it in my hands.
AMAZING!
I like how the gun doesn't throw the empty casings all over the place but instead just efficiently directs them back on to the spool. One long conveyor belt, live rounds in, empty casings back. Take the entire spool off and load a new one when done. Very nice.
A gun so powerful, it actually slows down the plane while firing due to recoil... amazing
Incorrect...this is a commonly repeated myth. While the 30 mm rounds do have an impressive recoil, the inertia of twenty-five tons moving at 300 mph means that any effect on airspeed is negligible. It does vibrate a lot when firing, though.
Superb animation ! 👍
WOw! Amazing 3D images!
that is indeed how my GAU 8 works
Summary: Boolets go in, Boolets come out, Enemy is deleted
How are you so wise in the ways of seince?
Boolets lmao
@Intrax you didn’t get the tf2 reference sadge
Yos i thoink so tue🤣🤣🤣🤣
BIG Boolets.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
That was super cool to see!
Due to the excessive weight introduced by the GAU-8 and its ammunition to the nose of the A-10, the designers had to heavily skew the balance towards the tail to set the centre of gravity closer to the middle when loaded. However this also meant that if all the shells were expended and not kept, the weight in front would become drastically less than when it was loaded, shifting the centre of gravity further back, which is not desirable. Thus it is why the A-10 has to keep its empty 30mm cartridges so as to not shift the centre of gravity too far backwards.
They have to put a jack in the rear of the plane anytime they remove the gun to keep it from tipping backwards.
was wondering why they didnt just let the cartridges fly out the side good comment
@@mtxdp4392 I mean... it's also not the best idea to have that much brass fall from those heights, plus they are recyclable and the military actually gets a decent chunk of change for returning the shells to the manufacturer, almost enough to cover the cost of buying more ammo (basically covers the cost of the shell but not the bullet and gunpowder)
Thats damn interesting!
@@omegamon0239
Here’s a little factoid: the military doesn’t give two rat fucks about the cost of ANYTHING! I was a 76C in the Army and we purchased shit with reckless abandon. Cost meant absolutely ZERO.
The spent casings get recycled back into the drum! Whoa, didn't know that honestly. Pretty cool!
Probably cuz the troops just won't appreciate getting bombarded with the casings. Also possibly reloading the casings?
@@Michael-jx9bh According to another video that actually explained the operation, the spent casings would've been at risk of being ingested by the engines. Obviously that wouldn't make for a very good day, which is why they are returned to the drum.
They’re pretty expensive so better reuse them
The recoil on the GAU-8 is so powerful that the A-10 actually sheds airspeed when the pilot pulls the trigger.
It has 2 jets for a reason. The recoil of the gun is stronger than one of the jets on the back.
No, it does not, this is a complete myth. The gun has negligible recoil on the planes airspeed.
Thanks a lot for this comprehensive video ! 🤙
Warthog is 100% the badassiest of badassiest planes that exist in today's world.
My favorite.
Well at some point i agree, but overall, i have to strongly disagree. The Hercules AC-130 gunship is a lot more badass. That plane has an insane amount of firepower, it's just ridiculous.
@@veritasjustus8543 oh. my bad 😂
@@FabledGentleman came here to say the AC-130 too!
Although I’m quite fond of the AH64 Apache as well
Correction badassary is the correct term
From a simple Bow and arrow to this- thousands of rounds fired per minute minigun, Humans really are something
Specifically made to kill each other aswell
Uhm, this is NOT a minigun. It's a rotary barrel CANNON - aka gatling cannon. A minigun is 5.56 rotary barrel gun. Just my nitpick of the day.
@@Michael-jx9bh but rotary cannons are so commonly called miniguns that idk if it matters whether its a minigun or rotary cannon
@@lvio_ miniguns are a type of rotary barrel cannon.
Calling rotary barrel cannons miniguns is like calling cars SUVs, there are cars that are not SUVs just like there are rotary barrel canons that are not miniguns.
GAU-8 is not a minigun.
@@ayushsharma8804 aight
I love this bird. And the animations looks amazing. Big thank you for it
so cool. well explained.
I can finally make this at home.
Time to fire up the 3D printer
I like how she cleans up after herself, retaining all those spent casings...
Have you seen the cost of Ammo these days.😉
This was actually news to me, But I guess there is a technical reason: Loosing all that ballast so fast might have to do with balancing the plane while firing as well.
@@SmilingDevil they have to put weights in the nose to fly with an empty drum.
Its so beautiful.
Thanks for the video! Perfect for my GAU 8 lore
This is my gun, there are many others like it but this one is mine.
-The Plane that flys the gun probably.
You mean that; This is my plane, there are many others like it but this one is mine. -The Gun that has a plane attatched
its amazing that the basic functional process of that gun is from the civil war. Dr Gatling was way ahead of his time with a rotary automatic weapon.
When Caster went on his final mission, he could have carried along at least two Gatlings. He refused them, saying that they were too heavy and would slow him down.
Drills death into anything it sees, cleans up its own brass and doesn't even slow down.
That's a weapons system you RESPECT.
Beautiful mechanism
I always assumed that those empty shells were ejected. This is amazing
The rain of empty cartridges of that size could cause severe injuries to anyone struck by it, including allied and civilians. It is better the shells stay in the plane.
@@33482 I always assumed same as OP but it's true that stuff like that can harm people on the ground.
Just yesterday I read an article how some delivery was making his stop, got out of his rig, and a tape measure fell on his head, ...killed him
A tape measure.
The aircraft NEEDS to retain the empties for weight balance in flight.
@@Obie1844 The casing is like %10 of the weight of the cartirage. That doesn't make sense at all.
Also the drum is probably at the center of mass of the plane so it really shouldn't matter.
Also bomber planes exist.
@@busteraycan It is absolutely done to maintain weight balance as much as possible, the planes attitude does still change as the magazine is depleted just not as bad as if it dropped the casings as well
Remarkable 3D modeling and animation work.
Fired it enough times and it never failed, can't complain
So friggin cool!
Most importantly, brrrrrrrrrt
A beautiful piece of engineering!
Excelente explicación visual del funcionamiento del cañón GAU-8
Nice work gentlemen.
If you keep making videos you'll hit a million subs in no time. Thank you for the quality, in depth look at the gun.
案外こう言う映像の方は万人受けしそう
Great video! Now I can make my very own!
"Do you call in drones for air support sir?"
"No we still have the flying 30!!!!"
GAU-8 Avenger
The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is typically mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed specifically for the anti-tank role, the Avenger delivers very powerful rounds at a high rate of fire. Wikipedia
Caliber: 30 mm
Designer: General Electric
Maximum firing range: Over 12,000 feet (3,660 m)
Rate of fire: 3,900 rpm (variable)
Barrel length: 90.5 in (2.30 m)
Barrels: 7-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 14 grooves)
Variants: GAU-12 Equalizer, GAU-13
Should edit it to say "That the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is typically mounted to."
General Electric - We'll make toasters, washing machines, jet engines, Gatling guns...
...if you need to remove a stain or make it, we're for you!
@@joshuagoodman5267 The most American company
Less than 20 seconds ago, I was knee deep into videos on video switching hardware. Now...I'm learning how the GAU-8 operates. Life is good.
Every few months I have a sudden urge to watch videos on them and the hog. Its just fascinating to me
That's a lot of freedom pee minute right there sir
Excellent 👌
Congrats on new channel! Cool concept
This is amazing, one of my favorite planes ever!
This is a beautiful sight.
Well done.
凄い‼️エンプティケースもドラムマガジンに回収するんだ‼️
Great job. When you saw it outside the airframe (long-ago factory tour), the motion was so counterintuitive that it was disturbing
The best sound a grunt can hear.
It is very Cool !