M61 Vulcan
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The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm caliber rounds at an extremely high r
An unmounted M61A1 Vulcan with flash suppressor used in the SUU-16/A gun pod
An M61 Vulcan and the feed system for an F/A-18, on a stand
Gun installation on West German F-104.
An M61 Vulcan at the Miramar Airshow
GAU-8 Avenger
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The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily and most famously mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republ
M61 Vulcan
…GAU-22 – General Dynamics, 25 mm caliber, 4-barrel version of the GAU-12 mounted internally in the F-35A and in external gun pods on the F-35B and F-35C GAU-8 Avenger – General Electric, 30 mm caliber M134 Minigun – 7.62 mm cannon…
The GAU-8/A Avenger's barrel and breech assembly
GAU-8 closeup
30×173 mm round next to a .30-06 Springfield for comparison
GAU-8 mounted in A-10