For your viewing enjoyment, here’s the A-10 Thunderbolt II, also affectionately known as “the warthog.”
The Warthog has often been described as a “gun with an airplane attached,” and for good reason. Its General Dynamics GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm cannon can basically destroy anything, from tanks to massed enemy formations.
The cannon’s magazine can hold 1,350 rounds of ammunition, with a firing rate of 3900 rounds a minute. Here is a short clip of the 30mm cannon in action on a hillside in Afghanistan:
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They were recently deployed in Libya. …an infantryman’s best friend.