“The 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon (and associated ‘BRRRT’ report)”.
Hope they’re keeping these guns if we’re called to the ME again...
The A-10 tips backward onto its tail when the gun is removed; the Avenger will always be part of that platform.
We could install a centerline gun pod on our F-4B’s. It made that cool BRRRT sound as well.
It was great for close air support. The pilot in the front seat finally found a use for those rudder pedals, other than nose wheel steering and foot rests.
The spent shell casings ejected themselves underneath the pod, which made for a great weapon to put somebody’s eye out.
I never did understand the Navy’s decision to leave the cannon out of the early F-4 models. For awhile, the F-8 Crusader was the “last great gunfighter”.