M61 20mm vs GAU-8 30mm Cannon (A-10 THUNDERBOLT II Main Gun)

M61 20mm and GAU-8 30mm Gatling cannon test fire.

[@vtrmcs]

I'm not sure what the comparison is for, clearly either of these is ideal for home defence.

[@GavatronX9]

This comment gets 1st prize.

[@hammerhorde]

You are right! I CC one of each!

[@calangel]

Yeah, and you'd kill everyone in the next three houses over if you used it!

[@GavatronX9]

@@calangel 3? Just 3? Lol

[@classdpersonnel115]

HAHA

[@RvKsword]

"How do you like the gun sir?" "its great, now stick some wings on it" and thats how the A-10 was born

[@Bladerunner4924764]

You right!

[@NukeFromOrbit]

Basically, yes.

[@angrylesbianoffensive8153]

Air Force employee. Can confirm.

[@scottyj6226]

Sounds legit

[@GabrielCarvv]

Was the opposite

[@matjass7020]

"No full-auto in buildings!" "It's not full-auto, this is"BRRRRRRT "Daymn bro, okay"

[@ChillsonDemand1]

U see that on airsoft battles

[@matjass7020]

@@ChillsonDemand1 yeah those words are from a video

[@scoopygoog706]

Cringe

[@user-xw4zt9gc7l]

Best Vulcan and GAU-8 comparison

[@DrakeKillah]

I love that clip! His gun was a friggin BB laser!

[@leep_]

I got to visit my aunt up at Eielson AFB back in the early 2010s and there was nothing cooler than hearing and seeing the fleet of A-10s stationed just down the street from where my aunt lived on base. Just knowing the immense power and precision these aircraft are capable of left me in awe every single time we passed by the flight line.

[@petersack5074]

'' cool '' ? .......in / of this generation :...means exactly what ? to an old retired guy ?. ' miraculous ' or maybe ' incredible ! '''......cool, you tell me what that means.......oookayy....?? our word, back in the day......was ' groovy '.......ask , and i'll tell what that means....

[@x-0728]

It's not actually very precise, and it has the most friendly kills of any aircraft. Cool sound though.

[@razor314]

Every one is a gangsta until the sky starts farting

[@BESTMOAD]

One time they tried shooting those bullets at me I just ate them than spit them back at mock 15 my teeth was gone tho no biggy

[@audimaster5000]

@@BESTMOAD That’s incredible! So what’d it sound like?

[@MF_WOLF]

Nah man god just had too much burritos

[@dudeski486]

@@BESTMOAD "mock 15" *:pain:*

[@user-nx7sn8he6c]

“ *LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY JUST ATE THE EXPIRED CANNED BEAN* “

[@warrax111]

Engineer: How many rpm you want ? Military : BRRRRRRRRT Engineer: Affirmative!

[@flare9757]

warrax111 Why don’t people realize it is more of a BRRRVVVT?

[@LCOfficerUNIT097]

From a pilots POV, its "brRRRRRRRMmm." But from the ground, its more or less "BRRRRRRRRT."

[@prestonang8216]

Attack the D point!

[@moldysporks2233]

wroung engineers:what rate of fi-YES

[@Callsign_Ewok]

Rpm?: all.

[@sarkazpotato]

legend says, if you hear the 'BRRRRRRT', then you weren't the target.

[@itsmeracoon7907]

depresso expresso Jesus will people stop posting this fucking cliche

[@urban4957]

Its Me Racoon fuck man calm down its a joke, like you know? SARCASM

[@AVGyerra22]

@@itsmeracoon7907 but it's t r u e

[@thoriq2716]

@@urban4957 It's a really funny joke and i can really tell the sarcasm through the internet

[@kotahurt]

airy arent they!

[@mmasque2052]

This is the best sound you can hear on a battlefield because it means you weren’t the target.

[@joseospina7557]

Or means that you weren't the target for the moment... and it's coming back for you

[@JohnMkrv]

Unless you're British

[@CheesusCrustus]

​@@joseospina7557 OR you were the target but they accidentally did some friendly fire again

[@kingofstuff1732]

Other countries: “Put a gun on each wing and we should be good…” America: “Lets stick some wings and engines on a gun lol”

[@fungdark8270]

Literally, the gun is like a third of the aircraft. It was unironically built around that cannon. Just so people don’t think your joke isn’t 100% true, because it is lmao

[@kayacenk4164]

they useless after drones.

[@rexicedragonicesniper3214]

@@kayacenk4164 I MEAN IS A GROUND ATACK AIRCRAFT NOT AIR TO AIR

[@chadthundercock5641]

It's funny because that literally was the design brief the aerospace engineers at Fairchild were given

[@rexicedragonicesniper3214]

@@jfrphoto01 I mean ye but with what weapons thought its main cannon or gun its almost never said yo be used to air because colateral damage so was with a diferent loadout

[@MrsSking123]

"Red bull gives you wings" Minigun: "Don't mind if I do!"

[@ytpmichaelrosen9190]

More like a giant one.

[@myusername3689]

@@ytpmichaelrosen9190 Giant minigun = rotary cannon

[@ytpmichaelrosen9190]

@@myusername3689 Yeah.

[@Noelleiscute]

Redbull gives you farts

[@BeardedBaldGuy87]

Gatling-style autocannon.

[@Arkkimonni]

Saddest part about being shot by A-10, is you'll never hear the "BRRRRRR"

[@edwinjones1000]

That's a good thing. Who wants to crap their pants right before they are turned to soup? LOL

[@alphaerdelta]

It's terror at its best

[@buntaichosaber3121]

I don‘t really want to hear how death is literally heading for me. That‘s a good thing, right?

[@FirasLaallam]

@@buntaichosaber3121 i suppose so

[@mopar1465]

If you hear it, it means you're still alive

[@TamaSquad]

“Enemy’s in that direction, boy.” “Roger sir, removing that direction.”

[@SoudagerAamer]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kevynhansyn2902]

I love this!!!

[@pocketwingman]

"It costs $400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon... for twelve seconds." Actual cost to fire Gau-8 for twelve seconds is about $106k (according to my terrible math and google).

[@conmcgrath7502]

Money damn well spent!

[@4PF7]

@@arandomguy8352 not 10 thousand lol

[@arandomguy8352]

@@4PF7 watch. meet the heavy weapons guy

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHnKi5tqfLtsfZI "It cost $400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon for twelve seconds" Welp looks like the USA has him beat. :P

[@OrbInDaFrame]

I see

[@isaacalvarado2568]

Other countries put guns on planes. America puts planes on guns.

[@kadeemjoseph8138]

Lmao

[@BusinessWolf1]

@@kadeemjoseph8138 The A10 was build AROUND the gun.

[@kadeemjoseph8138]

@@BusinessWolf1 seriously?

[@BusinessWolf1]

@@kadeemjoseph8138 Yes, the dude that designed it looked for a good air to ground gun and then made a plane for it.

[@kadeemjoseph8138]

@@BusinessWolf1 good to know thanks

[@maxtheleopard]

Imagine hearing a loud fart then seeing your whole squad turned into swiss cheese

[@tomikaljunen2698]

First you see your squad get turned to swiss cheese then you hear the loud fart

[@Bladerunner4924764]

I wouldn't even say swiss cheese, more like a bloody mist.

[@sean-thiago1986]

Not swiss cheese, but Gazpacho Soup.

[@jefferu2577]

Max the Black Leopard u hear the fart after

[@ghostlypirate_5083]

Tomi Kaljunen well you see them get turned into cheese and then that’s it...you don’t hear the fart

[@johndoe7270]

It's amazing how accurate the multi-barreled cannons are. I can't believe how tight those groups are from the bench.

[@SomeguyWhoLikesVideos]

your gun goes "pew pew", my gun gun goes "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

[@TrillandoLaFina2024]

Some guy who likes terraria soviet womble reference?

[@SomeguyWhoLikesVideos]

@@TrillandoLaFina2024 yeah

[@jesseybarra3408]

Ey, that's what she said

[@succulentravioli954]

@@jesseybarra3408 is this some extreme ironic meta meme that I cant understand or is it just not funny?

[@rifat361]

@@succulentravioli954 if u don't know sovietwomble, u still have a lot to live for

[@myusername3689]

Keep in mind these can shoot either armor piercing or *EXPLOSIVE* rounds. Imagine hundreds of explosive rounds shot at your squad in a second.

[@jeremiahkennon4990]

That's amazing!

[@krane15]

I'm pretty sure they don't use that against people.

[@yoboikamil525]

@@ebm896 6000/min* 100/s

[@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando]

Your former squad

[@sturmgewehr4454]

@@yoboikamil525 no, 4200 rounds per minute and 70 rounds per second

[@dukecraig2402]

I used to be a Vulcan gunner in the Army, having the breech end of that GE M61 cannon about 2 feet in front of your chest when you hit the button and let go with a burst was quite an experience, violent I can assure you is a good word to describe what it was like, your vision blurred and it took a second after the burst finished to be able to tell if you hit a static target or not because of the smoke that would pour out of it when it was firing, shooting at aerial targets didn't so much pose that problem since you were swinging the gun at the time but with static targets we learned to electrically lock out the gun mount and stand up instead of sitting in the gunners seat so you could see well over the cannon and smoke to watch the rounds impacting downrange, at night when we fired them a 3 foot flame would come out of the muzzle end and about a 1 foot flame would come out of the ejection port, I'd love to do it just one more time, I've been suffering from post ammo let down (PALD) since the last time I fired one in 1986.

[@Methylene.]

Unreal story man. You've lived through some crazy shit I can imagine. Hope you stay strong brother. Thanks for sharing that you flew through the sky in a steel bird throwing steel and lead and flame Just un fuckin real dude.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@Methylene. No, you misunderstood, I was a gunner on a M163A1 self propelled Vulcan gun, my job was shooting down aircraft (training for it anyways), I was not in aircraft, I was task with their destruction, my Sgt. Major was on one of the 5 Vulcans that was sent to Vietnam, he said they used them for convoy protection, they'd put one at the front of the column and one at the rear, when the convoy would come under attack he said that they would turn the jungle into tossed salad, harassment of the supply convoys dropped to zero shortly after they started using them, before the Vulcans were sent over there he was already in country on a Duster gun (twin 40MM Bofor guns on a tracked chassis), he said they would use those for firebase security, when the VC or NVA would attack they would cut loose with one barrel only that had the self destruct air defense rounds, then they would let the enemy move their mortars up to just outside the range of the self destruct rounds, then they would cut loose with the other barrel that didn't have the self destruct air defense rounds and to quote him "Turn em inside out".

[@harleyme3163]

ya the a10 has a 30mm gun you cant mount for things like... doorgunners. its just too big

[@TheActualSsotyi]

What (PALD) is exactly?

[@dukecraig2402]

@@TheActualSsotyi Post Ammo Let Down, PALD.

[@vikingraider1961]

Interesting fact (well, I found it interesting...). If you look at the front of an A10, the gun appears to be slightly offset to one side. The reason is that the barrel that is firing is set to be directly in the centre of the aircraft, so the other barrels will be off to one side. This is because the recoil from that monster is so huge that, were it off to one side, it would cause the A10 to yaw when the gun was fired (damn thing had a recoil equal to the thrust of the engines).

[@legoferrari14]

The GAU-8 has to be fired in short bursts otherwise it will cancel out the aerodynamic lift of the A10 and cause it to plummet. That'd be like if a submarine's weapons were so powerful it'd threaten to compromise the integrity of the hull from pressure changes.

[@andrewhamop6665]

@@legoferrari14 Not entirely, the C revision of the A-10 included the upgraded avionics suite which has a cool little mode when you half depress the trigger. It essentially turns on a form of autopilot which compensates for the recoil when firing the main gun, basically locking your aircraft onto whatever you were targeting when the trigger is half depressed. Source: I fly the A-10 in DCS: World, which is a 1:1 arial combat sim.

[@fischlimonade]

@@andrewhamop6665 The GAU-8 is still really inaccurate at normal combat range even with that upgrade which is why precision bombs and missiles have accounted for a huge majority of the A10's kills throughout its service life.

[@sparking023]

so basically, Jetpack Joy Ride was on to something plausible

[@srjsamsam]

​@AndrewHamOp yeah especially from all the leaks of top secret documents from disgruntled fans saying the models, "weren't realistic enough" lol

[@DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot]

I love how the bullets hit first then you hear the gun in the background

[@MegaRazorback]

That's sound waves for you, while the sound is traveling at a fast speed through the air it's still no-where near as fast as the 30mm bullet.

[@barbosaguzman6101]

How bullets generally work lol...

[@Cutesticles]

That's just lag

[@nvil82395]

That's how any supersonic bullet works

[@mrfishsticks266]

This the most bizarre sounds of the war. A video name that includes these sounds

[@hobomisanthropus2414]

You've got it backwards, The GAU-8 Isn't the Main gun of the A-10, the A-10 is the Main Plane of the Gau-8.

[@rico76]

Nothing like when you're pinned down, out numbered/outgunned and that A-10 or A-10's arrival and the sky starts burping continuous short burrrrrps across bad guys positions. Really makes your day! Esp if the ground reinforcements arrive shortly after to strike the remaining bad guys and snipers positions with some hefty 155mm shells and loads of .50BMG and .308 and 40mm. War would be pretty fun if people didn't have to die...

[@Oat_meal_YT]

Lol

[@Kay_213_]

AC-130: oh, you have a large machine gun? That’s cute

[@Oat_meal_YT]

@@Kay_213_ that's even scarier

[@OwerWild]

There's the pont :D

[@jimtheedcguy4313]

It's even more impressive when you see how big these bullets actually are. I hope I'm never on the business end of one of these!

[@shilohstore6086]

There bigger than a beer bottle

[@THMK72]

I was a civilian contractor for the DOD, I used to work on the detonators before they were shipped to Florida, so very impressive!

[@jimtheedcguy4313]

@@THMK72 I always think about how they're basically high speed grenades, and the shrapnel is what kills, but you know some dudes have to have had holes made in them by at least a few projectiles before detonation! I really wonder what that would look like. Probably uneventful like a 50bmg. I watched that guy hunt a monkey with one and thought it would be more brutal than it actually was.

[@themightyalpaca313]

Eh, you probably wouldn’t be around long enough to realise you were on the business end of them

[@THMK72]

@@themightyalpaca313 we had a firing system at the plant that would just “test” the detonators for quality assurance. That was so big, and so loud…. Just the detonators! I couldn’t imagine being at the business end of it!

[@leokimvideo]

Maybe more spread is required, grouping is too tight. Other than that it's the sound of victory

[@Niitroxyde]

It was designed to take out armored vehicles. So less spread is better, you want to repeatedly punch that armor until it breaks out. One shell probably won't be enough, but a few hundreds in a couple of seconds, definitely. Even though a plane is moving and shaking, so I doubt the grouping would actually be the same as in a firing range environment anyway. Not to mention you'd fire it from hundreds of meters away in a combat scenario, not a 50m range. You can see it later in the video when they fire it from the actual plane. The spread is much more pronounced.

[@kingqbert6819]

They also have explosive rounds for personnel.

[@RandomFandomOfficial]

Farther away there will be more spread btw

[@alanjefferson1127]

It's fired from a fast flying plane, you can see in the video itself the spread is larger than a humvee when fired while moving.

[@lucasmello1821]

no you're wrong its meant to destroy armored vehicles

[@Immortal_BP]

the most terrifying part is that you would be dead from the bullets 1-2 seconds before the sound even reaches you

[@mitchliao2581]

I saw a comment in other video says "If you can hear the brrrrr sound,congrats you're not the target"

[@FullOilBarrel]

every firearm fires supersonic lol its nothing special at all. subsonic ammo is an exception

[@Immortal_BP]

​@@FullOilBarrel thats true but imagine more than 50 30mm rounds blowing someone(s) to pieces with the only sound being the bullets hitting the ground. then a couple seconds later you hear the BRRRRRRR

[@FullOilBarrel]

@@Immortal_BP yeah its definitely horrible but theres alot of things in war thats similiarly or even more horrid

[@thekingsident]

with headshots, basically every gun out there

[@mammothtank7811]

A 45 million dollar flying whoopee cushion.

[@zubiecup]

try not to laugh while reading this comment at about the 54 second mark.

[@MrAndroidData]

hehehehe yep sounds like one doesnt it

[@stevengeorge349]

Won't be saying that on the other end of the gun.

[@bo0tsy1]

And people want to replace it with a 35 billion dollar F-35.

[@ginkumpow3726]

farts of death from the sky

[@hoghogwild]

1:09 A perfect, and very lethal demonstration of projectiles surpassing the speed of sound.

[@alcoholic9496]

Terrifying.

[@thecouldntbe]

@@alcoholic9496 Absolutely. You know what the KZbin Marines always say: "iF yOu hEaR tHe BRRT, tHe BulLeTs WeRenT mEaNt FoR yOu 🤪"

[@criminal2421]

How is that even happening

[@thecouldntbe]

@@criminal2421 I'm not a scientist but I assume the projectiles are traveling at supersonic speeds (faster than the speed of sound). That's why you see the impact first, then hear the buzz second.

[@nwj486]

Yep, if you heard gunfire, you’re still alive.

[@surgicalglitch3265]

It's so incredible how you see the rounds hit the target before the sound even hits from the Cannon itself. Very scary.

[@tdpro3607]

when you hear the sound it means the plane isnt aiming at you lol

[@typical_femboy1]

This happens with most high-power guns and rotary autocannons. All of those fire supersonic rounds, meaning that if you hear any of them you're still alive.

[@JC130676]

Yeah at 1:28 you first hear the rounds hit the target, then the sonic booms of the rounds flying past and only then the sound of the actual shots being fired.

[@Damonjager09]

If I had an A-10 Thunderbolt II of my own, I'd name it "BRRRRRT Reynolds".

[@bsgfan1]

I’d name it BRRRT Gunner. Like Bert Gummer from Tremors.

[@monroemullinix5974]

I'd have to call mine Turd Fergusson.

[@BlackEpyon]

I'd name it Pumba. And you're all upwind.

[@TafakkaMen]

Bert Man Jones?

[@andyb2028]

I think just Bart would be a fitting name

[@UHOH3300]

Fun fact: if you hear one of these you were not the target

[@lordshark1602]

ionly truth

[@marioorefice4038]

Bruh

[@timsgta]

Real talk lol

[@annatascha3979]

Another fact. *If you hear this sound.. something was gone before you realized it.*

[@Vinnie_2000]

@Ian Hoffman they better be scared of this

[@assistanttotheregionalmana3002]

Americans be like: This is perfect for home defence

[@truetexican8864]

As a Texan, i can confirm.

[@kareemghandour3816]

It is. Your point?

[@truetexican8864]

@Evlad-ı S.P.Q.R not automatic. But i do have rifles and a fast finger 😁.

[@truetexican8864]

@Evlad-ı S.P.Q.R i'll defend my home with whatever i want. An rpg if i have to😁

[@truetexican8864]

@Evlad-ı S.P.Q.R its a joke. Who would have a thunderbolt for home defence lol.

[@aham2903]

I've been obsessed with the A-10 since I was a little kid. It's basically a flying gun. A gun with wings. How cool is that.

[@chewbaccabuddy3377]

“Hey there’s an enemy over here” -soldier BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT “What enemy?” -A10 pilot

[@JC130676]

You mean like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGWrd3qlqsamesU Note to self: a Harley is not good enough to escape from the A-10.

[@geronimo5537]

Oh well god bless you sir. I could hear your anti commie sneeze from here.

[@MichaelGallagher97]

Followed by- "No that was a friendly convoy you dumb fuck"

[@dragonnf5255]

It sounds like fart

[@justaguy4real]

I just can't get over how incredibly consistent, fast, and precise the primer-powder-projectile cycles are threw the machine. The incomprehensible speed of the powder explosive process propelling the rounds down the barrels fascinates and mindboggles me.

[@792slayer]

If that boggles you, take a look into the mechanics of the gun. The feed and fire system is nuts.

[@eziokill9112]

Dude in early test models the gun firing would literally deprive the engine of oxygen so they had 2 add an ignition sequence immediately after firing or you would crash.

[@aalexjohna]

Are you jerking off?

[@orangewarm1]

ok

[@justinmorgan2126]

oh, to be 12 years old again...

[@christuxford4462]

The A10 is a beautiful plane. I love watching how smoothly it peels away after a strafing run.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I wouldn't call it elegant, but it has that rag tag kind of beauty.

[@user-ko5ul7yi1x]

It's a beautiful gun with wings lol

[@moskitodalaran9378]

are you a bot?

[@Invisibl3334]

More like it's a chaotic flying object!

[@michaelmichaelagnew8503]

It's a flying tank literally.

[@seattlesix]

Every ground soldiers favorite support response along with the AH-61. Thanks for the test frame footage

[@parc1racing]

"If the A-10 is the Hand of God, then the GAU-8 30mm Cannon is its middle finger" best quote about the A-10 ever. LMAO. Forget where I heard it tho.

[@A10-e2o]

September 2019: Invaders of area51: they can't kill us all! A10 warthog: *laughs in 3900 rounds per minute* BRRRRRT

[@thealmightyloaf2771]

A 10 6000 rounds per minute if you want an overkill gun

[@whysosyria1]

all you need to kill is one or two and they'll surrender

[@insertnamehere8103]

@Thanos The FARMER AC-130 ABOVE!

[@stinkyding]

@@insertnamehere8103 don't you mean ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE, I did some looking and there is no such thing as a UVC-30

[@insertnamehere8103]

@@stinkyding wdym

[@PianoMan347]

0:33 I can’t believe how easily it defeated that cardboard.

[@burstfireno1617]

😂😂

[@yada4444]

“State of the art material”

[@josephcox7181]

That’s to show you how narrow and controlled the spread is.

[@lamebot7164]

@@josephcox7181 Duh

[@atomikcosmonaut522]

Snake?

[@RayneHellfire]

I never knew how badass both of those things are until recently.

[@TheMonkey747]

"When I was a young Warthoooog!!" "When he was a young Wart*BRRRRRRRRRRTT*"

[@chrisparouse8978]

Gold

[@Oat_meal_YT]

@@chrisparouse8978 nice and underrated

[@ba8e]

LMAO

[@SlayerHann]

This comment got me 🤣🤣

[@hoodedintrovert9537]

Not in front of the kids

[@Astrobrant2]

What's cool about watching most of these clips is that you usually hear two sets of bursts. The first one you hear is actually the rounds hitting the ground or target. The second, quieter, smoother one you hear is from the gun firing. In most cases, cameras and microphones are much closer to the target than they are to the plane, so it takes longer for the sound from the plane to get to the microphones.

[@thatrandomerfromhudds7478]

I never knew that, watched the video myself and my low IQ brain could not comprehend that the brtts you hear that happen at the same time as the bullets hitting the ground shortly followed by a more muffled brrt

[@gameclips5734]

@@thatrandomerfromhudds7478 i'm guessing your school wasn't very good then :/

[@thatrandomerfromhudds7478]

@@gameclips5734 Im guessing your social and personal life doesnt exist. OR maybe you never went to school as you clearly dont understand someone taking the piss. ItS cAlLeD SaRcAsM 🤣🤣Mocking the initial comment for stating something so obvious that only low IQ people would need it to be explained

[@gameclips5734]

@@thatrandomerfromhudds7478 tbf the sarcasm was probably ruined by me struggling to understand exactly what you'd even said

[@audunskilbrei8279]

I believe what you hear is not the impact but little sonic booms from the bullets as they are travelling supersonic.

[@KemoTherapy69]

If your waifu has: Avenger in her name Shoots things Makes loud farts Kills people and armored vehicles Then thats not your waifu, thats a GAU-8 Avenger Cannon

[@patronofsaints2062]

I love it when my waifu makes really loud farts

[@cotulprital0241]

you got goddamn eproctophilia don't ya

[@akrilla5929]

Imagine the flatulence from Warios plump A$$ or my favorite name for it: fart box. 😍😍😍

[@rinreborn7364]

@@patronofsaints2062 you nasty fucker

[@内田ガネーシュ]

Give that bitch a cannon, bitches loves cannon.

[@harrisonlichtenberg3162]

I should be used to it by now, but it's really amazing just how slow sound actually is in comparison to the weapon systems we've created

[@jasonk8541]

Ah the glorious sound of the Martyr Maker in action, I do love it so!

[@massimomoratti9491]

Martyr maker:)))))))))))

[@txdean1166]

👍👍

[@SandiegoRockstar]

Your citizens spent $3trillion on all that firepower for you and you still could not defeat the Afghans, even after 20 years of carpet bombing all the villages.

[@txdean1166]

@@SandiegoRockstar 😥😥😥

[@txdean1166]

@@SandiegoRockstar cry me a river please.

[@timothymarland1151]

I think I know why were here. We all just wanted to hear the “brrrt”

[@lordgustav6227]

Timothy Marland Congrats Im your 30th like have a nice day

[@umerzafartarar8063]

Timothy Marland hahahahaha

[@Crispy_pata]

Timothy Marland yeah i love some brrrt sound

[@arctaisiaxiakta2854]

'Hey wanna meet my friend Bert here? Say hi Bert!' GAU-8: BRRRRRRRRTTT

[@arctaisiaxiakta2854]

Then your birbs are GAU-8 Avengers... Run. Just fucking run.

[@andrewglinski4722]

People argue over who’s the strongest Avenger. It’s clearly GAU-8. He too was too over powered for Civil War.

[@EzraWyrick]

Clever.

[@guragat2]

Can i steal this comment?

[@andrewglinski4722]

Jeff The Hacker permission granted.

[@guragat2]

@@andrewglinski4722 thank you

[@crackerhacker2271]

lol best comment, but thanos will just turn the bullets into rain drops with the reality stone!

[@kungfury6410]

Not only is the front mounted gun amazing, but the sound is great for psychological warfare too. Imagine a squad of that raining down on your position, NOPE....

[@fredricgreenblott283]

The sheer recoil from the GAU-8 is so massive, A-10 pilots are trained to only fire the weapon in 1-second or less bursts, since the recoil actually slows the plane down.

[@farelrajwa1300]

Chernobyl radiation level before: Chernobyl radiation level after the incident: 1:10

[@SoudagerAamer]

3.6 roentgon. Not great. Not terrible.

[@Ghost_TMS]

He talking about Geiger counter ticking

[@Reblwitoutacause]

"It isn't 3 roentgon. It's 15,000"

[@SoudagerAamer]

@@Reblwitoutacause "What does that number mean, Valery?"

[@alien_infamous]

The numbers Mason, what do they mean?

[@deceptionception]

Just immagine the last sound you hear is a fart.

[@eqynoxx991]

well the bullets are faster than sound so if you hear the brrrt that means you survived

[@marcodragovic6231]

@@eqynoxx991 maybe you are mortally wounded haha

[@tobaniletsoela8187]

@@marcodragovic6231 legend has it, you can hear it beyond the grave😂

[@syclone]

@@Guy10169 whats your problem dude

[@franklynt9499]

@@syclone Hey was traumatized by the freedom fart.

[@hades0ne166]

Der sound kann jeder mit dem mund nachmachen 💪ich liebe die a10 die hat einfach style. Hoffentlich fliegt sie noch viele jahre❤️Brrrrrrrttt

[@yzmoto80]

That’s the sound your after when you wake up in the middle of the night with a terrifying stomach ache.

[@piotrnapora5810]

I can confirm. Never touching fast food again if I can help it

[@soulassassin0g]

Legend has it they built the gun first and then built a plane around it.

[@harleyme3163]

they did.... the entire aircraft was built around the gun, ground defense, and general ass kickary

[@soulassassin0g]

@@harleyme3163 I love my country. We're the only ones to build a powerful gun and say "I wonder how we can make it deadlier?" And then someone else says "Let's build a plane around it?" And everyone is like "FUCK YEAH!"

[@xalynnn3783]

Yes

[@toxicnova5849]

I can see that being fact actually

[@doggowatermelon7494]

Is not a legend my friend the plane is specifically built to take the Gau Avenger

[@zklpr4661]

Pilot: Where’s the BRRRRRT button?!

[@genogeno7289]

😡 your comment almost killed me.... 😠

[@thepilot1435]

"See the enemy?" "Yessir." "I don't want to."

[@Asftghii7867]

"But I want"

[@archismanmajumdar215]

Notice how bullets fly faster than sound

[@Oat_meal_YT]

That's why it's very deadly

[@CathalMacHale]

Not hard to believe seeing as the speed of sound is only 340 m/s in dry weather

[@gerard22]

Most modern rifles do idk what came to ur mind to think that that was an exception or something original

[@mikehawk3120]

You mean like most bullets?

[@Guroji]

Dead before you hear it. Oof

[@chrisengle2195]

Man it shot right through that cardboard

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Chris Engle lol

[@rolyatknarfable]

I heard AR 15s are so powerful, they can also penetrate cardboard.

[@paraglide01]

Yes but that only due to the depleted uranium anti armor ammo.

[@brewcrew4145]

Lmaooo

[@DS-kn4bs]

Twasz nice grouping though 🙄

[@Biketunerfy]

An interesting effect going on here with the A10s cannon. Since sound travels at the speed of sound and you can hear the bullet splashes hitting the ground before hearing the sound of the gun firing is proof that those rounds from the A10s cannon are travelling way over the speed of sound since the sound from the bullets hits our ears before the sound of the gun.

[@rudy6666]

It's not only great gun, it's a great psychological weapon too:D

[@mrbones_7420]

The most dangerous type of weapon

[@michaelbriggs4826]

Like the german Stukas in ww2

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

My grandpa told me about one of his experiences in the Vietnam War when he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army (the only story he has ever told me, he doesn't talk about about it to anyone) when he was captain of a patrol boat, and had been ambushed by VC forces. He called in Puff the Magic Dragon, AKA a C-130 gunship mounted with a 20mm Vulcan, 40mm Bofors and a 120mm Howitzer. He said the targets were only a hundred yards or so away when the Vulcan started singing, and as the plane flew overhead it rained 20mm casings down on them and their boat. A couple soldiers were injured by 200+mph shell casings (the shells not having enough time to decelerate to terminal velocity from the plane's 3-400mph velocity), and there were were dents and dings all over the boat afterward. He said it was needless to tell everyone to take what cover there was. The ambush problem was solved though, a plane with a gun in its side flying circles like a predatory bird is kind of hard to avoid lol. Shitty situation, awesome gun.

[@ilfttg6930]

idgaf didn't ask

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

@@ilfttg6930 Then why did you read it? Dumbass🤣

[@senorchurro6954]

Thanks for sharing

[@shanaestus5458]

When the A10 farts, it strikes fear to the heart of terrorism

[@samatkin743]

My cousin flew a plane called "PUFF" a GATLING GUN during the VIETNAM CONFLICT, THE VIETCONG WERE TERRIFIED OF IT

[@monsonontario7120]

That is the most beautiful sound, and sight i have ever seen.

[@maoristereo]

* fart noises *: everything dies.

[@BusinessWolf1]

other way around

[@tjcoolk]

I've seen two comments mess the order up, the video literally shows you the correct one lmao

[@infinitydreamzz]

it sounds exactly like farting

[@gamersfun98]

Everything dies; **Fart noises**

[@emersonborges3570]

this is the supersonic fart llll

[@leosypher9993]

This is why .50 caliber doesn't impress me

[@leosypher9993]

No, its ment as an anti material round, not for sniper, in its class of anti matirial rifles its actually very small, but modern warfare doesnt need large anti matirial rifles like in the world wars, so the .50 bmg makes for a light versatile anti matirial rifle that can be carried around, but people seem to worship the .50 cal due to what they think it a HUGE round, but it really isnt, there was a rifle that shot the same rounds as this valken. For an example of a good sniper rifle, take a look at an m40, or even better an l96, 7.62 nato, a round that packs a punch and is managable enough to be accurate, and not give away the sharpshooter's position, plus you can carry more ammo

[@leosypher9993]

All of this and a 20mm can be a 1 hit mutable kill if aimed properly

.50 can hit an engine in a car and knock it clean out, it can hit an engine of a small aircraft and take it out. It's main purpose is not for killing humans. There's a reason why so many people in the military use a .223 or 5.56. That's all you need to kill a human in 1 or 2 shots. .308 and above are for greater distances and typically used by snipers.

[@panthera8115]

Depends on the enemy, when theres a enemy with good armor, i would prefer 7,62mm. But yes, 5,56mm is more than enough for most cases and the best ammo at the moment for our soldiers.

[@leosypher9993]

@@panthera8115 exactly, that's why 5.56 is used for assault rifles, 7.62 flys further which is who it is used by shapshooters

[@ChubbyGames]

There goes our Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax money :)

[@thebuttermanmoore]

well spent

[@idkanymore7274]

dubsaloon are you happy that youre tax money is going to ending civilians lives

[@BamsyTheSergal]

i dont care, it's fuckin rad

[@urmom-hy2br]

@@idkanymore7274 people that we are at war with I might add

[@Yashin184]

beautifully spent if i do say so

[@cinnatosdoge]

Sir, the enemy is in that direction!! “Roger, removing that direction”

[@brumph7256]

Watching an A-10 fire in real life is the most beautiful sight to see on this side of heaven.

[@skyreaper7887]

Is so weird to hear the impact then the firing sound

[@utkarshadhikari5525]

ayoub h bullets travel faster than speed of sound, much like lightning where u see flash before u hear sound

[@ancientkeyboardwarrior]

See the impact then hear the sound lol

[@deanmoncaster]

Physics eh?

[@NOTABIGDODO]

Because the bullet is faster than the sound if the main gun.

[@deanmoncaster]

@@NOTABIGDODO thanks for explaining none of us knew I don't think.

[@mattc7879]

The Fart of Death

[@cooliobob1274]

You beat me to it.

[@dolsopolar]

It's not gas it's poop

[@MSaleh-vy8rr]

Have you ever hear a minigun from Black Ops 2???

[@dolsopolar]

@@MSaleh-vy8rr we are talking about real life dude real life

[@MSaleh-vy8rr]

@@dolsopolar My dude I know that. It just sounds similar and badass too.

[@willia451]

A-10: "I'm not leaving. I'm not leaving. I'm not stinking leaving. The show goes on. They're gonna need a stinking recking ball to take me outta here. I ain't going nowhere."

[@jm-iy8he]

A jet built just for a gun! Now that is America!

[@braydenh190]

j m my beer cooler doesn't have a gun 😖

[@CptInside]

Merica! Btw in ww2 they build a plane Around an engine :D (P47)

[@martijn9568]

They also did that in ww2 with the p39 and p63

[@jm-iy8he]

Thystaff Thywill nah, I studied on this plane, my favorite, purpose built jus for that gun!

[@beerus6683]

You should check out our warthogs

[@emrackuo]

“It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this gun... for twelve seconds” Edit: HOLY DOUBLE A BATTERIES! I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THIS MANY LI- I’m not that type of person.

[@nooope5213]

AnimatorKidz was about to comment that

[@JonasMXZ]

That thing uses uranium so it’s probably more money than that

[@nooope5213]

r_ elentless01 big woooosh

[@boobgoogler]

r_ elentless01 It’s a reference to a 2009 promotional video for the game Team Fortress 2, in which the character called the Heavy talks about his minigun, saying it fires ‘$200 custom tooled cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute’ and that it costs $400,000 to fire it for twelve seconds. People often quote it in comments about the A-10 as a joke, meant to entertain rather than be descriptive. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHnKi5tqfLtsfZI

[@danlorett2184]

FYI last time the Air Force publicly disclosed the price of the rounds used in the GAU-8 it they were $137 a piece - meaning emptying the magazine (about 14-15 seconds of total firing time though you can't fire bursts longer than about 2 seconds because it will stall the aircraft) costs about $160k.

[@gigaslave]

Reminder that firing the GAU-8 midflight actually interferes slightly with your thrust vector, that's how much recoil it has.

[@black87FXR]

Like hitting the brakes

[@ezequiasluiz4349]

the coolest thing about this aircraft "and the cannon" is that they are so cool that the sound is delayed 😎

[@typical_femboy1]

the sound is delayed because of speed of sound, how do you not know this? Also, the first sound is the shells hitting the ground and the humming sound after is the gunfire. However, note that this will also happen with most autocannons that have supersonic ammunition.

[@johnreaper4452]

Engineer : how many rpm you want ? Military : yes

[@Cutesticles]

How much rpm before the metal tear itself apart?

[@diegomejia6492]

Carl is not impressed military: more metal

[@paveldaddy]

-How many rpm do you want? -I want them all!

[@puppy5259]

Style Dish or freedoms per second

[@babymetalenjoyer]

@@puppy5259 not to be mistaken for frames per second

[@johndonwood4305]

Hate to be on the receiving end of one of those.

[@itzmass9740]

Itd be over before you felt anything, so your good 👍

[@clickbait5267]

One painful dildo...

[@setesh1294]

don't worry. if you hear the report, then you know it wasn't aiming for you.

[@thedenseone6443]

Bruh I don’t think your body would have enough time to register the pain

[@edspencer7121]

@@setesh1294 That's a reality check!

[@madshansen1375]

I'll be damned if I'm ever in war and a farting plane flies by demolishing my whole platoon...

[@Shadows_101]

lucky if you on the allied side of the sound.. bad luck if your not :)

[@stevenc8140]

Mads Hansen you should see the video of a hillside house that the Taliban NEEDED an immediate remodel done. The Army obliged with a couple of A10s...& WALLA! Multiple sun rooms were created. Taliban did not act as gracious as they should have to this new design...complimentary of course. Ungrateful Bastards‼️

[@crackerhacker2271]

@@stevenc8140 link to the video pls?

[@Arrowtone]

If you hear the fart, you’re on the wrong side

[@jacrispymccrispy]

Arrowtone - If you hear it, you lived.

[@DirtPutHandle]

The gun uses both API and HEI rounds. Which can obliterate Armor and Infantry alike. No it doesn't just switch ammo like some arcade games, it has both, holds both. 30x173mm are the rounds size.

[@Theo.Lefrancois]

20 september next to Area 51 : Group of people who want to infiltrate the base Magic formula : "BRRRRRRRR" *disappeard*

[@jeremyissachar]

Sorry man but it's *disappeared*

[@Mr-Ad-196]

And at that tomorrow head line masse people disappear because aliens kidnap them all........testified by the government.......BRRTTTTTTT NOISE!!!!!

[@Cutesticles]

When you are storming area 51 and see the group ahead getting shredded out of nowhere and hear "BRRRRRRRRRR" 1 second later

[@andoidski]

@@Cutesticles pretty sure that it's 4 seconds later

[@TM-vd3df]

1:20 "unmanned target vehicle" ... oh thank god

[@daddun7242]

Would of been cool to add a pumkin and a go pro inside

[@rico76]

There's leaked military footage of these being used on live targets, vehicles and even motorcycle (passenger had RPG, so that was their justification to engage).

[@daddun7242]

@@rico76 link......

[@hmmpancakes]

@@rico76 its been 4 goddamn weeks wheres the goddamn link you onion

[@unclestoma4699]

@@rico76 link

[@soundwave8466]

Are these good for home defense?

[@ChromeTecNina]

I'd like one for open carry

[@3DRiley_]

Open carry might be tricky to get but I know a guy who has it as his CC. We call him stiff leg.

[@tomfoolery5033]

The C-RAM would be more suitable for home defense but you can use these with a foregrip.

[@irishboxer92]

Neighborhood defense because the bullets will keep on going through walls lol

[@RayTC]

I use them for cooking steak

[@Bwwk3440]

I never get tired of seeing these A10

[@andrewglinski4722]

That GAU-8 has better groupings that 95% of people at shooting ranges who have target 22s and all the time in the world to make a good shot.

[@martinrodriquez3304]

Well no shit

[@nippon19]

if i'm right, this gun fire in the 6m circle from 2km range, which is insane for a gun that big

[@decespugliatorenucleare3780]

The gun was so precise they had to "fuck up a bit" its aim so to better cover a certain area - useful in case you're targeting a group of skinnies, or vehicles (you want to spray a bit, so that everyone can get some)

[@avagreen9060]

W Winterheart IIRC, the GAU-8 actually produces more thrust than the A-10 Warthog. If they were able to fire for long enough the plane would start going backwards, even under full thrust.

[@nippon19]

@@avagreen9060 no, the plane was made which one of this motor have enough power to counter the thrust than the GAU-8, so the plane will never going backward.

[@andreimanuellel.6301]

Sounds like democracy and freedom.

[@nightrous3026]

To hell with democrats. To heaven with republicans lol

[@ZeroOne-mp1qe]

@@nightrous3026 no.

[@legolasgreenleaf5257]

Nice comment bro

[@infinitesimotel]

LMAO! OK.

[@kdn525]

sounds like weaponized fart

[@CoralPolyps]

**Rounds hit the ground and a ton of people die** "What was that!?" **brrrrt**

[@BushCampingTools]

Yeah that was not that accurate whatever targeting they were using.

[@BiscuitDelivery]

It's not a matter of targeting. They're firing those rounds from better than a mile away while flying at a couple hundred miles an hour. The fact that they can hit a moving vehicle at all is insane.

[@BushCampingTools]

Too right, sorry wasn't trying to be a smart ass here :). I was just thinking about the technology behind the targeting. They must be using some amazing gimbals and taking a huge force to.

[@leprechaunproductions3574]

If I was part of al qieda and saw one of those *boom* pants brown

[@Quang_Tran_asdf]

**toooooooot* *

[@pknuttarlott4934]

I love the A-10 my second favorite Air Force airplane. Second to the F-15 with a 104 to 0 record.

[@sliip924]

Did you know that the force of the recoil from a small burst of the GAU can almost half the forward momentum of the entire aircraft

[@rockysage7760]

Yes I watch Real engineering

[@wickendiana8310]

The a 10 has a problem were the guns recoil and movement make the a 10 shake, by the pilots hits in 12 meter radius of were they were aiming is considered accurate

[@andyman8630]

@@wickendiana8310 now that's what you call a 'beaten zone'

[@rickybobby9649]

@@wickendiana8310 Yeah because within 12 meters your most likely fkin dead, and a majority would still be on target

[@GrassPossum]

Yet the GAU is more accurate.

[@KG-th3cr]

I can only hope there is an A-10 pilot with the first name "Ernie" so they can call his hog "Brrrrrrt and Ernie."

[@Pauly421]

Yes my god yes

[@RayTC]

Fuck

[@seannotconnery8191]

Have a decal on the side showing Bert and Ernie giving a thumbs-up along with the tagline “BRRRT and Ernie”

[@metalheadmaniac8686]

YOUR A GENIUS!

[@TacticalOkuu]

"Commander, we just lost division of mechanized troops, I'm only survivor" "What was it?" "A.... *fart* commander" "What?"

[@Creationsbyelder]

And this is why the A-10 is still such a fearsome close support machine! A sound that makes the bad guys cringe and our soldiers feel warm and fuzzy.... I would sooooo love to fly in one of these during a live fire practice run.

[@Bartonovich52]

It’s a big expensive placebo... because it’s actual record doesn’t support its mythos

[@caelodevorago608]

@@Bartonovich52 It's mythos is supported by the fact that the pilots and infantry fucking love the plane. It does it's job perfectly. Better than anything we're developing at the moment, that's why noone who actually does ground attack wants to use anything different

[@samatkin743]

Just be greatfull it's not coming after you.

[@olekkuvppl]

A10 is obsolete and only good for chasing enemy without aa. During gulf war when strafing was attempted they lost airframes and resorted to just throwing missiles.A10 was obsolete in 1980s and now is a relic of Vietnam era when you had to eyeball everything and bombs were dumb

[@fuckjewtube69]

@@olekkuvppl Exactly. We have frickin targeting pods that can see a guy in a bush in the pitch black from 90ish miles away. And grounds radar that can instantly see tank sized moving targets then you press a couple buttons and you're looking at it in seconds and then you can send a missile. Wtf do you need to get within a mile for? That wouldn't work against a conventional military even a weak one.

[@michaelyhchai]

"alright real funny who's blowing raspberries out their ass?" *turns around* Omg.

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

Now that you mention it, the A-10's Gau does kinda sound like it's farting out bullets. Makes it all the more terrifying, and crudely humorous.

[@javierestrada6927]

Sounds like me after having mexican food 😂😂😂😂

[@dolsopolar]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂this is not funny at all im just spamming emojis

[@romanticdonkey468]

Carlos Gonzalez ... wouldn’t you just call that “food”

[@marcopena7638]

Romantic Donkey I could bet he is just another son of inmigrants who thinks taco bell is mexican food, and feels like he is "murikan" even if people calls him ms-13 at every corner.

[@evilone6785]

Carlos Gonzalez hahahahahahahahaha but Mexican food is so good

[@aronpheres749]

okay hahaha so do not fancy eating Indian food believe me the ass get the mutation it gets to harley harley davidson 😂😂

[@specialk5070]

No kidding it brings tears to my eyes to hear those beautiful sounds , ROCK STEADY 📯

[@nooto6739]

Weapon seller: what type you want?? Me: Brrrrrrttttttttt Weapon seller: Roger that

[@ALLGODSDIE]

😂🇺🇸

[@thetransportationguy7930]

Then an a10 warthog taxis into the parking lot

[@AgiDaKinG]

The scariest thing is that you won't even hear it until it's too late. I can only imagine the fear felt by the enemies knowing that thing is up in the sky

[@mopar21]

villen that's the point ;-)

[@Caparco71]

villen the crackles you hear first are the brass exploding on the target, than obviously the sound of the warthog from where it came from comes after. The world's a scary place when you're fighting. Won't even hear it before it's too late.

[@Caparco71]

Martin L 1:10

[@sotis1756]

They dont know fear.. they aint knowing shit

[@Ron_the_Skeptic]

Martin L, the Warthog is pretty slow compared to most jets, too. It was designed to loiter over a battlefield. It can take quite a beating and keep flying. It is at the end of its service life. It was used in the Gulf wars and worked well. I suspect it is harder to hit than you expect because it flies so low for much of its work.

[@mitchellhogg4627]

A10s...the worlds finest flying shotgun...

[@paperthin2]

How to put new assholes in the enemy in 1/2 second. Hot lead enemas !

[@THEGREATMEMEWIZARD]

But what if we loaded it with #2 gauge shotguns shells with buckshot loaded? Think of the possibilities....

[@ChefofWar33]

JJP 007 THE GREAT MEME WIZARD Oh my... Just imaging how well that would work against infantry. They would be swiss cheese.

[@THEGREATMEMEWIZARD]

Bryce Peters Indeed. Pity dragonfire shells are to short range for use... hmmm.... delay activation using a proxi-fuse so the magnesium doesn't light till it is within effective range of the target?

[@ChefofWar33]

JJP 007 THE GREAT MEME WIZARD Well, magnesium does burn hotter when exposed to water, and humans are about 70% water.. Interesting ideas. Would need some testing.

[@doooomser]

As someone once said: "If you hear a-10 flyby it aint firing at you."

[@blip1]

Not filmed: HE rounds, which make these look even more terrifying lmao

[@sarredjozzi9281]

I had the pleasure to work on these beauties for 6 years. A maintainers dream and a soldiers best friend!

[@sarredjozzi9281]

@@aalexjohna very cool comment. Waited a whole 2 years to write it.