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comment by someguyfromcanada
someguyfromcanada  ·  3368 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Avengers of Tonopah, Part III: The Warthog's Lament

Please correct your post. The A-10 is not a plane. It is a massive stud gun that someone put wings on. About 42 rounds a second? Insanely massive rounds?

The average recoil force of the gun is apparently 10,000 pounds-force which is slightly more than the output of one of the A-10's two engines. So with only one engine, it can not fire its cannon without risking a stall I guess. Weak! :)

edit: Video footage of the gun firing.