03-23-2012, 11:41 PM
I love the GAU-8. When the A-10 was still in testing at Edwards before we left for Germany, my dad brought me home a full 30mm cartridge for it. I don't know if it was a dummy round or what, but I got it stuck in my Millenium Falcon through the top gun turret...used it as a handle to fly the Falcon with. I was ticked when my dad said he needed to return it to the A-10 Combined Test Force. They used to practice battle damage repairs on the A-10 by taking sledge hammers to it and going ballistic on it like a pack of banshees, then repair it.
A-10 = all kinds of win. Yes, we should have A-10's on standby with grids to virus spreaders uploaded to their target prioritization scheme. I'd hate to be in the neighborhood though...
I've called in A-10's and watched in amazement as they made metal-to-metal contact with the GAU-8 on tanks in Yakima. One burst is like a lifetime of July 4th's wrappped into one climactic barrage of doom.
A-10 = all kinds of win. Yes, we should have A-10's on standby with grids to virus spreaders uploaded to their target prioritization scheme. I'd hate to be in the neighborhood though...
I've called in A-10's and watched in amazement as they made metal-to-metal contact with the GAU-8 on tanks in Yakima. One burst is like a lifetime of July 4th's wrappped into one climactic barrage of doom.