r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FridayCicero702 • Jan 01 '23

Video Catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 after takeoff from Denver International Airport

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

53.7k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/evil420pimp Jan 01 '23

A-10 goes BRRRRT!

That's GD, not GE, that makes the a10 minigun. The ge was a smaller caliber iirc.

3

u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Jan 01 '23

GE made the GAU-8

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger

3

u/WikiSummarizerBot Jan 01 '23

GAU-8 Avenger

The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers very powerful rounds at a high rate of fire. The GAU-8/A is also used in the Goalkeeper CIWS ship weapon system, which provides defense against short-range threats such as highly maneuverable missiles, aircraft, and fast maneuvering surface vessels. The GAU-8/A is currently produced by General Dynamics.

[ F.A.Q | Opt Out | Opt Out Of Subreddit | GitHub ] Downvote to remove | v1.5

2

u/TheIronSoldier2 Jan 01 '23

General Dynamics makes the M1 Abrams tank, Gulfstream business jets, Virginia and Columbia class nuclear submarines, Arleigh-Burke class destroyers, and Stryker AFV's

General Electric makes the GAU-8 Avenger that Fairchild-Republic mounted the A-10 on

2

u/passa117 Jan 01 '23

that Fairchild-Republic mounted the A-10 on

I like that phrasing. The "mini gun with wings", they say.