New Zealand Girl Reacts to Why No One Wants to Fight the A-10 Warthog

Thats the gun….
One bullet: 11 lbs and one foot in length.
If fired for too long, will actually STOP the plane dead in the air

i live in madision wisconsin and back in the 80's 90; we had a fleet of A10 at our airport with the national guard and we would be at the end of the runway watching the planes take off for exercise missions.

Bullets the size of beer bottles.😮

Slow compaired to other military jets. But it's designed for ground support for our troops.

That's why I think that the F35 as a replacement is a TERRIBLE idea!!!

Different platform.

What is truly terrifying about the Warthog is her stealth is in her quietness. High bypass turbofan engines and a gun that slings Coke bottles on target. You dont know you were the target until you're dead

Brrrrrrr

The best and most accurate description of the A-10 warthog is: the Florida man of the Air Force.

Troops on the ground love the plane that goes Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. They say it’s the sound of freedom. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out “Grunts in the sky”. When troops on the ground are taking fire from the enemy, when the A-10 shows up, they know they are getting back to base safely.
Also, a video about KC, aka “Killer Chick” is about the woman A-10 pilot that flew that warthog that was so badly damaged and she still made it back to base. ✌🏽

yes, the GAU-8 gun designed by General Electric, the makers of washing machines... one spins to get things clean, the other spins to make things disappear!!

The designer for the A-10 went like this! Hey whats the biggest gun Yall make? Ok that's a cool gun! Now make it fly! Job done!..lol...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠

You may have heard this before but some planes have guns ... in the US; our guns have wings. ;)

the call it slow because when you compare it to air to air fighter jets that fly over mach 2, its slow

Courtney, the other interesting aspect of the Thunderbolt II, Named after the Thunderbolt fighter from WWII, Is that the pilots talk to the troops on the ground while making their attack runs. The ground forces can call out where they need fire from the A-10s directed and let the pilots know where friendly troops are to prevent friendly fire casualties. Troops on the ground know that machine guns sound and know that they have air support. Oh, and the enemy also knows the sound and knows they are in trouble when they hear it.

Me when I’m in the military base one day and I wake up and I hear brrrrrrt in the background and I’m like a yo what the heck is going on here and then my teammate tells me that it’s a gun run ❤😂😂😂😂

Terrifying I'm a military veteran that's freedom young lady not scary what's scary is not having it in America

Thunderbolt II....

The 20 Mil was bad enough....this thing packs a 30..not quite an inch and a half diameter...[37 mm.]

If you can hear the GAU-8 then you're still alive. If you get hit by it and didn't hear it - sayonara, sucker.

30mm rotary yeetus deletus. If you hear the gun, you were not selected to be deleted. It's still mind blowing that the rounds are supersonic considering their size.

Courtney...the A-10 can fire a mix of armor piercing and high explosive incendiary 30mm cannon rounds at a rate of up to 70 rounds per SECOND. There are not many objects (from tanks to warships) that can survive the A-10's attention. Add to that the aircraft's ability to carry up to 16,000 pounds of underwing ordinance, as bombs, missiles, and rockets, and you have a VERY potent ground pounder to support our forces on the ground. As a former paratrooper from the 82nd, I'd rather have a pair of A-10s overhead than an entire squadron on F-35s.

If you were the target, you would be dead before you heard the sound of the gun, or of the bullets.

A-10 warthog Gau 8 Avenget

Was in Iraq 04-05 the apache covered most

America has used gatling guns against American Indians since the 1800's

"a gun with a plane on it" never heard it described that way but its perfect for the a10

You see the Vulcan Anti Air craft. Saw one in 1974.
30 mm Gatling gun

The hog will help you get home NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAVE US so we can get home which is absolutely the MISSION

The hog will help you get home NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAVE US so we can get home which is absolutely the MISSION

knowing that an A10 is inbound, unless you have ever been in this situation, you will never understand.

That particular airplane has saved more soldiers on the ground than any other aircraft as far as I know that is the cavalry nowadays

Oftentimes by the time you see it you'll hear it and then you'll be dead especially at night

Basically by the time you see it you'll hear it especially at night even in the daytime you'll probably hear those guns ripping off before you see it and by then it's too late it's the perfect platform for ground support it's your greatest savior your angel when you're on the ground that is God sending you an angel to save you when you're on the ground and you're running out of ammo and your box then

BIG GUN GO BRRRR !
If it ain't broke don't fix it !
If left to politicians, our fighting men and women would have zero close air support. No other plane has ever done what the Warthog can do. Every few years some asshole who has no skin in the game tries to kill the hog..

You hear that cannon way before you hear the jet and you know if you hear that sound you'll be dead before you can run.

Courtney...you need to stop talking and start listening. Or, how about a pause, and then make a comment.

If you hear the Hog burp he was not hunting you

I think I need new speakers. The sound coming out of my speakers doesn't do the live sound justice. It used to put a smile on my face when I heard the A-10's guns during training. As much as I tried, I couldn't stop that smile.

Aware that this is an older video and my comment probably will never be read, I couldn't help but type a comment for two quick additional points. One, Capt, Kim Campbell, who flew that considerably damaged A-10 back to the base should be recognized for her courage, her calm resolve during a critical and dangerous situation, and her courage to control and successfully return to the airfield. And a side note, she is not only an amazing and respected pilot of the USAF, her call sign was "Killer Chick"!. Second bit of information occurred during my basic training for the USAF. We got to listen to a general and the most poignant statement he made was, "I'd trade my mother for an A-10 in a combat zone". That says it all! Many thanks to all of the current and veterans of our armed forces.

The weapon on the nose of the aircraft is called a cannon. Little known fact about the cannon is that it is positioned a little off center beneath the pilot's position. The reason for this is that it is such a powerful weapon, that when fired, the recoil affects the flight and maneuverability of the aircraft. That fact alone should scare the hell out of any opposing forces that ever encounter the Warthog.

They call it a cannon, but it is designed like an electronic gatling gun.

If you actually hear an A-10 firing its GAU-8, one of two things has happened...
1) You were NOT the target, or
2) You are already dead, you just don't know it yet.

It sounds like a chainsaw. They only fire for 1 sec burst. In that time 100 rounds are fired. It has saved my ass several times.

In service since 1977, it is named after the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, but is commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or simply "Hog".

if you hear the brrrt, you weren't the target

Still making videos? Haven't seen any sense about a year ago