GAU-8 Avenger

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What Wikipedia says

The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily and most famously mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II.

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