A-10 TANK KILLER 30mm GAU-8 Avenger Cannon Reload

Idaho Air National Guard 124th Fighter Wing participating in Operation Snowbird. 124th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen reload the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger main gun of an A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron. Video by Staff Sgt. Robert Barney, 124th Fighter Wing. The GAU-8 itself weighs 620 pounds (280 kg), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 pounds (1,828 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. It measures 19 ft 5 1⁄