Moto Guzzi,,, ditch pump motor.
Man, they sound so good...

WARTHOG  is good !  

Not fast ; but gets by just fine .
Simple and efficient design .  
Reliable day in and day out .  
and
Does what it was designed to do really good !  

I used to have a compound bow named  "The WartHog"  , it was the same way , short and stout.

Here's a good ANIMAL!

Stumbled upon this article, details on the gun and I didn't know they stopped making them in 84,,,
Every landing takes a toll, some more than others, I'd guess. I Really had a fondness for the
T 37 and got to see the A37 at the practice range and saw one land gear up on a foamed runway. Dude put it down beautifully. Cessna,I believe, designed intending to sell it as a business jet. It Looks inviting and easy to fly.
 A10, OTOH, looks like a flying weapons delivery system, which it is.
A37,all dressed up and ready to fight is obviously no Party Favor, but it's not like the A10,, a 30 mm canon with wings, to send the message,and bombs, for making the point clear, should there be any confusion.




plane is not as fast and lacks the graceful lines of other fighter jets. But the Warthog, as pilots call it due to the snout-like nose, is extremely low maintenance, flies low, can practically hover over a battlefield, land almost anywhere and packs a 20-foot-long, 2.5-ton, seven-barrel Gatling gun that can fire more than 1,100 rounds of 30-mm. bullets. And a titanium shell that wraps around the bottom of its cockpit makes it difficult to shoot down.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=t+37+cessna+dragonfly+pictures&id=851AEBE...

Hey guys, former weapons troop in the USAf here, i worked F-15s not A-10s but bad ass planes all the same. Your guestimate of 400 rounds per minute is... a bit low The GAU-8 cannon on the A-10 shoots either 2100 or 4200 rounds per minute... yep... only holds 1300 rounds though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33teK7L4DM4

There has been some stories that at a slow enough flight speed prolonged gun bursts can cause the plane to "fly" backwards. Also, one of the most survivable air frame in the arsenal. It can take a bunch of damage and keep flying.

Our bikes don't quite have the brraaaap that those guys do but i bet otherwise they are pretty tough( not going to lay one down on purpose to find out though.)

In terms of air combat defense it has standard counter measures, chaff/flare to counter guided missiles, it can carry Air to Air missiles but its just not as fast or as maneuverable as most fighters at dog fighting combat speeds, though "top gun" combat rarely ever happens these days. It would need air support most times as it's job is ground support.

It can fly after losing half a wing and half its tail controls, a single engine, and total hydraulic system failure though.

Also looks like they changed the gun rate to a set 3900 rounds per minute since i got out. still... never something you want to be in front of.

In my opinion there is no other aircraft on the planet that does what this thing does. There is plenty of info on it, its mostly declassified, except for some newer computer/targeting upgrades and such that are getting placed in it.

They are 30 years old. Antique Technology. It's a purpose built,close support, tank killing,bunker busting MoSheen,, just how able to dogfight it is, IDK.  I Think, and by that I mean,based on what little I have read and heard, I Think that modern fighters are designed to fight at more long range. Now,you get that 30mm pointed across someone's bow and pull the trigger,, well, nothing is gonna handle that...
Anyway, apparently they are okay, they can be allowed outta the house without a Big Brother, I don't hear about how many are getting blown outta the sky..
For me, I like them, because they Aren't the prettiest, they are OLD Technology, YET they are still effective... in some respects, unsurpassed.
Like our Savage.

Yep, and i mean, we can have that gau-8 feeling.... http://tailgunnerexhaust.com/?product_cat=4-universal