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Re:The Scientist and the Warplane That Became Britain's Most... by maxnoe on Sunday October 15, 2023 @07:16AM (#37888796)
> The GAU-8 Avenger fires up to sixty one-pound bullets a second. It produces almost five tons of recoil force, which is crazy considering that it’s mounted in a type of plane (the A-10 “Warthog”) whose two engines produce only four tons of thrust each.

From: https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/

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