*pccchhhht BRRRRRRRRRRR * will never get tired of insanely high fire rate weapons😩

F-16: my plane has a gun A-10: my Gun has a plane😅

It’s crazy that it only takes 5 seconds to run out of ammunition, imagine being mid dog fight and all you hear is “BRRR-click”

F-16 is my everyday carry. Don't leave the house without it.

A10 goes brrrt, F16 goes zrrrt

Works perfectly for lightly armored targets, which just so happens to be ~99% of fighter aircraft.

A-10: “I FIRE 45 RED BULL CANS A SECOND”

“If you hear the sound, that means you’re alive” - Someone Sometime Ago

Just to be clear, he said 100 20mm rounds per second, not 120mm rounds

A minute of talking, 1 second of "The Amazing Gun Sounds". Can't do that to us man.

I spent years working on the weapons systems and loading F-16's. I loved that job.

It's like the 22lr for Military Aircrafts: it might be small, but still gets the job done

It's wild how the bullets are just inches from the fuselage as they exit the barrel.

Calling 20mm tiny is crazy

Pilots say they only get two or three trigger pulls before the magazine is empty, so they have to be certain their target is lined up perfectly.

I enjoyed loading/unloading, removing/installing these for many years. Even worked the weapons back shop for some time and had the pleasure of disassembling and reassembling them. Great times.

Doesn’t matter how tiny it is. When you’re a squishy little human, it’s gonna hurt. Edit: for those saying it’s not tiny, I know. I am simply referring to the video. Also, it’s relatively tiny compared to something like say a 30mm or a 40mm. Also for all those that said you won’t feel a thing, I know too. It’s a joke.

*"TOO CLOSE!! SWITCHING TO GUNS!!"* ~TOP GUN 1986

I got to hear this in real life when I was a child. My dad flew these and I got to go with him when he had to go do ground coordination at the local training range. They had a large parachute painted like a target strung up between two beams and the planes would roll in very low. The sound was both deafening and awe inspiring.

F16 avionics tech 2002 to 2008, these guns were a beast on this tiny platform!

As an F-16 pilot once told me, if you have to use your gun, you already fucked up.

“Why are you reading a washing machine manual?”

That’s a serious weapon, especially on a sleek as sonic jet. 😮

"Is there a single fire setting? I'm on a budget" ATF

Remember the movie Iron Eagle, man every kid in the 80’s wanted to be a fighter pilot.

"One spins to make things clean, one spin to make things disappear" - a wise man

"It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon… for twelve seconds."

“If you hear the sound, you weren't it's target"

5 seconds for the entire magazine? You better not miss!

I was an aircraft armament technician on the F-16. The gun system was my favorite part of the job. Worked backshop maintenance and flight line operations. Exciting times!

The F16 still packs a punch all these years later, an iconic bird

Love the A-10 and it will put in major hell on the ground like nothing else, but the F-16 is a little monster and it can effectively handle most situations.

The f16 is such a timeless and beautiful aircraft ngl

Just a small correction. The F-15 was the aircraft that was designed to have a gun to fix the problem of no gun in the original F-4s, the F-16 just followed suit.

'We're taking casualties! Requesting a dubstep sample from the air immediately!' 'Got ya, over.' *Brrrzzzzz....YaaYUaaAAaaaa*

Thats why they fire only when ready. Quick burst is all thats needed because those rounds are no joke on target.

Former F16 armament specialist here....this entire weapon package fits neatly directly behind the pilot....the gun itself is a marval of machine work as it is so small....the spent rounds do not get ejected but will stay recycled inside the rotary drum magazine

I had the opportunity to work on the M61A1 for the F-14 and F-18 aircraft and it was awesome. We even fired 25 rounds in the firing tunnel at Pax River Maryland and I hate to admit it was an incredible experience to feel your body shaking 25 times before you realize that it fired.

They learned from the blunder of the cannon-less F-4 Phantom.

first time i have EVER heard an F-16 firing its gun like that, and I was not expecting such a wickedly cool sound

"Cousin of the GAU-8" The M61 is more like the dad, considering it came decades before the GAU-8. It was basically THE electric gatling gun that popularized the concept of such as aircraft armament and paved the way for mass adoption of electric gatlings. The GAU-8 as a weapon wouldn't exist if not for the M61.

F-16 rotary cannon: hits the target A-10 rotary cannon: hits the targ- wait shit that was a British convoy

One of my favorite jet fighters never knew how the gun sounded till today awesome

The GAU8 is actually the enfant terrible of the M61 Vulcan, which came into being in the 1960s because the USAF struggled to find a regular cannon that didn't have issues, it has been and still is the best aircraft mounted gun system period. And Goes back as far as the century series fighters, the F104 was the 1st.

"It costs 400,000$ to fire this weapon for 12 seconds" [Edit]: I'm surprised how many commentators didn't get the reference

Need to clarify, the M61 is not a smaller version of the GAU-8, quite the opposite. The M61 Vulcan entered service in 1959, and the GAU-8 entered in ‘77, based off the existing M61 Vulcan design.

The M61 is the DADDY to the GAU-8. This thing was on the F-104 folks.. btw, it is a rotary CANNON. Not a "machine gun"...

I absolutely love that we made the actual world's first hypersonic to fit the coolest war machines we've ever made. I mean when you combine the F-22 with a hypersonic you literally have badass in physical form.

I used to work the radio at Avon Park Gunnery Range near Sebring, FL and can still hear in my mind the bzzzzzzzzzt of those 20mm Vulcans. Even after 50 years.

I love the way it got integrated to the airplane bodywork, so neat and elegant ❤

Never thought I'd hear a M61 or an F-16 being referred to as tiny multiple times...

F16 is like a cousin that works 9-5 while A10 is a cousin that invites you for a beer and a redbull on tuesday night

"It weighs one hundred and fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar custom-tooled cartridges at a rate of ten thousand rounds per minute... It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon for twelve seconds."

"A Massive cannon for a Tiny aircraft" See babe. I am an F16 😅

The F-16 has to be one of the most beautiful aircraft ever

Same one in the F14 Tomcat that I used to work on. Makes the same sound too. Always a treat when they tested those near the aircraft carrier.

Ugggh, As a USAF Ammo troop, I remember having to dump cans of these rounds out on a grounded table, count them, then load them into a UAL and run them out to the flightline to load into the aircraft. Read some comments in here and thought I would add that these blue headed rounds are for training, like at the gun range for aircraft for instance, but we also had high explosive rounds and armor piercing rounds for those that said this gun wasn't effective for vehicles. LOL. These guns will hardly ever be used for aircraft to aircraft battles, because it just doesnt happen that often anymore. Regardless, these guns when loaded with the proper ammo types will straight up murder soft targets, vehicles, radar and SAM sites or anything else if bombs and missles are expended. For anything like heavy armored vehicles like tanks, buildings, and wide areas of targets, the 105MM round from the AC-130 Gunship will get the job done and also has different round types depending on target. Same for the A-10 and every other aircraft. You have to think about all the different types of ammo or munitions available, make the best choice of available ammo types for the mission, etc. to get the job done fast and effective. The way the combat sorties are planned out is kind of like ordering pizza for the aircraft, but are usually already built or loaded in a deployed environment prior to missions due to rapid deployment priorities. In a non combat or training environment, they tell us what they need, we inspect, count, and load or build them, then deliver them. Gun rounds, bombs, missiles, countermeasures, and everything else that goes boom. We also have to recycle all the brass from expended rounds.

When the sky starts screaming at you in tv static, RUN.

As someone who doesnt like guns cause of the destructive power, that sound is still one of the wildest things ive heard that fascinates me

"Switching to guns" "Be carful now, remember, 5 seconds of fire!"

Tfw f-16 ammo drum lasts longer than you do 😔

at those airshows the crackling you hear of the plane firing is actually the bullets impacting the terrain or passing by. The Wuuu that comes after is the actual plane firing them, pitched up because of the doppler effect

Its cute. Its like a baby GAU-8. A10: "BRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTT" F16/Vulcan: "beeeeeeeerrrrppppp"

And as we all know, sound is all that matters on social media.I mean the battle zone

Fun fact: in addition to the Air Force's F-16 and other aircraft, the M61 is also the heart of the Navy's CIWS onboard ships and the Army's C-RAM. Thank you General Electric!

F16: SAY HELLO TO MA LITTLE FRIEND

I don’t think my mind can comprehend how some type of machinery can throw 100 rounds a second down range like that just seems out of this world

Holy shit! Sounds like the grunt in the sky that thing emits sounds like it came straight out the 9th ring of hell!!! 😅😅

Massive respect and appreciation to all the technicians, specialists and mechanics doing all the hard work behind the scenes keeping those Fighter Jets well armed and in perfect mechanical condition. All of you deserve equal glory and gratitude as the pilots get. Without all of you breaking your backs and technical/mechanical knowledge. Those pilots would not be flying anything.

They had these guns in a towed version in the 82nd airborne until after Dessert Shield/Storm in an air defense/anti-armor roll. As a weapon fired at ground targets it was terrifying to watch, feel and listen to. At night it spit 10 foot of flame and the rounds lit up and shredded whatever was in its way. Besides 2000lbs JDAMs they were the most violent weapon I’ve witnessed. They were an amazing psychological weapon alone.

Loading the machine gun with a socket wrench is genius

Same gun as the Mk15 Phalanx CIWS. Having heard it first-hand, I can tell you that it sounds beautiful!❤

That video of the sound is my favorite video on the internet.

now that's a lot of freedom

It sounds like the little bro of the A-10's gun. It's weirdly adorable.

12:15 “ doesn’t sound like a scam it sounds like a robbery g “ I’m dead 😂😂😂

Now imagine one of these being carried around by a half naked Inuit in a -20C freezer.

That explains why I love firing the F-16 in any fighter aircraft game. their gun sound is different

It does not eject the empty casings, they go back in the drum and are unloaded when new rounds are fed into the drum on the tarmac.

In just over 5 seconds? Ha!! get on my level, I unload my entire load in just 3 seconds 😂

“Smaller cousin of the A10s GAU8A. But it can still turn a human into a veneer”

My entire years salary in one spray

You know the information of gun is valid when you hear irish accent.

120mm rounds per second? That is probably better than an A-10 for air support!!! KATOOM, KATOOM, KATOOM, KATOOM!! :D

Out of missiles, switching to guns... Topgun Maverick 👍🇺🇲

“Rotary Gatling gun” yes

Still lasts longer than me 😢.

WW2 Old school pilots: Ra ta ta ta ta ta ta Modern fighter Jets: BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

COD Warzone did an amazing job replicating that iconic sound. Even in the game it has a trademark sound.

20mm are a lot of things but tiny isn't one of them..

Your dedication and hard work are paying off.

Both the AC-130A and AC-130H "Spectre" Gunship had 2 of these left side of the Fuselage.

I get the pleasure of hearing this multiple times a week. My neighborhood is near two bomb ranges in the swamp. I can hear them circle around then it gets quiet for a second then BRRRRRRR. It never gets old.

I heavily prefer the m61 over the gau8 in terms of sound because it sounds hella aggressive and not so much like a fart

The F4E had one of those...It has three seconds of fire but those three seconds are impressive!

Predator: ol’ painless is waiting. A-10: ol’ you ain’t never gonna find out.

Dude. That is an awesome sound.

*If your close enough to use that GUN* then you're too close.

If an engineer names something "F-", you know it's gonna be good.

That has the same terrifying sound as Godzilla! 🥶😱😨😰