M48 GAU-8

The M48 GAU-8 Avenger is a tier 10 Armored Fighting Vehicle originating from United States, and is sold by Oscar Faraday. It can be unlocked from the M1 TTB, and is the end of the Oscar Faraday line.

Features

 * Gatling Gun : a rapid-fire automatic cannon with multiple rotating barrels.

Pros

 * Devastating rate of fire.
 * Two firing mode : higher damage, short overheat rate or lower damage, long overheat rate.
 * High DPM
 * Depleted Uranium shells can destroy modules with ease.

Cons

 * Armor can't deflect anything it faces.
 * No protective countermeasure but smoke grenades.
 * The worst mobility for tier 10 vehicles.
 * Most shots will miss the target when firing at long range.

History
Class: Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (Concept) Developed: 1977-1978 Service: N/A Vehicles Built: N/A Operators: N/A This is a prototype of a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle built on an M48A5 chassis and armed with seven-barreled GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, known from the A-10 Warthog. The vehicle was designed by General Electric for a program called Division Air Defense (DIVAD). The DIVAD program was launched in the 1970s to provide U.S. armored forces with mobile anti-aircraft firepower after the disappointing results of the MIM-46 Mauler project from the 1960s. The M163 Vulcan and Chaparral AAGM combination proved to be equally unsuccessful with the onset of Soviet helicopters, which was why the Americans returned to the concept of gunned vehicles. Even amongst the odd DIVAD proposals, General Electric&#39;s concept was odd with the massive Avenger gun installed in very lightly armored turret. Unsurprisingly, General Electric did not win the contest; that &#34;honor&#34; fell to General Dynamics and, more importantly, Ford with its XM247 Sergeant York. As a result, the M48 GAU-8 was never built and remained on paper only.