The Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft came equipped with a monster 30mm GAU-8 Avenger gatling gun which fired DU (depleted uranium) rounds that were able to slice through any Red Army tank.
With an all up weight of around 4,000 lb, how possible would it be to produce M1 Abram chassis with a mounted GAU-8 gun to work in co-operation with US Army tank battalions in the same way as M4 Sherman Fireflies did in WWII (around 2 per section)?
What design would be best suited for the gun, turret mounted or static (like the Jagdpanzer) tank killer?
How would they perform?
Would they be effective against a Red Army advance into W Europe?
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