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Spartan198 (talk | contribs) (My bad, that was actually a different gun derived from it, the smaller GAU-13.) |
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| − | | [[Operation Flashpoint]] || | + | | ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' || || || 2001 |
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| + | | ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]'' || || || 2002 | ||
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| + | | ''[[Rise of Nations]]'' || || Seen on the Eagle Fighter unit || 2003 | ||
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| + | | ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' || || || 2005 | ||
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Project Reality]]'' || || || 2005 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation]]'' || || A-10A Thunderbolt II || 2007 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]'' || || || 2007 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[World in Conflict]]'' || || || 2007 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[ArmA II]]'' || || || 2009 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]'' || || Unusable || 2010 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Ace Combat: Assault Horizon]]'' || || A-10A Thunderbolt II || 2011 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Battlefield 3]]'' || || A-10C Thunderbolt II || 2011 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' || || Unusable || 2011 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]]'' || || || 2011 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]'' || || || 2011 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' || || A-10C Thunderbolt II || 2013 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Insurgency Sandstorm]]'' || || || 2018 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || 2018 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | ''[[Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown]] || || A-10C Thunderbolt II || 2019 |
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| − | | [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)]] || | + | | ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)]]'' || || used by A-10C || 2019 |
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| − | | [[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]] || | + | | ''[[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]]'' || ||Mounted on Behemoth drones in the game || 2019 |
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| + | |''[[Gunner, HEAT, PC!]]'' || || seen on A-10A || 2022 | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:01, 14 October 2024
The GAU-8A Avenger is a seven-barrelled, 30mm rotary cannon mounted underneath the American Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft. It was developed by General Electric in the 1970s and has gained a reputation as one of the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannons in the world. The gun itself weighs 280 kg, but the complete weapon system including a full 1,174 round ammunition drum and feed system weighs in at 1,828 kg, and is over 6 meters in length.
Obviously Hollywood Movie armorers don't own or use the GAU-8/A Avenger cannon, as it is only ever internally mounted within A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft or within Goalkeeper close-in weapon systems. The only appearances of the real gun are when the U.S. military assists the movie production or when stock footage is used. The vast majority of A-10 Thunderbolts in film are now computer generated creations as are their GAU-8/A cannons, but for informational purposes we are listing these appearances here, since that is what the gun was intended to be.
The GAU-8/A Avenger cannon has appeared in the following:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courage Under Fire | USAF pilots | 1996 | ||
| Jarhead | USAF pilots | 2005 | ||
| Transformers | USAF pilots | 2007 | ||
| Terminator Salvation | Human resistance pilots | 2009 | ||
| Battle: Los Angeles | 2011 | |||
| Resident Evil: Damnation | USAF pilots | 2012 | ||
| Iron Sky | USAF pilots | 2012 | ||
| World War Z | USAF pilots | 2013 | ||
| Rampage | U.S. Air Force | mounted on A-10 Thunderbolt II planes | 2018 | |
| Black Widow | Mounted on fictional aircrafts | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Najica Blitz Tactics | "Mission: 008 - The Sky of the Desire Appears with the Flame by the Battle" | 2001 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Flashpoint | 2001 | ||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | ||
| Rise of Nations | Seen on the Eagle Fighter unit | 2003 | |
| Battlefield 2 | 2005 | ||
| Project Reality | 2005 | ||
| Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation | A-10A Thunderbolt II | 2007 | |
| ArmA: Armed Assault | 2007 | ||
| World in Conflict | 2007 | ||
| ArmA II | 2009 | ||
| Medal of Honor | Unusable | 2010 | |
| Ace Combat: Assault Horizon | A-10A Thunderbolt II | 2011 | |
| Battlefield 3 | A-10C Thunderbolt II | 2011 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Unusable | 2011 | |
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | 2011 | ||
| Saints Row: The Third | 2011 | ||
| Battlefield 4 | A-10C Thunderbolt II | 2013 | |
| Insurgency Sandstorm | 2018 | ||
| Call to Arms | 2018 | ||
| Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | A-10C Thunderbolt II | 2019 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | used by A-10C | 2019 | |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | Mounted on Behemoth drones in the game | 2019 | |
| Gunner, HEAT, PC! | seen on A-10A | 2022 |