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− | | [[Operation Flashpoint]] || | + | | ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' || || || 2001 |
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− | | [[Conflict: Desert Storm]] || | + | | ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]'' || || || 2002 |
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− | | [[Rise of Nations]] || | + | | ''[[Rise of Nations]]'' || || Seen on the Eagle Fighter unit || 2003 |
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− | | [[Battlefield 2]] || | + | | ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' || || || 2005 |
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− | | [[Project Reality]] || | + | | ''[[Project Reality]]'' || || || 2005 |
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− | | [[Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation]] || | + | | ''[[Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation]]'' || || A-10A Thunderbolt II || 2007 |
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− | | [[ArmA: Armed Assault]] || | + | | ''[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]'' || || || 2007 |
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− | | [[World in Conflict]] || | + | | ''[[World in Conflict]]'' || || || 2007 |
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− | | [[ArmA II]] || | + | | ''[[ArmA II]]'' || || || 2009 |
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− | | [[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]] || | + | | ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]'' || || Unusable || 2010 |
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− | | [[Ace Combat: Assault Horizon]] || | + | | ''[[Ace Combat: Assault Horizon]]'' || || A-10A Thunderbolt II || 2011 |
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− | | [[Battlefield 3]] || | + | | ''[[Battlefield 3]]'' || || A-10C Thunderbolt II || 2011 |
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− | | [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]] || | + | | ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' || || Unusable || 2011 |
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− | | [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || | + | | ''[[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]]'' || || || 2011 |
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− | | [[Saints Row: The Third]] || | + | | ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]'' || || || 2011 |
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− | | [[Battlefield 4]] || | + | | ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' || || A-10C Thunderbolt II || 2013 |
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− | | ''[[Insurgency Sandstorm]]'' | + | | ''[[Insurgency Sandstorm]]'' || || || 2018 |
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− | | ''[[Call to Arms]]'' | + | | ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || 2018 |
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− | | [[ | + | | ''[[Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown]] || || A-10C Thunderbolt II || 2019 |
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− | | [[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]] || | + | | ''[[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 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |