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| + | | [[Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc]] || || || Non-playable || 1998 | ||
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| + | | [[Armored Fist 3]] || || || Non-playable || 1999 | ||
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| + | | [[Operation Flashpoint]] || || || || 2001 | ||
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| + | | [[Battlefield 2]] || || || || 2005 | ||
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| + | | [[Project Reality]] || || || || 2005 | ||
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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]] || || || || 2010 | ||
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| + | | [[Battlefield 3]] || || || Multiplayer only || 2011 | ||
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| + | | [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]] || || || Non-playable || 2011 | ||
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| + | | [[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]] || || || || 2011 | ||
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===Anime=== | ===Anime=== | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 28 November 2011
The GAU-8A Avenger is the 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 |
Television
- Weaponology (2007)
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc | Non-playable | 1998 | ||
| Armored Fist 3 | Non-playable | 1999 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint | 2001 | |||
| Battlefield 2 | 2005 | |||
| Project Reality | 2005 | |||
| World in Conflict | 2007 | |||
| ArmA II | 2009 | |||
| Medal of Honor | 2010 | |||
| Battlefield 3 | Multiplayer only | 2011 | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Non-playable | 2011 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | 2011 |
Anime
- Freezing (2011)