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General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger - 30x173mm
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General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger - 30x173mm

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

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Date
Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc Non-playable 1998
Armored Fist 3 Non-playable 1999
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies 2001
Operation Flashpoint 2001
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War 2004
Battlefield 2 2005
Project Reality 2005
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War 2006
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation 2007
World in Conflict 2007
ArmA II 2009
Medal of Honor Non-playable 2010
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon 2011
Battlefield 3 Multiplayer only 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Non-playable 2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River 2011