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===Film===
===Film===
* ''[[Courage Under Fire]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Jarhead]]'' (2005)
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* ''[[Transformers]]'' (2007)
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* ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' (2009)
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| [[Courage Under Fire]] ||  || USAF pilots ||  || 1996
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|[[Jarhead]] ||  || USAF pilots ||  || 2005
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| [[Transformers]] ||  || USAF pilots ||  || 2007
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| [[Terminator Salvation]] ||  || Human resistance pilots ||  || 2009
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| [[Battle: Los Angeles]] ||  ||  ||  || 2011
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===Television===
===Television===

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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

Television

Video Games

Anime

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