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===Video Games===
===Video Games===
* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' (2001)
 
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals]]'' (2003)
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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]]'' (2011)
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* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' (2011)
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* ''[[Operation Flashpoint: Red River]]'' (2011)
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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

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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

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

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