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General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger
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 | |||
| 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 |
Anime
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Najica Blitz Tactics | "Mission: 008 - The Sky of the Desire Appears with the Flame by the Battle" | 2001 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc | Non-playable | 1998 | ||
| Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies | 2001 | |||
| Operation Flashpoint | 2001 | |||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | |||
| Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War | 2004 | |||
| Battlefield 2 | 2005 | |||
| Project Reality | 2005 | |||
| Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation | 2007 | |||
| ArmA: Armed Assault | 2007 | |||
| World in Conflict | 2007 | |||
| ArmA II | 2009 | |||
| Medal of Honor | Non-playable | 2010 | ||
| Ace Combat: Assault Horizon | 2011 | |||
| Battlefield 3 | Playable in multiplayer only | 2011 | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Non-playable | 2011 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | 2011 | |||
| Saints Row: The Third | 2011 | |||
| Battlefield 4 | 2013 |