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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 (it was tested in a pod mounted on F-16s in the early 90s, but firing the weapon created too much vibration). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Flashpoint | 2001 | |||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | |||
| Rise of Nations | Seen on the Eagle Fighter unit | 2003 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | 2019 | |||
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | Mounted on Behemoth drones in the game. | 2019 |