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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=== | ||
Revision as of 22:16, 28 November 2011
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
- Weaponology (2007)
Video Games
- Operation Flashpoint (2001)
- Command & Conquer: Generals (2003)
- World in Conflict (2007)
- ArmA II (2009)
- Medal of Honor (2010)
- Battlefield 3 (2011)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River (2011)
Anime
- Freezing (2011)