Avenger bolt cannon

Avenger Bolt Cannon of the Avenger Strike Fighter

The Avenger Bolt Cannon is one of the primary weapons of the Imperial Navy's Thunderbolt Fury^[4] and Avenger Strike Fighter, and the Adeptus Astartes Fire Raptor Gunship. A rapid-firing Gatling bolt weapon, the Avenger bolt cannon is known to be an effective tank-killer^[1] by easily punching through the weaker side and top armour of armoured vehicles with its massive shells,^[2] plutonium-cored anti-armour bolt-shell fired at a rate of twenty rounds per second.^[3]

Trivia

The Avenger Bolt Cannon's name, appearance, and role closely matches that of the United States Air Force GAU-8 Avenger Gatling Gun, used on A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft.

See also

• Imperial Navy Weaponry

Sources

• 1: Forge World - Avenger Strike Fighter (last accessed 3 April 2016)
• 2: Aeronautica Imperialis: Taros Air War, pg. 77
• 3: The Fall of Cadia (Novel), Phase Five: The Kriegan Gates, Chapter Three
• 4: Aeronautica Imperialis: Rynn's World Air War, pg. 68