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The Avenger is a heavy multirole aircraft suitable in almost any atmospheric warzone.{{Fn|4b}} Regarded as a robust design{{Fn|4b}}, the Avengers main role is conducting high-speed, low-level attacks on ground targets. It exceeds most other Imperial aircraft of its size in firepower, and it is particularly effective against armoured targets due to the [[Avenger bolt cannon]] and twin [[Lascannon]]s it carries.{{Fn|1}} The twin Lascannons can be replaced with twin [[Autocannon]]s.{{Fn|5}} The bolt cannon shoots plutonium-cored anti-armour bolt-shell at a firing rate of twenty rounds per second.{{Fn|6}}
Additional weaponry consists of a rear-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]] to defend against enemy fighters and wing-mounted pylons that can carry bombs, rockets, and air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles as well as additional fuel tanks to increase range. While not a dedicated void craft, it is environmentally sealed and can enter a planets atmosphere from orbit.{{Fn|4b}} The Avenger can be modified with heavy [[Modar|modar equipment]] to operate at night.{{Fn|7}}
Its main targets are armoured vehicle formations and high-value strategic assets such as munitions or fuel dumps. The Avenger is an ancient design, believed to originate from [[Holy Terra]] during the [[Age of Strife]]. It was adopted by forces supporting [[Sebastian Thor]] during the bloody wars of faith and schism known as the [[Age of Apostasy]].{{Fn|1}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Aeronautica Imperialis: Taros Air War]], pg. 77
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Fall of Cadia (Novel)]], ''Phase Five: The Kriegan Gates'', Chapter Three
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Interceptor City (Novel)]], Day 87 — ''Psalter 96, 21:20''
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