General Dynamics GAU-12/U

The General Dynamics GAU-12/U is a 25mm 5-barrel rotary gun mounted on American, Italian, and Spanish Harrier strike aircraft and the AC-130U "Spooky II" gunship. A four-barrel variant, the GAU-22/A, is the armament of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35A variant mounts the GAU-22/A internally over the port side air intake, while the F-35B and F-35C instead can optionally mount the system in a ventral gun pod (depending on mission requirements) due to the STOVL lift system and the expanded fuel tank, respectively.
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==Specifications==
(1970s - Present)
Type: Rotary Gun
Caliber: 25x137mm
Capacity: Varies depending on mounting
Fire Modes: GAU-12/U: Auto (3,600 RPM normal, 4,200 RPM max; reduced to 1,800 RPM on AC-130U) GAU-22/A: Auto (3,300RPM)
The GAU-12/U and variants have been used in the following movies and videogames by the following actors:
==GAU-12/U==
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
True Lies 	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Harry Tasker	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II 	1994
True Lies 	 	US Marines 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II 	1994
Lone Survivor	 	 	Mounted on AC-130U Spectre 	2013
Black Widow 	 	 	Mounted on fictional aircrafts	2021
===Television===
Title 	Actor	Character	Notation 	Date
Ultimate Weapons	 	 	Mounted on AC-130U Spooky	2010
===Video Games===
Game Title 	As 	Character 	Notes 	Date
Project Reality 	 	 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II 	2005
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation	 	 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II, unusable 	2007
ArmA: Armed Assault 	 	 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II 	2007
ArmA II 	 	 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II 	2009
Medal of Honor 	GAU-12/U Equalizer	 	Mounted on AC-130 Gunship 	2010
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon 	 	 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II and AC-130U Spectre	2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 	25mm 	AC-130 gunner	Mounted on AC-130U Spectre 	2011
Battlefield 3 	 	 	Mounted on LAV-AD 	2011
Battlefield 4 	 	 	Mounted on LAV-AD 	2013
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 	 	 	Mounted on AV-8B Harrier II 	2019
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Area 88	Kim Aba, Mercenaries	 	2004
==GAU-22/A==
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Notation 	Date
Live Free or Die Hard	 	F-35B pilot	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II, aircraft incorrectly shown with two guns	2007
=== Video Games ===
Game Title 	Referred as	Mods 	Note 	Date
Time Crisis 3 	 	With GAU-17A's slotted flash hider	Mounted on VTOL helicopter, also appear as a handheld weapon, both clearly oversized and unusable 	2003
Battlefield 2 	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II, incorrectly mounted on the nose 	2005
Project Reality 	 	 	Mounted on F-35A Lightning II 	2005
ArmA II 	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II 	2009
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II 	2011
Battlefield 3 	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II, Back to Karkand multiplayer expansion, incorrectly mounted internally	2011
Battlefield Play4Free 	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II, incorrectly mounted on the nose 	2011
ArmA III 	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II 	2012
Battlefield 4 	 	 	Mounted on F-35B Lightning II, incorrectly shown as mounted internally 	2013
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown	 	 	Mounted on F-35C Lightning II 	2019
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