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The '''Avenger Strike Fighter''' is an [[Imperial Navy]] close-range ground-attack aircraft meant for destroying armor and other heavy targets. It does this with the Avenger Bolt Cannon, the Strength 6 AP 3 Heavy '''7''' gun around which the flyer was built (also called the "Fuck [[Space Marines|Marines]] gun" because it ignores their [[power armor]] save and wounds them on a 2+). Since it was supposedly used a lot by Sebastian Thor's forces during the [[Age of Apostasy]], the [[Sisters of Battle]] see it as an instrument of divine vengeance (through superior firepower), so they use it a lot. | |||
The Avenger is | The Avenger model is produced by [[Forge World]], released to coincide with [[Imperial Armour|Imperial Armour Aeronautica]] (the book containing the rules for it and other flyers, what with [[Warhammer 40,000 6th edition]] having flyer rules). | ||
[[Forge World]] was very obviously inspired by the real-world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10 A-10] Thunderbolt II (or "Warthog"), a ground-attack aircraft built around the tremendously powerful GAU-8/A '''Avenger''' Gatling cannon. It shoots bullets so fast that it doesn't go "[[Dakka]]," it goes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sALiuWg_I1k BRRRRRRT]. | [[Forge World]] was very obviously inspired by the real-world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10 A-10] Thunderbolt II (or "Warthog"), a ground-attack aircraft built around the tremendously powerful GAU-8/A '''Avenger''' Gatling cannon. It shoots bullets so fast that it doesn't go "[[Dakka]]," it goes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sALiuWg_I1k BRRRRRRT]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:00, 23 November 2012
The Avenger Strike Fighter is an Imperial Navy close-range ground-attack aircraft meant for destroying armor and other heavy targets. It does this with the Avenger Bolt Cannon, the Strength 6 AP 3 Heavy 7 gun around which the flyer was built (also called the "Fuck Marines gun" because it ignores their power armor save and wounds them on a 2+). Since it was supposedly used a lot by Sebastian Thor's forces during the Age of Apostasy, the Sisters of Battle see it as an instrument of divine vengeance (through superior firepower), so they use it a lot.
The Avenger model is produced by Forge World, released to coincide with Imperial Armour Aeronautica (the book containing the rules for it and other flyers, what with Warhammer 40,000 6th edition having flyer rules).
Forge World was very obviously inspired by the real-world A-10 Thunderbolt II (or "Warthog"), a ground-attack aircraft built around the tremendously powerful GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling cannon. It shoots bullets so fast that it doesn't go "Dakka," it goes BRRRRRRT.