GAU-8 Avenger

30 mm Gatling-type autocannon aircraft armament
Place artillery_model Q898933
GAU-8 Avenger
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GAU-8 Avenger

Summary

GAU-8 Avenger is an artillery model[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,484 views/month, #6 of 968).[2]

Key Facts

  • GAU-8 Avenger's image is recorded as GAU-8 Avenger contrast.jpg[3].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's manufacturer is recorded as General Electric[5].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's manufacturer is recorded as General Dynamics[6].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's subclass of is recorded as autocannon[7].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's subclass of is recorded as Gatling gun[8].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's Commons category is recorded as GAU-8A Avenger[9].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rlb6[11].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's service entry is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's ammunition is recorded as 30 mm caliber[13].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's ammunition is recorded as 30 × 173 mm cartridge[14].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's Commons gallery is recorded as GAU-8A Avenger[15].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+715'}[16].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+281'}[17].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's has part is recorded as gun barrel[18].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's Quora topic ID is recorded as GAU-8-Avenger[19].
  • GAU-8 Avenger's KBpedia ID is recorded as GatlingGun-GAU8[20].

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Designation and Status

GAU-8 Avenger's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].

Why It Matters

GAU-8 Avenger ranks in the top 0.62% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,484 views/month, #6 of 968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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