A-10C - Pave Claw Gunship

SUMMARY

The GPU-5/A Pave Claw is a heavy machine gun pod armed with 30 mm GAU-13/A gatling cannon, a derivative weapon system of 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger. Developed to provide an equal firepower to the A-10 Thunderbolt II, it was provisioned for fighter jets that require powerful strafing run capability to conduct close air support. Due to its large caliber bullet shared by the Avenger, the Pave Claw's form factor is massive by any gun pod standards. No fighters can withstand both its weight and recoil, and therefore, the GPU-5/A was discontinued shortly after its introduction.

Considering that the GPU-5/A was built based on the GAU-8/A, a gun solely mounted on the A-10 as the only strike aircraft capable of sustaining its force, an expedient project was pitched to retrieve these derelict gun pods and mount them onboard the Warthog. Not only can the A-10 carry an impressive amount of payload, but it was also tested with multiple but lighter 20 mm gun pods at one point. Therefore, the project will additionally involve arming an A-10C with eight (8) GPU-5/A MGP, now assigned as the A-10C Pave Claw Gunship.

FEATURE

• []8x30 mm gun pod

  Exert a tremendous burst mass from eight (8) 30 mm heavy machine gun pods that will obliterate absolutely everything standing combined with the A-10's already formidable 30 mm Avenger machine gun.

  AVAILABLE AIRCRAFT

  • []A-10C Thunderbolt II (Replaces RKT)

  INSTALLATION GUIDE

  • []Extract the archived file

    []Navigate to your Ace Combat 7 installation folder

    []Find "~mods" folder under ACE COMBAT 7 > Game > Content > Paks (create the folder if it doesn't exist)

    []Move the .pak mod file into the ~mods folder

    []???

    []Raze a continent

    MOD CONTENT

    MAIN (PRIMARY)

    • []APR_PAWN_A10C_P

      Player Pawn for A-10C to use MGP as its SPW

      • []APR_SWP2_A10C_MGP_A0_P

        Weapon socket for A-10C to mount MGP under it