Avenger
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Avenger may refer to:
Military
- Avro AvengerAvro Avenger-External links:* *...
, biplane fighter design - The SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger), a variant of the Cruiser Mk VIII ChallengerCruiser Mk VIII ChallengerThe Tank, Cruiser, Challenger was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the 17 Pounder gun on the Cromwell chassis to add heavier anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units....
British self-propelled gun - Avenger-class escort carrierAvenger class escort carrierThere were three Avenger class escort carriers in service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. All three were originally American merchant ships in the process of being built at the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania...
, a British aircraft carrier - HMS AvengerHMS AvengerEight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Avenger:*HMS Avenger was a sloop launched in 1778 as the 8-gun fireship . She was renamed HMS Avenger on her conversion to a sloop in 1779 and was sold in 1783. was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the French Vengeur. She was captured in 1794 and sold in...
, ships in the Royal Navy - Avenger SMGAvenger submachine gunThe Avenger is an SMG of British origin that was made during the 90's in an garage of private individual owning machine shop, somewhere near Belfast...
, an Irish submachine gun used by Loyalist Paramilitaries. - USS AvengerUSS AvengerThree ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Avenger.* The , was a side-wheel ram, transferred from the Army to the Navy in 1863, and decommissioned and sold in 1865....
, ships in the US Navy - TBF AvengerTBF AvengerThe Grumman TBF Avenger was a torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air or naval arms around the world....
, an American torpedo bomber - A-12 Avenger IIA-12 Avenger IIThe McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American ground-attack aircraft from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics. It was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marine Corps...
, an American carrier-based stealth bomber program - GAU-8 AvengerGAU-8 AvengerThe General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm, hydraulically-driven seven-barrel Gatling-type rotary cannon that is mounted on the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. It is among the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannons in the United States military...
, the cannon carried by the A-10 Thunderbolt II - AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, an air defense system
- Avenger-class mine countermeasures shipAvenger class mine countermeasures shipAvenger-class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed by the United States Navy 1987–1994. The ships are designed to clear mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hull designator MCM.-Background:In the early 1980s, the U.S...
, a class of U.S. Navy mine countermeasure ships - General Atomics AvengerGeneral Atomics Avenger-External links:* *...
, a developmental unmanned combat air vehicle
Vehicles
- Airborne AvengerAirborne Avenger-External links:* at the Virtual Ultralight Museum...
, ultralight aircraft - Avenger (truck)Avenger (truck)Avenger is a monster truck created by Team Scream Monster Trucks, and is driven by Team Scream's flagship driver Jim Koehler.- History :The truck was created in 1997 by Team Scream. The truck won the Monster Jam Freestyle Championship in 2003. Avenger's driver, Jim Koehler, is often nicknamed "Mr....
, a monster truck - Bajaj AvengerBajaj AvengerThe Avenger is a cruiser style motorcycle designed and manufactured by Bajaj Auto in India. It draws the styling and other design cues from the Bajaj Eliminator which had an air-cooled, single-cylinder Kawasaki engine and was sold at a premium....
, an Indian cruiser bike by Bajaj Auto - Dodge AvengerDodge AvengerThe Dodge Avenger is a front-wheel drive, mid-size sedan, built by the Chrysler Corporation for the Dodge marque. In its initial debut, the Avenger was produced from 1995 to 2000 as a 2-door coupe...
, a mid-size sedan from Dodge - Fiberfab Avenger GT, a car designed and manufactured in the 1960s and early 1970s
- Hillman AvengerHillman AvengerThe Hillman Avenger was a rear-wheel drive small family car originally manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group from 1970–1976, and made by Chrysler Europe from 1976–1981 as the Chrysler Avenger and finally the Talbot Avenger...
, a sub-compact car later known as Chrysler Avenger and Talbot Avenger
Music
- Avenger (British band)Avenger (British band)Avenger are a heavy metal band from Newcastle, England. Associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, they released two albums in the 1980s before splitting up. The band reunited in 2005.-History:...
, a British heavy metal band - Rage (band)Rage (band)Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...
, formerly Avenger, a German heavy metal band - The Avenger (album)The Avenger (album)The Avenger is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth, released by Metal Blade Records on September 2, 1999. It was also released as a digipak version, containing a bonus track "Thor Arise", a re-recording of the title track from their first demo, Thor...
, an album by Amon Amarth
Fiction
- Avenger (anime)Avenger (anime)- External links :*...
, a Japanese anime - Avenger (Fate/hollow ataraxia), a character from Fate/hollow ataraxia
- The Avenger (fictional character), a hero from the pulp novels of the 1940s who had also appeared in modern comic books
- Avenger (novel), a novel by Frederick Forsyth
- Avenger (Star Trek)Avenger (Star Trek)Avenger is a Star Trek novel by William Shatner , depicting the events shortly after the feature film Star Trek:Generations and the previous "Shatnerverse" novel The Return...
, a Star Trek novel - "Avenger 2.0", an episode of Stargate SG-1
- Avenger, a fictional vigilante in the Eagle comic
- Avenger, a fictional superhero in AC Comics' Sentinels of JusticeSentinels of JusticeSentinels of Justice is a fictional organization of superheroes. The comic was published by Americomics in 1983 during a very brief time that AC was able to license the Charlton Comics superheroes before the rights were purchased outright by DC Comics. The team consisted of Captain Atom, Blue...
- Avenger, Birdman's sidekick in the 1960s animated TV series Birdman and the Galaxy TrioBirdman and the Galaxy TrioBirdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated science fiction TV series created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera. It debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969...
- Avenger, the same character in the 2000s revival series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawHarvey Birdman, Attorney at LawHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...
- Avenger, the same character in the 2000s revival series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- Avenger, the protagonist from the Way of the TigerWay of the TigerThe Way of the Tiger is the name of a series of adventure gamebooks by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson set on the fantasy world of Orb. The reader takes the part of a young ninja, Avenger, on his quest to avenge his foster father and recover the Scrolls of Kettsuin. Later books present fresh...
series of gamebooks - The Avenger (1960 film), a film by Karl Anton
- The Avenger (1962 film)The Avenger (1962 film)The Avenger is a 1962 Italian / French / Yugoslavian film directed by Giorgio Venturini.The film is also known as Conquérants héroiques in France, The Last Glory of Troy and War of the Trojans in the United Kingdom.- Plot summary :Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan war to new land...
, a film by Giorgio Venturini starring Steve Reeves - TIE Avenger, a model of TIE Fighter in the Star Wars universe
Other uses
- Avenger (1981 video game), a video game for the Commodore VIC-20
- Avengers (video game) or Avenger, a beat 'em up arcade game
- Avenger Field, a commercial airport west of Sweetwater, Texas
See also
- The Avengers (disambiguation)
- Avenger of BloodAvenger of BloodAvenger of Blood is an american thrash metal band based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. The band began their career in 2001 and have since released several demos and two full-length albums. They are known for having a sound similar to that of German thrash metal bands such as Kreator and Sodom....
, an American thrash metal band - Avenger PenguinsAvenger PenguinsAvenger Penguins was an animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films in 1993, it was animated by Alfonso Productions, a Spanish based animation studio also responsible for bringing Cosgrove's previous show Fantomcat to life. It aired largely on Children's ITV and was originally to be called...
, an 1993 animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films - French ship VengeurFrench ship VengeurSeven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur or Le Vengeur :* Vengeur , a 64-gun ship of the line, that saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence....
, ships in the French Navy - GoelGoelGoel is a Hebrew term which comes from the word gal'al , hence meaning "redeemer", which in the Bible and the rabbinical tradition denotes a person who as the nearest relative of another is charged with the duty of restoring the rights of another and avenging his wrongs...
, the biblical and Jewish "avenger of blood" - ReprisalReprisalIn international law, a reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state that has already broken them. Reprisals in the laws of war are extremely limited, as they commonly breached the rights of civilians, an action outlawed by the Geneva...
- Reprisal (novel)Reprisal (novel)Reprisal is the fifth volume in a series of six novels known as The Adversary Cycle written by American author F. Paul Wilson. First published in July 1991 by Dark Harvest....
- Retaliation (disambiguation)
- RetorsionRetorsionRetorsion Retorsion Retorsion (French rétorsion, from Latin retortus (influenced by Late Latin, 1585–95, torsi, a twisting, wringing), a phrase used in International Law is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation or reprisal for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation...
- Retribution (disambiguation)
- Revenge (disambiguation)Revenge (disambiguation)Revenge is a concept in philosophy and ethics.In entertainment:*Revenge , directed by Tod Browning*Revenge , directed by Sidney Hayers* Revenge , alternative title for the 1978 Italian film Blood Feud...
- Vengeance (disambiguation)