Depending on the difficulty selected, the AC-130 gunner may have to provide overwatch for the ground player for a longer period of time. Just like in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare campaign and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, the AC-130 features three guns, all being the same, but like in Call of Duty 4 the 40mm and 25mm guns do not need to be reloaded. Before the mission starts the host is asked to select the AC-130 gunner. The AC-130 appears in the Special Ops mission ' Overwatch' being gunned by one of the players.

It has three different mounted guns (105mm, 40mm and 25mm) and lasts 40 seconds. It takes eleven kills without dying to get the killstreak. The AC-130 returns as an obtainable killstreak in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. Multiplayer Main article: AC-130 (killstreak) It doesn't make any other appearances in campaign. The AC-130 makes a brief appearance in ' S.S.D.D', where one is seen landing on the airfield. An unused model for the AC-130 can be found in the game files, suggesting it to be seen in campaign or multiplayer. This ability is lost in Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3. The 40mm Bofors and 25mm Gatling gun have unlimited ammunition and do not reload like the 105mm cannon. The 25mm Gatling gun is an automatic rapid-fire weapon with the highest zoom and least splash damage, making it very useful when friendlies and enemies are close to each other. The 40mm Bofors auto-cannon creates small explosions and is fully automatic. It has the widest view in the Gunship, making it good for spotting ground targets. The gunship is armed with a 105mm cannon, with a very wide blast radius, but it must reload after each shot and has a long reload phase.

In 'Death From Above', where the player controls the AC-130, they are the Thermal Imaging TV Operator. On the PC and consoles, the AC-130 only appears in the missions ' Death From Above' and ' Hunted'. 7 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance.4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized.2 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS).

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