Incendiary gun
Seemingly identical (other than the color) to Starscream's null-rays and Skywarp's machine guns, Thundercracker's weapons of choice are incendiary guns that fire ceramic bullets, each containing an explosive flammable material that ignites on impact.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
Thundercracker had a shoulder-mounted automatic incendiary gun that fired heat-resistant ceramic bullets which contained a highly explosive flammable material at a rate of 100 rounds per minute. Each round would ignite on impact. Thundercracker's Transformers Universe profile
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
In robot mode Thundercracker had two shoulder-mounted cannons that fired several hundred heat-resistant ceramic bullets per breem. These bullets contained a highly flammable material that exploded on impact. Thundercracker's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
The Transformers
- Accessories: left & right fists, 2 rocket launchers, 2 incendiary guns, 2 rockets, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear
- The Transformers Thundercracker came with two blue missiles that were identified as incendiary guns in his instructions and packaging bio.
- This mold was also used to make the simultaneously-released Starscream and Skywarp, and was later redecoed into Sunstorm. It was also retooled into Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust, although Dirge and Ramjet came with entirely new weapons.
- After Thundercracker ceased to be shipped to toy stores in 1986 he was available as a mail-away item, and has been reissued several further times down through the years.
