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- ...a [[Russia]]n 30 mm [[cannon]] used by [[Soviet]] and later [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] [[military aircraft]]. ...as-operated rather than electric, allowing it to "spin up" to maximum rate of fire more quickly, allowing more rounds to be placed on target in a short-d4 KB (594 words) - 20:25, 2 July 2010
- ! width=24% | Country of origin | 25 mm || [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]] || {{flag|Empire of Japan}} || World War II2 KB (278 words) - 20:43, 2 July 2010
- ...barrels]] instead of six. Its maximum [[rate of fire]] is one quarter that of the Vulcan, largely to limit its [[recoil]] for light aircraft and helicopt ...ity)|battery]] and electric drive [[Electric motor|motor]], and 300 rounds of linkless ammunition.6 KB (824 words) - 20:45, 2 July 2010
- |used_by= [[United States of America]], and other countries ...trically operated [[chain gun]], a weapon that uses external power instead of recoil to load its rounds.4 KB (533 words) - 20:48, 2 July 2010
- [[File:Cannon M39A2.png|thumb|M39 cannon in the nose of a Brazilian F-5]] ...the [[United States Air Force]] in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of [[fighter aircraft]] from the early 1950s through the 1980s.2 KB (286 words) - 20:49, 2 July 2010
- ...rate. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of [[United States]] military [[fixed-wing aircraft]] for fifty years. The M61 ...concerns. The Army wanted something better, combining extremely high rate of fire with exceptional reliability.19 KB (2,878 words) - 20:50, 2 July 2010
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- <!-- Artillery specifications --> ...rwise excellent 20 mm [[MG 151 cannon|MG 151/20]] required an average of 25 hits to down a B-17.10 KB (1,518 words) - 20:53, 2 July 2010
- ...[autocannon]] manufactured by [[Mauser]] (a subsidiary of [[Rheinmetall]]) of [[Germany]]. It was developed in the late 1960s for the MRCA (Multi-Role Co ...cannon firing a new series of 27x145 mm projectiles with a typical weight of 260 g (9.2 oz). It uses a linked feed system, but a '''BK 27 Linkless''', w6 KB (838 words) - 20:59, 2 July 2010
- ...nciples formed the basis for several post-war developments by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]. A [[30 mm caliber|30 mm]] version was developed as t {{Aviation lists}}779 bytes (116 words) - 20:59, 2 July 2010
- |caption= NR-23 cannons in tail barbette of the [[Ilyushin Il-28|Il-28]] bomber. ...r NR-23''' is a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A. E. Nudelm4 KB (536 words) - 21:05, 2 July 2010
- ...NR-30''' was a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A.E. Nudelma ...ith a relatively low initial velocity, while the 37 mm was lacking in rate of fire and ammunition reserve.5 KB (791 words) - 21:05, 2 July 2010
- ...liable Shpitalny Sh-37 gun. Large caliber was planned to allow destruction of both ground targets (including armoured ones) and planes (ability to shoot ...-3]] and [[Yakovlev Yak-9|Yak-9T]] fighter planes (mounted between the vee of the engine) and [[Ilyushin Il-2|Il-2]] ground attack planes (in the underwi3 KB (381 words) - 21:06, 2 July 2010
- ...ering service in 1946. It was 30% lighter than its predecessor at the cost of a 23% lower [[muzzle velocity]]. ...[[fighter aircraft]], as was finding space for the gun and a useful amount of [[ammunition]], but a single shell was often sufficient to destroy a [[bomb2 KB (356 words) - 21:06, 2 July 2010
- ...German]] term ''Flügel Fest'', meaning ''wing mounted, fixed'', being one of the first 20 mm guns to be small and light enough to fit into a [[fighter a ...rounds per minute. The gun weighed only 24 kg. The low muzzle velocity was of some concern, so additional developments led to the 30 kg '''FF L''' using3 KB (507 words) - 21:08, 2 July 2010
- ...ever, a feed mechanism that chambered the rounds base-first from the front of the weapon required a cartridge completely different from the usual design. ...ft. The DK-20 turret weighs 593kg including the R-23 cannon and 500 rounds of ammunition.6 KB (966 words) - 21:28, 2 July 2010
- [[Image:Shvak1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Photograph of the cannon]] The '''TNSh''' was a version of this gun for tanks ({{lang-ru |ТНШ: ''Tankovyi Nudel’man-Shpitalnyi''}5 KB (647 words) - 21:30, 2 July 2010
- The '''Type 99-1 cannon''' and '''Type 99-2 cannon''' were Japanese versions of the [[Oerlikon FF]] and [[Oerlikon FFL]]. They were adopted by the [[Imperi ...Zero'', Motorbooks USA 1994.</ref> Their attention was drawn to the family of aircraft autocannon manufactured by Oerlikon, the FF, FFL and FFS. These al8 KB (1,079 words) - 21:42, 2 July 2010