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...tic naval six-barreled 30 mm [[Gatling gun]]. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by [[radar]] and television detection and tracking. The [[Category:Rotary cannons]]

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...gun]]. Its primary function is anti-aircraft. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by [[radar]]. AK-230 is probably the most popular gun o ...consists of two stabilized NN-30 30 mm water-cooled four chamber revolver cannons, which are mounted inside a riveted steel turret. The gun mechanism is driv

...e designer company and the calibre, this weapon is not related to the semi-automatic [[25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun]], in particular, the cartridge used is dif [[Category:automatic cannons]]

*[http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/yakb.htm KBP machine guns Yak-B] [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

...intended to either replace or supplement the [[Mk 19 grenade launcher|Mk19 automatic grenade launcher]] and the [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2 heavy machine gun]] *''Rate of Fire'' 250 Shots per Minute, Automatic

...ce that of the 20 mm ammunition used by the [[ShVAK]] and [[Berezin B-20]] cannons. The armor-piercing round could penetrate 25 mm (1 in) of armor at 400 m (1 * 2A14 cannons in [[ZU-23]]

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The '''20 mm [[Stahlwerke Becker|Becker]]''' was a German automatic cannon developed for aircraft use during [[World War I]]. It was first mass ...h as the German [[MG 08]], but a respectable performance compared to other automatic cannon of the period, such as the Vickers "[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|pom-pom]]

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...(diagonally opposite) or simultaneously, in either semi-automatic or fully automatic mode. Its effective vertical range was 2200 meters. It was also used just [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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...'''Shipunov 2A42''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/[[Russia]]n 30 mm [[automatic cannon]]. It is built by the Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company. ...the other for AP-T rounds. The gunner can select one of two rates of full automatic fire, low at 200 to 300 rds/min and high at 550 rds/min. According to the m

...n carried out, it was decided to manufacture 1 prototype and 12 production cannons. The detailed design work took longer than anticipated, and with the end of ...rifles twisting to the right. The [[Breechblock|breech block]] was a semi automatic horizontal wedge - the gunner had to manually open it to remove the case fr

|action=automatic ...ut has otherwise been largely replaced by the [[Otobreda 76 mm]] series of cannons.

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...lly an upscaled version of the [[Maxim gun]] that was the very first fully-automatic machine gun, requiring no outside stimulus in its firing cycle other than h ...reatly reduced the window of opportunity for attack. Heavier anti-aircraft cannons were unable to track faster-moving aircraft at lower altitudes while machin

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...eled [[Nordenfelt]] version of the Finspong gun, to which was added a semi-automatic loading mechanism. ...n by half. In U.S. Army service, the Bofors was known as the '''40 mm Automatic Gun M1'''. The U.S. version of the gun fired three variants of the British

The '''Bushmaster III''' is an automatic/semi-automatic cannon designed and built by [[Alliant Techsystems]]. It is based on the [[ *'''Rate of Fire:''' Semi-automatic or 200 spm

|action=automatic, gas operated The '''COW 37 mm gun''' was a British [[automatic cannon]] that was developed as a heavy-calibre aircraft weapon for the [[We

...ry Medak. The Medak gun itself is based on Russian [[Shipunov 2A42]] 30 mm automatic cannon. ...ng''. It is a [[Trinkat class patrol vessel]] equipped with a CRN-91 30 mm Automatic gun.

...of chain-driven weapons over their [[Firearm#Repeating, Semiautomatic, and Automatic Weapons|recoil-actuated counterparts]]. Instead of depending upon the somet [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

|caption= A pair of Mk 12 cannons in the forward fuselage of a [[Chance-Vought]] [[F-8 Crusader]]. [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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...se/~griffon/aviation/text/akandata.htm List of Military Gatling & Revolver cannons] [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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...derbolt II]]. It is among the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannons in the [[United States]] military. Designed specifically for the [[anti-tan ...=Wagner|first=Jirka |url=http://www.military.cz/usa/air/in_service/weapons/cannons/gau8/gau8_en.htm |title=30mm cannon GAU-8 Avenger}}</ref> The barrels thems

|type=[[Automatic cannon]] ...ate 1980s, the GIAT 30 is a [[revolver cannon]] with electric ignition and automatic recocking. Unlike the DEFA cannon, the revolver chamber is electrically ope

...ic weapon]]. The [[Maxim gun]], invented in 1884, was the first true fully automatic weapon, making use of the fired projectile's recoil force to reload the wea ...se/~griffon/aviation/text/akandata.htm List of Military Gatling & Revolver cannons]

...ms the gun and fires; all in only a matter of seconds. The system is fully automatic, needing no human input once activated. The name comes from the [[Goalkeepe ...er|Mach 2]] sea-skimming missile like the Russian [[SS-N-22 Sunburn]] from automatic detection to kill is reported{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} to be 5.

|type=[[Automatic cannon]] ...''Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23''' (''ГШ-23'') is a twin-barreled 23&nbsp;mm [[automatic cannon]] developed in the [[Soviet Union]], primarily for [[military aircra

|type=[[Automatic cannon]] ...gas-operated cannon weighing 46&nbsp;kg (101&nbsp;lb). Unlike many postwar cannons, it is [[linear action]], not a [[revolver cannon]] or [[Gatling gun]], wit

*[http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/gsh6_23.htm KPB Tula (designer/manufacturer)] ...2Farms%2Fgsh-6-23.html&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 Gsh-6-23M (9-A-768) (automatic translation of the above)]

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...on MG FF]] 20&nbsp;mm cannon, which they referred to as the "Hispano-Suiza Automatic Cannon Type HS.7" and HS.9. The MG FF, like all pre-war Oerlikon guns, was ...combat maneuvers, leading to some official doubt as to the suitability of cannons as the sole main armament. This led, briefly, to the [[Air Ministry]] speci

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|image=[[Image:Type96 40mm Automatic Grenad Gun.JPG|300px]] |type= [[Grenade launcher|Automatic grenade launcher]]

...'''Hughes M230 Chain Gun''' is a [[30 mm caliber|30 mm]], single-barrel [[automatic cannon]] developed by [[Hughes Helicopters|Hughes]] and now manufactured by ...ity.org/military/systems/aircraft/systems/m230.htm GlobalSecurity.org m230 Automatic Gun]

...chain driven, single-barrel weapon which may be fired in semi-automatic or automatic modes. It is fed by a metallic link belt and has dual-feed capability. The Unlike most automatic [[firearm]]s, the M242 does not depend on gas or [[recoil]] to actuate its

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|name= 37 mm Automatic Gun, M4 The '''37 mm Automatic Gun, M4''', known as the '''T9''' during development, was a 37&nbsp;mm (1.4

*[[30 mm automatic cannon 2A42|Shipunov 2A42]] (another [[Soviet]]/[[Commonwealth of Independe [[Category:Rotary cannons]]

|type=[[Automatic cannon]] The '''M621''' is a [[20 mm]] [[automatic cannon]] of [[France|French]] design, developed by [[Nexter]] as on-board a

* Type: single-barrel automatic cannon * Type: single-barrel automatic cannon

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...annon]]), the MK 101 cannon was a 30&nbsp;mm (1.18&nbsp;in), long-barreled automatic cannon capable of firing nine different types of 30x184B&nbsp;mm ammunition [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

...ilized a particularly strong wing/fuselage design) incorporated two MK 103 cannons, one apiece mounted in a gondola under each wing. Later in the war the MK 1 *Type: single-barrel [[automatic cannon]]

Normally, gas-operated or delayed-blowback mechanisms are used in automatic weapons of rifle-calibre and larger because the chamber pressure in such we .... In the latter case this produced a jet fighter with no less than 6 MK108 cannons - with projected FuG218 radar this would have made a very effective night i

...a single-barrel, high performance, breech-cylinder gun operated by a fully automatic electrically fired gas-operated system at a selective rate of 1000 or 1700 ...from the rear of the gun into a collection bay immediately behind the gun. Automatic ram air purges the gun compartment and spent cases bay during and after fir

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The '''Medak Gun''' is 30mm automatic cannon. It is primarily an army gun used on sarath infantry armoured vehicl [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

...ed in order to expand the impact area. The guns are mounted in an enclosed automatic [[Turret#Warships|turret]] while the turret is directed by [[radar]], optro [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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|type= [[Grenade launcher|Automatic grenade launcher]] ...uncher''' is an 40&nbsp;mm [[belt (firearm)|belt-fed]] [[automatic firearm|automatic]] [[grenade launcher]] or grenade machine gun that entered U.S. military se

| type = Automatic Grenade Launcher | rate = Semi-Automatic/250-275 RPM Full Automatic

|caption= NR-23 cannons in tail barbette of the [[Ilyushin Il-28|Il-28]] bomber. The NR-23 was later replaced by the [[Afanasev Makarov AM-23]] automatic cannon which had higher firing rate. The AM-23 was used in [[turret]]ed in

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*Williams, Anthony G. ''Rapid Fire: The development of automatic cannon, heavy machine guns and their ammunition for armies, navies and air [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

...53 MK''' and are now designated as the KD series. The same KD series 35 mm cannons are used in the [[Leopard tank]] based [[Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard|Gep ===KD series cannons===

...eapon and embodies certain features which are not found in other automatic cannons. The most important of these are: 1) a barrel which does not recoil; 2) a h ...index.html The Machine Gun, History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons].'' 1951 by George M. Chinn, Lieutenant Col

|rate= 1000 rounds per minute automatic [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

...ntermeasure)|chaff]]. The Phalanx system on ''Jarrett'', operating in the automatic target-acquisition mode, fixed upon ''Missouri'''s chaff, releasing a burst [[Category:Rotary cannons]]

|caption=A Canadian towed anti-aircraft mounting featuring three Polsten cannons. [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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...cocking charge''' is a device used to cock or re-cock a [[gas-operated]] [[automatic cannon]], such as the [[Mauser BK-27]] or the [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23]] [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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* Rate of Fire: 115 rpm fully automatic ...dopted in the [[Fairmile C motor gun boat|Fairmile C]] type. It had a semi-automatic horizontally sliding [[breech-loading weapon|breech block]], and was shippe

...oaded manually with three-round clips. This limits its capacity to fire in automatic mode to 6 rounds. The Rarden gun does not require an external power source [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

...spun weight is lower and lends itself to gas operation. Automatic revolver cannons have been produced by many different European manufacturers, whereas the U. Automatic revolver cannons generally have a lower maximum sustained rate of fire than Gatling guns, as

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RMK30 cannons have been proposed as upgrade for the [[Bundeswehr]]'s (German armed forces [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

In the late 1940's and the early 1950's tests with defensive bomber turret cannons resulted in problems caused by the air flow affecting the weapons' barrel. The R-23 cannon has an automatic charging mechanism that fires the cannon in case of a misfire. When one of

...bsp;mm [[CIWS]] used by the [[Turkish Navy]]. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic [[turret]] and directed by [[radar]]. The system's primary purpose is defen [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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...]]. It has a PLA-N designation '''H/PJ12'''. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by [[radar]], and electro-optical tracking systems. The [[Category:Rotary cannons]]

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In 1935, officers in the Imperial Japanese Navy began to investigate 20-mm automatic cannon as armament for future fighter aircraft.<ref name="Zero">Robert C. M [[Category:Automatic cannons]]

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