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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun
  |caption= The [[patent drawing]] of the 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun |type= [[Anti aircraft]] gun
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/32 anti aircraft gun
  |image= [[Image:7.5 cm L45 M32 anti-aircraft gun.jpg|300px]] |type= [[Anti aircraft]] gun
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• 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37
  |image=[[Image:Skoda 75 mm model 1937 anti-aircraft cannon.right side.JPG|300px]] |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]]
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• 76/62mm Allargato
  ...anufacture a medium caliber naval cannon with both a anti-surface and anti-aircraft ability. Stemming from Italian Navy's studies and experiences using the [[3 ...''Compatto'') for their 40mm, 76mm and 127mm light-weight automatic naval guns.</ref> {{Asof|2010}}, the gun is used only onboard the [[Cassiopea class pa
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• 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun
  ...n C., Col USMC & Peterson, H.W., Major USMC "Guns vs. Butter - Without the Guns?" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' January 1982 pp.33-34</ref> ...Norman| authorlink = | title = The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet | edition = 15th | year = 1993| publisher = [[Naval Insti
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• 8"/55 caliber gun
  ...main battery of [[United States Navy]] [[heavy cruiser]]s and two early [[aircraft carriers]]. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a These simplified built-up guns eliminated hoops to reduce weight to 17 tons. The breech mechanism was sim
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• 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...taken into [[Wehrmacht]] service as the ''8.35&nbsp;cm Flak 22(t)''. Some guns were reportedly captured in [[Yugoslavia]] as well. 144 were in Czech servi
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• 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)
  ...r the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns in a mountainous terrain. ...mm air defense gun KS-19|100]] and [[130 mm air defense gun KS-30|130 mm]] guns.
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• 8 cm PL kanon vz. 37
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...'8&nbsp;cm kanon PL vz. 37 (Anti-aircraft Gun Model 37''' was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  |target=aircraft |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft gun]]
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• 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...e taken into [[Wehrmacht]] service as the ''9&nbsp;cm Flak M 12(t)''. Some guns were reportedly captured in [[Yugoslavia]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as well
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• AK-176
  [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Russian and Soviet Anti-aircraft weapons]]
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• Afanasev Makarov AM-23
  |name= AM-23 aircraft cannon The '''Afanasev Makarov AM-23''' is a Russian designed aircraft cannon that has been used in a number of planes in the [[Soviet Air Force]]
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• Autocannon
  ...time, but an autocannon all the same: [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun]] in [[Algeria]], 1943]] .... 241.</ref> Such extremely high rates of fire are effectively employed by aircraft in air-to-air combat, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are
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• BK 37
  ...nd others. The cannon could be attached under the wings or fuselage of the aircraft as a self-contained [[pod]] with a 12-round [[magazine]]. It fired [[APCR]] [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  ...(Clem and Jane) were mounted near Wanstone Farm in Kent in the 1940s. Five guns were mounted in Singapore in the 1930s. The firing life of a 15 inch gun w [[File:HMS Hood Aft guns 1926 USNHC 57184.jpg|thumb|left|<center>Aft guns of [[HMS Hood (51)|HMS Hood]] trained forward to port, 1926</center>]]
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• BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun
  ...r ended. All three were removed from service in 1920 and served as proving guns for [[cordite]] tests. Two were scrapped in 1933 and the last one survived ...at he called 'large light cruisers' carrying four {{convert|15|in|adj=on}} guns which became the {{sclass|Courageous|battlecruiser|0}}, but he wanted their
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• BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun
  ...class battlecruiser|''Renown'' class battlecruiser]]s and [[Glorious class aircraft carrier|''Glorious'' class]] "large light cruisers". ...1919/B_Ships/Renown_Cl_62.html Jane's Fighting Ships 1919, page 62]</ref>. Guns were thereafter used in single-gun mountings, typically on smaller ships as
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• BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
  ...rg/doc/pdf/ou6359a.pdf ''O.U. 6359A, Handbook for 6-Inch, B.L., Mark XXIII Guns on Triple, Mark XXII Mounting, 1937''],page 8.</ref> ==Ships mounting BL 6 inch Mk XXIII guns==
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• Berezin B-20
  ...езин Б-20) was a [[20 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] used by [[Soviet]] aircraft in [[World War II]]. ...rya aviatsionnogo vooruzhenia'' Harvest. ISBN 985-433-695-6) (''History of aircraft armament'')
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• BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
  |caption=Mk VIII guns in X and Y Mk I turrets aboard {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} ...re than 10,000 tons [[Displacement (ship)|standard displacement]] and with guns no larger than 8 inches to be excluded from total tonnage limitations on a
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• Bofors
  ...known that anti-aircraft guns in general were often referred to as Bofors guns. Another well-known gun made by the company was the [[Bofors 37 mm anti-tan
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...ence firm of [[Bofors]]. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of Wo ...under naval gun|2 pounder ''Pom-Poms'']] from [[Vickers]] as anti-aircraft guns in 1922. However the Navy eventually soured on the Pom-Pom and approached B
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• Bofors 57 mm gun
  The '''Bofors 57 mm gun''' are a series of dual-purpose naval guns, produced and originally designed by [[Bofors|Bofors Defence]] (now a part ...estroy sea-skimming missiles. Bofors manufactured a total of about 50 Mk 2 guns.
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• Breda Model 35
  |image=[[Image:Breda 20-65 anti-aircraft gun in Beijing.jpg|300px]] |caption=A 20/65 Breda anti-aircraft gun in Beijing. This example does not have the predictor sight mounted or t
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• COW 37 mm gun
  ...' was a British [[automatic cannon]] that was developed as a heavy-calibre aircraft weapon for the [[Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter]]. However the project did not ...the duopoly of [[Vickers]] and [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] in producing naval guns.
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• Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34
  The '''Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] anti-aircraft gun used during [[World War II]]. The designation means it had a caliber of * [[Cannone da 90/53]] - another contemporary Italian anti-aircraft gun
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• Cannone da 90/53
  ...t guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. The designation "90/53" meant that the gun ha ...ducing these quantities and by the end of production in July 1943 only 539 guns had been delivered, including 48 converted for use on the [[Semovente 90/53
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• Close-in weapon system
  ...pon for detecting and destroying incoming [[anti-ship missile]]s and enemy aircraft at short range (the threat(s) having penetrated the fleet's available outer ...a combination of radars, computers, and multiple rapid-fire medium-calibre guns placed on a rotating gun mount. Examples of gun based CIWS products in oper
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• Colt Mk 12 cannon
  ...ety of [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] [[fighter aircraft]] during [[World War II]]. It used a lighter projectile with a bigger charg [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• DARDO
  ...] (RTN-20X and ''Dardo''). It is the last of a long series of Italian anti-aircraft weapons derived from the Bofors 40&nbsp;mm gun (Type 64, Type 106, Type 107 ...ed weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. It is in
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• DEFA cannon
  The '''DEFA cannon''' is a family of widely used [[France|French]]-made aircraft [[autocannon]]s firing the standard [[30 mm caliber]] [[NATO]] rounds. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Solothurn ST-5
  ...was the design basis for the highly successful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. * [[List of anti-aircraft guns]]
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• GAU-12 Equalizer
  ...GR7]] and GR9s. The British had originally planned a pair of '''ADEN 25''' guns (using the same ammunition as the GAU-12/U, but based on the 30&nbsp;mm [[A ...ate= 2006-03-30 |accessdate= 2008-10-14}}</ref> In the CTOL version of the aircraft it will carry the gun internally, while on the STOVL and CV versions an ext
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• GAU-13
  ...for use in [[gun pod]] applications for [[fighter aircraft]] and [[attack aircraft]] use, primarily for air-to-ground and [[anti-tank]] attacks. The principal application for the GAU-13/A was the '''[[U.S. aircraft gun pods|GPU-5/A]]''' [[gun pod]] (originally marketed as the '''GEPOD 30''
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• GAU-7 cannon
  ...The F-15 therefore retained the M61A1 cannon, as have most U.S. [[fighter aircraft]] since 1956. [[Category:aircraft guns]]
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• GAU-8 Avenger
  ...ame="global">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/a-10-history.htm |title=A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II|publisher=GlobalSecurity. ...A-10 Thunderbolt II]]. It is among the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannons in the [[United States]] military. Designed specifically for the [[
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• GIAT 30
  ...he [[DEFA cannon|DEFA 550 series]] weapons on [[France|French]] [[military aircraft]]. * The '''GIAT 30 M791''' is intended for [[fighter aircraft]] such as the [[Dassault Rafale]]. It has a selectable rate of fire allowin
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• Gatling gun
  ...icut National Guard]] had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to [[Saskatchewan]] in Canada in 1 ...1972 p. 72.</ref> When fighting troops of industrialized nations, Gatling guns could be targeted by artillery they could not reach and their crews could b
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• Gebirgsflak 38
  |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft Gun]] [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of Germany]]
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• Goalkeeper CIWS
  | caption = Goalkeeper CIWS on a British [[Invincible class aircraft carrier]] [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
  ...matic cannon]] developed in the [[Soviet Union]], primarily for [[military aircraft]] use. It entered service in [[1965]], replacing the earlier [[Nudelman-Rik ...so used on cargo aircraft; specifically, Russian/Soviet [[Ilyushin Il-76]] aircraft were designed to accommodate twin Gsh-23L's in a tail turret.<ref>http://ww
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-301
  ...signed for use on [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and later [[Russia]]n [[military aircraft]], entering service in the early 1980s. Its current manufacturer is the Rus ...five rounds. It has been deployed on several different types of [[fighter aircraft]]:
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23
  ...ing gun]] used by some modern [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/[[Russia]]n military aircraft. ...h a high rate of fire are considerable, they create less of a drain on the aircraft's power systems, and they accelerate to their maximum rate of fire much mor
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  ...gyroscopes]] with optical sights to directly and accurately measure target aircraft speed and direction.<ref>Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935-45, Pout </r ...aft the mechanical linkage will pull the gyroscope in the direction of the aircraft movement. The force required to move the gyroscope is proportional to the o
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  |caption=HS.404 in the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |type= Aircraft Cannon
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.820
  ...rcraft use, but more widely used in a series of ground-based anti-aircraft guns. After [[Oerlikon]] purchased Hispano's armaments division in 1970 the HS.8 ...performance [[revolver cannon]]s meant the HS.820 was never as popular in aircraft role as the HS.404 had been.
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• Ho-1 cannon
  [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-203 cannon
  [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-301 cannon
  |type=Aircraft [[Autocannon]] ...World War II]], on Japanese Army [[Nakajima Ki-44]] and Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI aircraft. It was unusual in using [[caseless ammunition]]. Although the effective ra
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• Ho-3 cannon
  [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-5 cannon
  ...e all Army Brownings, it was a version of the American Model 1921 Browning aircraft machine gun. It replaced the [[Ho-1 cannon|Ho-1]] and [[Ho-3 cannon|Ho-3]] Gunston, Bill "''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft of World War II''" Salamander Books, Ltd. 1978 ISBN 0-89673-000-X
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
  ...powerful twin-barrel [[autocannon]] used on certain [[Russia]]n [[military aircraft]]. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30
  ...[[Soviet]] and later [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] [[military aircraft]]. ...d by ammunition supply. That limitation may be why the cannon has seen few aircraft applications.
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• Ho-155 cannon
  ...d version of the 20&nbsp;mm [[Ho-5 cannon]], itself a scaled up Model 1921 aircraft Browning. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-204 cannon
  ...in the Ki-46-III and as nose armament in several experimental anti-bomber aircraft. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-401 cannon
  '''Ho-401''' was a Japanese aircraft [[autocannon]] that saw limited, if any, use during World War II. It was a [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Kashtan CIWS
  It is found on the aircraft carrier [[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|''Admiral Kuznetsov'']], [[Kirov class battlecrui ...guided bombs. The system can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft or even surface vessels such as fast attack boats or targets on shore.
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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ...raft gun]]s specially designed or adapted for mounting on ships, and naval guns adapted for high-angle fire. Today they have been largely superseded by [[s [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• M197 Gatling gun
  ...one quarter that of the Vulcan, largely to limit its [[recoil]] for light aircraft and helicopter use. It shares the Vulcan's '''M50''' and '''PGU''' series 2 ...[OV-10 Bronco|YOV-10D Bronco NOGS]]. It is also the basis of the '''[[U.S. aircraft gun pods|GPU-2/A]]''' [[gun pod]], which incorporates the cannon, a [[batte
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• M230 Chain Gun
  == Aircraft == *Richardson, Doug and Lindsay Peacock. ''Combat Aircraft: AH-64 Apache''. London: Salamander Books, 1992. ISBN 0-86101-675-0.
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• M242 Bushmaster
  ...y armored vehicles and aerial targets (such as helicopters and slow-flying aircraft). It can also suppress enemy positions such as exposed troops, dug-in posit ...and a contract for a new weapon to replace it started in 1972 at [[Hughes Aircraft]] as the '''Vehicle Rapid-Fire Weapons System-Successor''', or '''VRFWS-S''
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  |target=Personnel, light-armored vehicles, aircraft ...r lightly-armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications, and low-flying aircraft.
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• M39 cannon
  ...States Air Force]] in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of [[fighter aircraft]] from the early 1950s through the 1980s. ...the new gun was installed for combat testing on a number of [[F-86 Sabre]] aircraft under the "GunVal" program in late 1952, and used in action over [[Korean W
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• M42 Duster
  |type=[[Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon|Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] |primary_armament=[[Bofors 40 mm gun|M2A1 40 mm]] twin anti-aircraft gun
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• M45 Quadmount
  Originally an anti-aircraft weapon, the M45 found greater use as an anti-infantry weapon. [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of the United States]]
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• M4 cannon
  ...ers, as well as experimentally on other designs. It provided [[Interceptor aircraft|interceptor]]s with a weapon that could shoot down any [[bomber]] with as l Designed primarily as an anti-aircraft weapon, the gun had a [[muzzle velocity]] of {{convert|2000|ft/s|abbr=on}}
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...n the principal cannon armament of [[United States]] military [[fixed-wing aircraft]] for fifty years. The M61 was originally produced by [[General Electric]], ...aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant that achieving an effective number of hits would be extremely diffi
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• M621 cannon
  ...design, developed by [[Nexter]] as on-board armament for armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters and small coastal vessels of the [[French Navy]]. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• MG 151 cannon
  |type= Aircraft Cannon |type= Aircraft Cannon
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• MG FF cannon
  |type= Aircraft Cannon The '''MG FF''' was a drum-fed, 20&nbsp;mm aircraft [[autocannon]], developed in 1936 by [[Ikaria Werke Berlin]] of [[Germany]]
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• MK 101 cannon
  ...tion of a 30&nbsp;mm [[autocannon]] used in [[Nazi Germany|German]] combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Although accurate and powerful, with a high muzzle ...-1 tank|KV-1]] heavy tank.<ref>Kay, Antony L. and Smith, John R., ''German aircraft of the Second World War: Including Helicopters and Missiles'', Naval Instit
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• MK 103 cannon
  ...erman]] [[30 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] that was mounted in German combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Intended to be a dual purpose weapon for anti-tank ...rmament of the [[Henschel Hs 129|Hs 129 B-1]] ground-attack/tank-destroyer aircraft, mounted below the central fuselage in a conformal [[gun pod]].
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...[[World War II]] by [[Rheinmetall]]-[[August Borsig|Borsig]] for use in [[aircraft]]. ...Reich Aviation Ministry) in response to a [[1942]] requirement for a heavy aircraft weapon for use against the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[bomber]]s ap
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• Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
  {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen 20 Mm Anti-Aircraft Cannon}} [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Mark 16/1 triple 6 in /47 Turret
  Each turret carried three [[6 inch /47 gun|6 inch (15.2 cm) /47 Mark 16 guns]] ==6 inch /47 guns==
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• Mauser BK-27
  [[File:Mauser BK-27 LKCV.jpg|thumb|Aircraft-mounted Mauser BK-27]] ...many]]. It was developed in the late 1960s for the MRCA (Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) program that ultimately became the [[Panavia Tornado]].
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• Mauser MG 213
  The '''[[Mauser]] MG 213''' was a [[20 mm caliber|20 mm]] aircraft-mounted [[revolver cannon]] developed for the ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' during [[Wo [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Meroka CIWS
  ...nd other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. The weap ..., the barrels are purposely skewed in order to expand the impact area. The guns are mounted in an enclosed automatic [[Turret#Warships|turret]] while the t
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• Myriad CIWS
  [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Multi-barrel machine guns]]
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
  ...lman-Rikhter NR-23''' is a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A. E. N The NR-23 was used on [[fighter aircraft]], including the [[MiG-15]], [[Lavochkin La-15]], [[MiG-17]], and some mark
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30
  ...man-Rikhter NR-30''' was a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A.E. Nu ...ile weighing 400 [[gram]]s (twice that of the 23 mm and half that of 37 mm guns), a rate of fire of 900 cycles per minute, even greater than NR-23, and a t
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-23
  The '''NS-23''' was a {{Convert|23|mm|abbr=on}} aircraft [[autocannon|cannon]] designed by [[A. E. Nudelman]], [[A. Suranov]], [[G. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-37
  ...дельман - Суранов НС-37}}) was a {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}} aircraft cannon, which replaced the unreliable Shpitalny Sh-37 gun. Large caliber wa [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-45
  ...enlarged version of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Nudelman-Suranov NS-37]] aircraft [[autocannon]]. It was evaluated for service on the [[Yakovlev Yak-9]] duri * {{cite book|last=Gunston|first=Bill|title=Tupolev Aircraft since 1922|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|date=1995
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• Nudelman N-37
  The '''N-37''' was a powerful, 37&nbsp;mm (1.46&nbsp;in) [[aircraft]] [[Autocannon|cannon]] used by the [[Soviet Union]]. It was designed by V. ...ble [[recoil]] and waste gases were problematic for [[turbojet]] [[fighter aircraft]], as was finding space for the gun and a useful amount of [[ammunition]],
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  ...of 300 rpm. It was used on a limited scale as an aircraft gun and an anti-aircraft gun towards the end of that war. ...lopment was to improve the performance of the gun as an anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapon, which required a higher muzzle velocity. An improved version known
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• Oerlikon 30 mm twin cannon
  The '''[[Oerlikon]] 30 mm twin cannon''' is an [[anti aircraft]] gun used by the [[Royal Navy]]. They were fitted to [[Type 42]] [[destroy [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon
  The '''Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon''' is a towed [[anti-aircraft gun]] made by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] (renamed as ''Rheinmetall Air Defence ...ed [[Marksman anti-aircraft system|Marksman]] self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. The system could be paired with the off-gun ''Super Fledermaus'' fire cont
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• Oerlikon FF
  ...the first 20 mm guns to be small and light enough to fit into a [[fighter aircraft]]'s wing. The FF series served as the inspiration for many 20 mm cannon tha ...round at 830 m/s at a slightly slower 470 rounds per minute. The original guns became known as the '''FF F''' from this point on.
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• Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System
  [[Category:Naval guns of the United States]] [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns|35]]
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} ...(four [[Artillery battery|batteries]] with 12 pieces each), and light anti-aircraft/anti-tank regiments of armoured divisions (two 12-gun AT batteries). From O
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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  |type=[[Naval gun]], [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...s on [[capital ship]]s and to arm light craft. British production of these guns started in 1910 at [[Vickers]] and by the time production stopped in 1936 a
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  ...on known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the [[SPAAG|self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] role, although this was not put into production. ...e anti-missile point defence. Its calibre also gives it abilities for anti-aircraft, anti-surface and ground shelling. Specialised ammunition is available for
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• Phalanx CIWS
  ..., used since the 1960s by the United States military in nearly all fighter aircraft (and one land mounting, the [[M163 VADS]]), linked to a Ku-band [[radar]] s ...] waters and to improve the weapon's performance against slower low-flying aircraft. The FLIR's capability is also of use against low-observability missiles an
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• Polsten
  |caption=A Canadian towed anti-aircraft mounting featuring three Polsten cannons. ...same roles, one of which was as an [[airborne warfare|airborne unit]] anti-aircraft gun. It was used on a wheeled mounting that could be towed behind a [[jeep]
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• Pom-Pom Director
  ...ount to match the pointers rather than having to try and aim at the target aircraft. ...nd smaller ships that carried Pom-Pom guns continued to rely on aiming the guns by the gun's crew due to the lack of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  ...12 x 112 pounds = 1344 pounds, to differentiate it from other "12 pounder" guns. Mk I and II guns, of "built up" construction of multiple steel layers, served on many Royal
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]<br>[[Vickers|Vickers, Sons & Maxi ...y several countries initially as an infantry gun and later as a light anti-aircraft gun.
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• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} ...al models were reported to make when firing. Although these were 2-pounder guns, in that they fired a projectile with a weight of 2 [[pound (mass)|pounds]]
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