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• 20 mm Becker
  ...to utilise the Becker were large aircraft - the [[Friedrichshafen G.III]] bomber and [[AEG G.IV|AEG G.IVk]] ground-attack machine. Tests in smaller, single-
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  ...effectiveness, given the ever-increasing speeds of low-altitude [[fighter-bomber]]s and attack aircraft. The Army in particular felt the proper solution was
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• Afanasev Makarov AM-23
  ...Air Force. A new 23mm cannon was needed for the defensive turrets of this bomber, which was supposed to be more compact and faster firing than the NR-23. Th ...e others were mounted in pairs inside the defensive turrets. The [[Tu-95]] bomber was in most versions equipped with a total of six AM-23 cannon located in t
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• Autocannon
  ...r ''Bordkanone'' models, and on the [[Messerschmitt Me 410|Me 410 A-1/U4]] bomber destroyer version of the ''Hornisse'' heavy fighter. 300 examples of the BK
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• BK 37
  ...ounted on [[World War II]] [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft such as the anti-tank or bomber-destroyer versions of the [[Junkers Ju 87]]D-3 and G-2, [[Henschel Hs 129]]
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• Berezin B-20
  ...trically-fired version was created for the turrets of the [[Tupolev Tu-4]] bomber until the [[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23]] cannon became available. The B-20 was
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
  ...nd [[IAR 93]], and the tail turrets of the [[Tupolev Tu-22M]] 'Backfire' [[bomber]] and some late-model [[Tu-95]]s. In that application, it had the unusual a
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• Ho-1 cannon
  ...orld War II. It was a [[Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle]] adopted for use in bomber turrets.
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• Ho-203 cannon
  ...was used only as the nose gun of the [[Ki-45]] KAI heavy fighter, the anti-bomber workhorse of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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• Ho-204 cannon
  ...rmament in the Ki-46-III and as nose armament in several experimental anti-bomber aircraft.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...or aircraft ranging from the [[P-47 Thunderbolt]] to the [[B-25 Mitchell]] bomber. ...e used later in the war in such aircraft as the [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster bomber]].
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• M39 cannon
  ...quently adopted as standard armament of the [[F-86 Sabre|F-86H]] [[fighter-bomber]], [[F-100 Super Sabre]], [[F-101|F-101A and F-101C Voodoo]], and the [[F-5
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• M4 cannon
  ...erceptor aircraft|interceptor]]s with a weapon that could shoot down any [[bomber]] with as little as one hit. It was a compact design with a relatively low
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...r B-58 Hustler]] and [[B-52 Stratofortress|Boeing B-52H Stratofortress]] [[bomber]]s. [[Japan]]'s [[Mitsubishi F-1]] carried one internally mounted JM61A1 V
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• MG 151 cannon
  ...hits to down a B-17, while 18-20 hits were required to down other 4-engine bomber types, and only four hits were required to down a single-engine fighter. Wh
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...rage just four hits with high-explosive ammunition to bring down a [[heavy bomber]] such as a [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] or [[B-24 Liberator]] and a single hit ...al service in late autumn 1943 with the [[Messerschmitt Bf 110|Bf 110G-2]] bomber destroyers and in the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Bf 109G-6/U4]].
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
  |caption= NR-23 cannons in tail barbette of the [[Ilyushin Il-28|Il-28]] bomber. ...higher firing rate. The AM-23 was used in [[turret]]ed installations for [[bomber]]s. It was a gas-operated weapon, weighed 43 kg (95 lb) and was capable of
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-37
  ...ound targets (including armoured ones) and planes (ability to shoot down a bomber with a single hit).
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• Nudelman N-37
  ...of [[ammunition]], but a single shell was often sufficient to destroy a [[bomber]].
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
  ...problems, the British relied almost entirely on the [[Royal Air Force]]'s bomber fleet as a deterrent force, ignoring the defence almost entirely.
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