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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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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  ...ngagement.<ref>Hodges, Tribal Class Destroyers, p32: Diagram of High Level Bomber Attack: A 240mph target, at 12 thousand feet altitude could expect to be un
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• Rikhter R-23
  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 we ...ret of the “A”, “B”, “K” and “R” versions of the [[Tu-22]] bomber only. The hydraulically elevated and traversed DK-20 turret uses the radar
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