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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23
  ...rotary cannon, a significant advantage in aerial combat, where the window of opportunity to place multiple rounds on target can be vanishingly short. ...the [[MiG-31]](800 rounds maximum) aircraft, for example, with 260 rounds of ammunition, would empty its magazine in less than two seconds.
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  |used_by=United Kingdom, [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] & [[United States]] ...ervices. Firing a [[20 mm caliber]] projectile, it delivered a useful load of explosive from a relatively light weapon. This made it an ideal aircraft we
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
  ...lizing the [[Gast principle]], like the [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L]]. Rate of fire is about 3,000 rounds per minute. The weapon is designed to be rugged ...nbsp;mm long water-cooled barrels, a variable rate of fire, and dimensions of 2944 x 222 x 195 mm. It is used on a fixed mounting on late model [[Mi
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30
  ...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-d
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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ! width=24% | Country of origin | 25 mm || [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]] || {{flag|Empire of Japan}} || World War II
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• M197 Gatling gun
  ...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.
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• M230 Chain Gun
  |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.
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• M39 cannon
  [[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.
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...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.
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• MG 151 cannon
  ...s, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack and even bombers as part of or as their main armament during [[World War II]]. ...on-based approach was not without its drawbacks. The relatively short case of the 20 mm round, coupled with the larger and heavier 20 mm projec
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...rwise excellent 20 mm [[MG 151 cannon|MG 151/20]] required an average of 25 hits to down a B-17. ...MK 108 was quickly ordered into production and was installed in a variety of ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' [[fighter aircraft]]. It saw first operational service in
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• Mauser BK-27
  ...[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''', w
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• Mauser MG 213
  ...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}}
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
  |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. Nudelm
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30
  ...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.
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-37
  ...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 underwi
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• Nudelman N-37
  ...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 [[bomb
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• Oerlikon FF
  ...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''' using
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• Rikhter R-23
  ...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.
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• ShVAK cannon
  [[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''}
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