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The BK 27 (also BK27 or BK-27) (German abbreviation for Bordkanone, "on-board cannon") is a 27 mm (1.063 in) caliber revolver cannon manufactured by Mauser (now part of Rheinmetall) of Germany. It was developed in the late 1960s for the MRCA (Multi Role Combat Aircraft) program that ultimately became the Panavia Tornado. [2]
The Mauser Model 1895 adopted as Fusil Mauser Chileno Mo 1895 [17] by Chilean forces, is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. It is the first major modification of the Mauser Model 1893 and was produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, known as DWM, and Ludwig Loewe Company from 1895 to 1900.
The gun was developed by the German company Mauser, which is now a subsidiary of the Rheinmetall group. Back view of Rheinmetall RMK30 (TechDemo 2008) The German Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (BWB) required a new recoilless autocannon, therefore the development of the RMK 30 started in 1993. [ 1 ]
Rheinmetall produced machine guns, automatic cannons and ammunition. The first product was the MG3. In 1960, the workforce had grown to 3,080 employees. In 1964, production of heavy weapons resumed, such as gun barrels and mounts. Rheinmetall began equipping tanks and artillery pieces.
7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht Waffen-SS: Modification of Gewehr 41(W) to gas operation, later renamed Karabiner 43. Gewehr 88: Steyr-Mannlicher various others M/88 7.92×57mm Mauser: Volkssturm: The Gewehr 88 was the first rifle adopted by Germany that used Smokeless powder. Gewehr 98: Mauser-Werke various others 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht ...
Rheinmetall: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Drum magazine Germany: 1920s MG 17 machine gun: Rheinmetall: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Ammunition belt Germany: 1934 MG 30: Steyr-Daimler-Puch: 7×57mm Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 8×56mmR: Detachable box magazine Austria Switzerland: 1930s MG 34: Mauser Steyr-Daimler-Puch Waffenwerke Brünn: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Ammunition ...
At the end of World War II the original technical drawings and data for the 7.92×57mm Mauser chambered MG 42 were captured by the Soviets. These would later be taken to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Rheinmetall had to reverse engineer the first postwar machine guns from an original MG 42 machine gun. [10]
Rheinmetall Zwillingsflak twin-gun anti-aircraft system began development in 1968 to meet the requirements of the low-level air defence units of the German Air Force, i.e. "to engage low and very low approaching enemy aircraft with all appropriate means in time to prevent them from firing their weapons or delivering their ordnance, or at least to prevent them from carrying out an accurate ...