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Lead Computing Optical Sight System (LCOSS) The General Dynamics GAU-12/U Equalizer is a five-barrel 25 mm Gatling-type rotary cannon. The GAU-12/U is used by the United States, Italy and Spain, which mount the weapon in their attack jets such as the AV-8B Harrier II, airborne gunships such as the Lockheed AC-130, and land-based fighting ...
A surviving Hotchkiss 25 mm gun on display in Athens, Greece. The French adopted the 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun for service in 1938, which had close muzzle velocity to that of the 72-K, used lighter projectiles, a lower rate of fire, and was fed from 15-round magazines, which took 3–4 seconds to change. However, the automatic ...
In 1926 Hotchkiss proposed a 25 mm in-house design developed by its design office. This model was accepted for service in 1934 under the designation canon de 25 mm semi-automatique modèle 1934 ("25 mm semi-automatic gun model 1934", generally shortened to canon de 25). At the outbreak of World War II, it was the main anti-tank weapon of the ...
M242 Bushmaster. The M242 Bushmaster chain gun is a 25 mm (25×137mm) single-barrel chain-driven autocannon. It is used extensively by the U.S. military, such as in the Bradley fighting vehicle, as well as by other NATO members and some other nations in ground combat vehicles and various watercraft. Hughes Helicopters in Culver City, California ...
With a 66 ft (20 m) wingspan, and a maximum payload of 3,800 lb (1,700 kg), the MQ-9 can be armed with a variety of weaponry, including Hellfire missiles and 500 lb (230 kg) laser-guided bomb units. [36] Its endurance is 30 hours when conducting ISR missions, which decreases to 23 hours if it is carrying a full weapons load. [37]
Ordnance QF 25-pounder. The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War. Durable, easy to operate and versatile, [2] it was the most produced and used British field gun and gun-howitzer during ...
The propellant was 102 grams of single-perforated, graphited grains of nitrocellulose approximately 2 mm in diameter and between 2.5 and 4.5 mm in length. [5] Normally one tracer round was added every four or five rounds to aid laying. [6] [page needed] High-explosive shell. Orange body. High explosive incendiary. Green body. High explosive tracer.
The Oerlikon KBA 25 mm is a fully automatic cannon based on the proven gas-operation principle with a rotating bolt head similar to the Mauser M 98 or M16 and double belt feed for the ammunition. The KBA offers a wide range of firing modes: single shot, programmable rapid single shot with a rate of fire programmable from 100 to 175 rds/min and ...