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Aircraft artillery was first used for ground attack roles during World War I.A notable user of aircraft artillery was the fighter ace René Fonck. Airships were used with some success, mostly used to harass cities, [1] but after the development of incendiary ammunition they were stopped being used due to the fire igniting the hydrogen used for the Zepplins.
Aircraft artillery has been in use since the first world war. One of the most notable aircraft artillery platforms is the AC130 . List of artillery platforms used on aircraft with a calibre larger than 37 mm .
The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army. The M163 provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against low-flying fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
This list of artillery catalogues types of weapons found in batteries of national armed forces' artillery units.. Some weapons used by the infantry units, known as infantry support weapons, are often misidentified as artillery weapons because of their use and performance characteristics, sometimes known colloquially as the "infantryman's artillery" [1] which has been particularly applied to ...
Pages in category "Aircraft artillery" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Field artillery. OTO Melara Mod 56 105 mm towed gun; M101 105 mm towed gun; L118 105 mm towed gun; M114 155 mm towed gun; Obusier de 15 cm TR Schneider-Canet-du-Bocage; Self-propelled artillery. M109 A5 self-propelled howitzer
28 mm anti-aircraft gun 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II (commonly called "Vickers-Crayford rocket gun") United Kingdom: 40 mm light field gun later adapted for use by aircraft 2 cm FlaK 30 Nazi Germany: 20 mm anti-aircraft gun 2 cm FlaK 38 Nazi Germany: 20 mm anti-aircraft gun 2 cm Flakvierling 38 Nazi Germany
Anti-aircraft artillery, under various organisational arrangements including being part of artillery, a separate corps, even a separate service or being split between army for the field and air force for home defence. In some cases infantry and the new armoured corps also operated their own integral light anti-aircraft artillery.