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  2. Aircraft artillery - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of aircraft artillery - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. AZP S-60 - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, S-60s were used by Ukraine in the war with Russia not in their original anti-aircraft role but as indirect-fire artillery. In this role they were reported to have an effective range of 6.1km. [9] In 2023, images surfaced of a T-55 armed with an AZP S-60 Anti Aircraft gun in place

  5. ZSU-57-2 - Wikipedia

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    The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: Зенитная Самоходная Установка), meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels.

  6. List of artillery by name - Wikipedia

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    76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun 3"/50 caliber gun United States: 76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun 3.7 cm 1918 German Empire: 37 mm anti-tank gun 3.7 cm FlaK 18/36/37 Nazi Germany: 37 mm anti-aircraft gun 3.7 cm FlaK 43 Nazi Germany: 37 mm anti-aircraft gun 3.7 cm PaK 35/36 Nazi Germany: 37 mm anti-tank gun 3.7 cm vzor 34 (Škoda A3) Czechoslovakia

  7. List of artillery by country - Wikipedia

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    40 mm Bofors L/70 anti-aircraft gun (upgraded variant) 40 mm Bofors L/60 anti-aircraft gun (upgraded variant) Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. ZSU Shilka; 2K22 Tunguska; Mountain guns. 2.75 inch (70 mm) mountain gun (World War I) 75 mm/24 Pounder Indian mountain gun; 76 mm mountain gun; 88 mm mountain gun; 94 mm 3.7-inch mountain howitzer ...

  8. Artillery - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. List of aircraft weapons - Wikipedia

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    In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes.Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the only guns were carried in the rear cockpit supplying defensive fire (this was employed by two-seat aircraft all through the war).