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The first AC-130A Gunship IIs did away with the MXU-470/A mounts and instead used GAU-2/As, and not only had four 7.62mm GAU-2/A minigun mounts, but added four 20mm M61 Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannons; this configuration was upgraded two years later in 1969 by removing two each of the GAU-2/As and M61s and adding two 40mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors ...
The lantaka is the "younger sibling" of the lela; they are smaller, with a length of less than 100 cm. [5]: 122–123 Typically, the bore diameters of these cannons were in the range of about 10–50 mm. [3] Many of these guns were mounted on swivels (called cagak in Malay) [3] and were known as swivel guns.
Peru: Mini-SS for the Peruvian Army [11] Philippines: Philippine National Police-Special Action Force [12] Romania: 215 SS-77 MK1 LMGs acquired in late 2008 and delivered in 2009. [13] Rwanda: SS-77 machine guns were delivered in 1992. Some were captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front. [14] Saudi Arabia: Mini-SS [15]
A swivel gun (or simply swivel) [1] is a small cannon mounted on a swiveling stand or fork which allows a very wide arc of movement. Another type of firearm referred to as a swivel gun was an early flintlock combination gun with two barrels that rotated along their axes to allow the shooter to switch between either the rifled or the smoothbore ...
Miniature meriam kecil (also known as currency cannon) is a type of very small cannon found on the Indonesian archipelago. Usually the length of these cannons is between 10–60 cm (3.9–23.6 in), with a caliber of 15 mm (0.59 in) or 16 mm (0.63 in), [ 1 ] and has been around for hundreds of years.
A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a long distance. They were first used in Europe and China, and were the archetypical form of artillery. Round shot and grapeshot were the early projectiles used in cannon. 18th century cannon projectiles Three different cannon projectiles
Archaeologists working in Arizona have discovered what appear to be the oldest firearms ever found in the continental United States: two cannons abandoned by a Spanish expeditionary force that was ...
The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute).