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45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) Soviet Union: World War II 76.2 QF 3 inch 20 cwt United Kingdom: World War I: 76.2 3"/23 caliber gun United States: World War I - 1920s 76.2 1 or 2 3"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I - World War II - Cold War: 76.2 2 3"/70 Mark 26 gun United States United Kingdom: Cold War: 100 2 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun
Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun. Bofors 40 Mk4. Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70. Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun. 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70. OTO Melara 76 mm. 76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun Model 1935 (34-K) 76mm/L62 Allargato.
Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage aircraft. They also are capable of firing at high angles, but are also usually able to hit ground targets as well in a direct fire role.
The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division, [ 3 ] later a part of Raytheon.
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare [1] and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action". [2] It includes surface based, subsurface (submarine launched), and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and passive measures (e.g ...
QF 2-pounder naval gun. The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 40 mm (1.6 in) British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. [note 1] The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing. This QF 2-pounder was not the same gun ...
The 1.1"/75 caliber gun was an American anti-aircraft weapon of World War II, used by the United States Navy. [3] The name means that it had a bore diameter of 1.1 in (28 mm) and barrel caliber of 75 (1.1 inches × 75 = 82.5 in (2.1 m)). The gun was designed to replace the M2 Browning and four barrels were required to duplicate the rate of fire ...
Maximum firing range. 7,160 m (23,490 ft) The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, [3][4] see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling ...