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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 .
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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 ...
Shipton installed his first anti-aircraft defense system at Is-sur-Tille to protect Ordnance Depot No. One. [8] Aerodromes initially received low priority in regards to receiving anti-aircraft defense systems. On June 8, 1918, GHQ approved a request to install air defense artillery at airfields that experienced aerial bombardment.
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare [1] and includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action". [2] It encompasses surface-based, subsurface (submarine-launched), and air-based weapon systems, in addition to associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).
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.
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: 20 mm quad anti-aircraft gun 2 cm Gebirgsflak 38 Nazi Germany: 20 mm anti-aircraft gun 2A6 Russia: 152 mm field gun 2A19 Russia: 100 mm anti-tank gun