Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the 1950s it could hold 6 x M20 ammo cans (3 per horizontal cardboard carton with spacers) or 3 x M21 ammo cans (3 per vertical cardboard carton with spacers). The former stored small arms ammunition in cartons or bandoleers while the latter was usually used to hold linked caliber .50 and 20 mm ammo.
20 mm caliber is a specific size of popular autocannon ammunition. The dividing line between smaller-caliber weapons, commonly called " guns ", from larger-caliber " cannons " (e.g. machine gun vs. autocannon ), is conventionally taken to be the 20 mm round, the smallest caliber of autocannon.
In November, 1943 it was the first plant to package ammo in vacuum-packed metal cans. In the Spring and Summer of 1944 it was employed in inspecting and repacking .45 ACP and .30 Carbine ammunition. EW Eau Claire Ordnance Plant (August 1942 to December 1943) – Eau Claire, Wisconsin a division of US Rubber Co.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Caliber (mm) Power source Weapon name Country of origin Period 20: Internal: Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon German Empire: World War I 20: Internal: Nkm wz.38 FK Poland: Interwar 20: Internal: Polsten Poland: World War II 20: Internal: Berezin B-20 Soviet Union: World War II 20: Internal: ShVAK cannon Soviet Union: World War II 20: Internal: Ho-1 ...
The M940 MPT-SD (multi-purpose tracer, self-destruct) shell is a 20×102 mm round produced by General Dynamics primarily for an anti-aircraft role. It has a range of over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). The round includes a red tracer to aid in targeting.
The 20×138mmB or Long Solothurn cartridge is a type of ammunition used mainly for anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons during World War II.The designation means the caliber is 20 mm, the length of the cartridge case is 138 mm and B indicates it is a belted case.
The M39 cannon with its 20 mm ammunition chute. The M39 cannon is a 20 mm caliber single-barreled revolver cannon developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of fighter aircraft from the early 1950s through the 1980s.