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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).
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).
The gun's maximum effective range against aerial targets is 200 to 800 m and against surface or ground targets is 1,200 to 1,800 m. In combination with a laser rangefinding /targeting system, it is reported to be extremely accurate as well as powerful, capable of destroying a target with as few as three to five rounds.
Pages in category "Aircraft guns" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. Type 2 cannon;
The gun could be set up for either right- or left-hand feed by switching the feeder head around. [4] Some 35,000 were produced before being superseded by the M61 cannon which outperformed the M39 in almost every way. [5] The only US aircraft still flying with the M39 is the Northrop F-5, an aircraft now only used for training.
The FFV 30 mm and Matra SA-10 gunpods produced for Swedish Air Force by collaboration with FFV and S. A. Engins Matra used on Saab AJ 37 and Saab Sk 60B/C attack aircraft during the early 1970s used guns taken from scrapped Swedish Saab J 32Bs and Hawker Hunter J 34s.
The B-25 bomber was heavily armed with 75 mm and .50 caliber machine guns.. During 1942 and 1943, the lack of a usable escort fighter for the United States Army Air Forces in the European Theatre of Operations led to experiments in dramatically increasing the armament of a standard Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, and later a single Consolidated B-24D Liberator, to each have 14 to 16 Browning AN ...
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