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Hotchkiss 25 mm cannon France: World War II 25: Internal: Type 96 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 25: External: M242 Bushmaster United States: Cold War 25: Internal: Oerlikon KBA Switzerland: Cold War 28: Internal: 1.1" autocannon United States: World War II 30: Internal: 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 Soviet Union: Cold War 30: Internal: 30 mm ...
In the anti-materiel role, a 25 mm weapon armed with armor-piercing rounds can disable many types of aircraft and ground vehicles, including some main battle tanks. The US military uses 25 mm weapons in their AV-8B Harrier, AC-130 gunship, M2 Bradley, LAV-25, F-35 Lightning II and as a standard ship-based munition in the Mk 38 autocannon.
The Oerlikon KBA 25 mm is a fully automatic cannon based on the proven gas-operation principle with a rotating bolt head similar to the Mauser M 98 or M16 and double belt feed for the ammunition. The KBA offers a wide range of firing modes: single shot, programmable rapid single shot with a rate of fire programmable from 100 to 175 rds/min and ...
25 mm towed anti-aircraft gun 7,000 [40] China: 2 x 25 mm, improved version of the Type 85. [50] [51] Capable of radar-based automatic engagement. PG-99 (Type 90) 35 mm towed anti-aircraft gun China: 2 x 35 mm towed autocannon [52] based on Type 90 2 X 35 mm, licensed production of Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon. [53] Military designation PG-99.
Factory loadings. Number of manufacturers producing complete cartridges - e.g. Norma, RWS, Hornady, Winchester, Federal, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, Prvi Partizan. May be none for obsolete and wildcat cartridges. H/R: Handgun (H) or rifle (R) - dominant usage of the cartridge (although several dual-purpose cartridges exist)
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The five-barrel Equalizer cannon was developed in the late 1970s, based on the mechanism of the 30mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon, but firing a new NATO series of 25 mm ammunition. The GAU-12/U cannon is operated by an 11 kW (15 hp) electric motor, or in external mounts supplied by a bleed air driven pneumatic system. Its rate of fire is normally ...
Overall, it was more comparable to the 20 mm Oerlikon, though vastly inferior to the 40mm Bofors weapons used by the US and allies in every respect except rate of fire (and only barely in that respect: the Bofors could put out a sustained 120 rounds per minute because of its constant-fire top-fed ammo clip design, whereas the 25mm's frequent ...