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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).
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;
Aircraft guns (3 C, 88 P) B. Balloon weaponry (6 P) M. Air-launched missiles (3 C, 3 P) T. Targeting pods (18 P) Pages in category "Aircraft weapons"
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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 [4] Some 35,000 were produced before being superseded by the M61 cannon which outperformed the M39 in almost every way.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.
1 Machine guns. 2 Autocannon. 3 Heavy aircraft cannon. 4 Rockets and Missiles. 5 Bombs. ... Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered) Mauser MG 213; MK 112 ...
The B-25 bomber was heavily armed with 75mm 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 ...
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft.It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sensors, navigation, and fire-control systems.