The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which...
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Rotary cannon (section M61 Vulcan and other designs)
20mm gun was standardized by the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force as the M61 20mm Vulcan aircraft gun. One of the main reasons for the resurgence of the electrically...
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M167 VADS (redirect from M167 Vulcan)
airfields. The heart of the M167 is the M168 Cannon, a variant of the M61 Vulcan 20×102 mm rapid-fire rotary cannon. It was also effective against lightly...
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NOHAB In science: Messier 61 (M61), a spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster In firearms and military equipment: M61 Vulcan, a rotary cannon developed for...
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M134 Minigun (redirect from M134 Vulcan Minigun)
use a rotary barrel design, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan, and "gun" for the use of rifle ammunition as opposed to autocannon shells...
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weapon, although it was not available during the initial competition; the M61 Vulcan was used as a temporary replacement. Once completed, the entire GAU-8...
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Gatling gun M61 Vulcan, a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun Vulcan M-11-9, a semiautomatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament Vulcan (Turku shipyard)...
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M163 VADS (redirect from VADS (Vulcan Air Defence System))
November 2019. Cullen & Foss 1992, p. 305. "Report: Israel Evaluates M61 Vulcan Cannon as Anti-Drone Measure | Israel Defense". June 2024. Cagle, Mary...
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the code "Fox three" referred to the use of guns or cannon, such as the M61 Vulcan which is used in various military aircraft. The difference can be noted...
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three-barrel version of the M61 Vulcan. It is externally powered, relying on the same power delivery system as the Vulcan. It fires M50 and PGU-series...
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conventional strafing attack. The AC-130H Spectre was armed with two 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannons, one L/60 Bofors 40 mm cannon, and M137 105 mm cannon and M37...
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Phalanx CIWS (redirect from Vulcan Phalanx)
on non-combatant vessels in 1984. The basis of the system is the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, used by the United States military on various tactical...
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are fitted with a M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon on the port side of the lower fuselage. The United States denied the sale of the M61 to Brazil, thus its...
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at close range. Although improved training and the introduction of the M61 Vulcan cannon on the F-4 did much to address the disparity, these early outcomes...
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match the sustained rate of fire of an electric Rotary cannon like the M61 Vulcan, it requires no external power source to operate, but is instead powered...
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War. Armed with four 7.62 mm GAU-2/A Miniguns (and two 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan six-barrel rotary cannons in the AC-119K version), they replaced the Douglas...
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turn on the M113 armored personnel carrier. In addition to the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon it is armed with four FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile...
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AGM-78 Standard ARM. Only 2 converted. F-4E USAF version with an integral M61 Vulcan cannon in the elongated RF-4C nose, AN/APQ-120 radar with smaller cross-section...
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simultaneously. It was also the first aircraft to be equipped with the M61 Vulcan autocannon. Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, vice president of engineering...
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20 mm caliber (redirect from 20×102mm Vulcan)
Anzio 20mm rifle United States 20×102 mm Arash anti-materiel rifle Iran M61 Vulcan United States M197 electric cannon United States M39 cannon United...
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develop a new cannon for the proposed F-14 ADC interceptor and replace the M61 Vulcan on the then-upcoming F-15 Eagle. The GAU-7/A was a 25 mm Gatling gun using...
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the General Electric M61 Vulcan cannon, with three barrels instead of six. Its maximum rate of fire is one quarter that of the Vulcan, largely to limit its...
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BLU-116 Bunker Buster B61 nuclear bomb B83 nuclear bomb Gun GAU-8 Avenger M61 Vulcan GAU-12 GAU-13 GAU-19 M240 L/60 Bofors M102 howitzer GAU-23/A M2 Browning...
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These aircraft were called "Stingers" primarily in reference to the two M61 Vulcan 20-mm cannons they carried in addition to the AC-119G's four GAU-2/A miniguns...
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and force protection. The AC-130H "Spectre" was armed with two 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannons, one Bofors 40 mm autocannon, and one 105 mm M102 howitzer. The...
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agile aircraft. The fighter has a single turbofan engine with an internal M61 Vulcan cannon and 11 hardpoints. Although officially named "Fighting Falcon"...
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initially designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight...
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caliber T17 round being shortened and necked up to create the 20×102 mm M61 Vulcan cannon cartridge) Neck (disambiguation) Rubbernecking This disambiguation...
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was to be the armament test bed, it was fitted with the 20 mm (.79 in) M61 Vulcan cannon and was equipped with an AN/ASG-14T-1 fire control system. XF-104...
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projectile mass than the 20x102mm cartridge fired by the Phalanx CIWS M61 Vulcan, so it provides much greater destructive power and significantly increased...
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