The MK 108 (German: Maschinenkanone—"machine cannon") is a 30 mm caliber autocannon manufactured in Germany during World War II by Rheinmetall‑Borsig...

the Flakpanzer IV "Kugelblitz". Developed alongside the MK 103 was the lighter MK 108 cannon, which had a shorter barrel and used a modified blow-back...

aircraft with heavier cannons. Mauser responded to this by adapting the MaschinenGewehr 213 to fire the 30 mm rounds from the MK 108 cannon. This variant got...

cockpit. Me 262 V8, prototype with Jumo 004A engines and four 30 mm MK 108 cannons in the nose. Later modified for use in high-speed tests as the Hochgeschwindigkeit...

electrically-fired version of the MK 101 cannon was later developed and designated the MK 103. MK 103 cannon MK 108 cannon Kay, Antony L. and Smith, John...

Version A with four MK 108 30 mm cannon. Version B with two MK 103 30 mm cannon and Version C with two MK 108 and two MK 103 cannon in the nose. A heavily...

guns, two 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon, two 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 103 cannon, and two 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon. Me 262 A-1a/U2 Single prototype with...

Motorkanone) 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannon and two 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons. Another had a Motorkanone-mount 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 103 cannon and two wing-mounted...

Bordkanone BK 3,7 (Nazi Germany) Ho-5 cannon MK 108 cannon Ho-155 cannon Ho-204 cannon Ho-301 cannon Ho-401 cannon Gustin & Williams, p. 183 Gustin, Emmanuel;...

filling used by the long-barreled MK 103 and shorter barreled MK 108 cannon. Only four or five hits with 20 mm calibre cannon were needed for frontal attacks...

than a single nose intake. The aircraft was to be armed with three MK 108 cannon in the nose, plus perhaps two more in the 40°-swept wings. There was...

ammunition not being interchangeable between the two models. The 30 mm MK 108 cannon was perhaps the apogee of API blowback technology during World War II...

programme to develop cannon-armed fighters. They acquired a licence to build the HS.404, which entered production as the Hispano Mk.I intended as aeroplane...

armed with a single 30 mm MK 108 cannon under the cockpit. Pilot sat in a prone position with a single 30 mm MK 108 cannon under the cockpit. External...

were to be armed with either four 30-millimetre (1.2 in) MK 108 cannon or two MK 103 cannon. The nose-mounted FuG 240 Berlin radar of the night fighter...

either a pair of 20 mm (0.79 in) MG 151/20 cannon with 100 rounds each, or two 30 mm (1.2 in) MK 108 cannon with 50 rounds each. Furthermore, the Volksjäger...

151/20 was subsequently supplemented with or replaced by the 30 mm MK 108 cannon, which replaced the centerline Motorkanone-mount MG 151/20 on many Bf...

above the engine exhaust. It was planned to be armed with two 30 mm MK 108 cannon, placed in the front either side of the air intakes. In some postwar...

from the MK 108's 540 m/s to the new design's 790 m/s (2,600 ft/s). This was only slightly lower than contemporary 20 mm cannon like the Hispano Mk. V's 840 m/s...

There are many types, including chain guns, gast guns, revolver cannons, and rotary cannons. They are being used as military aircraft main guns, naval guns...

fighter with four or six 30 mm MK 108 cannon, and a Schnellbomber (Fast bomber) variant with two 30 mm MK 108 cannon and a bombload of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)...

(1.181 in) MK 108 cannon, Schräge Musik 2 × forward-facing 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151 cannon 2 × forward-facing 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon Alternative...

was designed to fly close to bomber formations and open fire from its MK 108 cannon at point-blank range. The E.381 began in a proposal from Arado Flugzeugwerke...

R2: Outboard wing mounted MK 108 cannon (as fitted to the Fw 190A-7, A-8 and A-9) R2: Addition of wing mounted MK 108 cannons and a fuselage center line...

velocity: 710 m/s (2,330 ft/s) Ho-5 cannon MK 108 cannon Ho-155 cannon Ho-203 cannon Ho-301 cannon Ho-401 cannon Gustin & Williams, p. 185 Gustin, Emmanuel;...

MG 151/20 cannons (with 120 rpg) and two MK 103 cannons mounted in the nose. An additional proposal was two 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannons to be installed...

Explosive content: 0.065 kg approx Fuze: Direct acting impact fuze MK 108 cannon High-Low System Williams, Anthony G; Gustin, Emmanuel. "WORLD WAR 2...

rpg 1 × 20 mm (.78 in) MG 151/20 cannon as centerline Motorkanone with 200 rpg or 1 x 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannon as centerline Motorkanone with 65...

2 in) MK 108 cannon or 2x 30mm MK 108 cannon and 2x 30 mm (1.2 in) MK 103 cannon Special armament for anti-bomber role (proposed): 1 x 50 mm (2.0 in) MK 214A...

and armored canopy, and to be armed with two or four 30 mm (1.2 in) MK 108 cannons, Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missiles, or both. By the time an American...