The HS.404 is an autocannon originally designed by and produced by the Swiss arm of the Spanish/Swiss company Hispano-Suiza in the mid-1930s. Production...
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The HS.820 is a 20 mm caliber autocannon developed by Hispano-Suiza primarily for aircraft use, but more widely used in a series of ground-based anti-aircraft...
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Hispano-Suiza (Spanish for 'Spanish-Swiss') is a Spanish automotive company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damián Mateu [es] as an automobile...
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The Hispano-Suiza 12Y was an aircraft engine produced by Hispano-Suiza for the French Air Force before the Second World War. The 12Y became the primary...
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In May 1951, a developed version, the HA-1112-K1L, improved the Hispano-Suiza, HS 17-12Z engine installation, and carried either one or two 12.7mm Breda...
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Oerlikon FF (redirect from Hispano-Suiza HS.9)
series inspired many 20mm cannon used in World War II, including the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 (adopted by the French, British and U.S. forces), the German MG FF...
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of the fastest combat aircraft in the world and, with four 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 autocannon in its nose, the most heavily armed. Protracted development...
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to the later Italian Macchi C.202. Armament consisted of a 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 engine-mount moteur-canon firing through the propeller hub, and four...
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20 mm caliber (redirect from 20×110mm HS)
various different types of 20×110 mm might be distinguished as 20×110 mm Hispano, 20×110 mm RB and 20×110 mm USN. B e.g. 20×138B: the cartridge has a belt...
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Marc Birkigt (category Hispano-Suiza)
Dolphin and S.E. 5a, whilst in the field of ordnance he created the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20mm autocannon, which was of great importance in WW II as the main...
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Hispano-Suiza piston aero-engines were predominantly piston engines produced by Hispano-Suiza in France, Spain, and under licence in the United Kingdom...
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Variant to test the feasibility of mounting US made copies of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20 mm cannon on modified Maxson mounts. All were later rebuilt as...
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postwar Israeli development of the M45 mount, equipped with two 20mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons in lieu of machine guns. In frontline Israeli service, it...
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gun armament. Type 77 60° V-12 Hispano-Suiza engines, including the 12 Ycrs model, had an integrated Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon between...
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aircraft cannon. In France, Hispano-Suiza manufactured development of the FFS as the Hispano-Suiza HS.7 and Hispano-Suiza HS.9, for installation between...
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one engine failed. The aircraft was armed with two forward-firing Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon and a 7.5 mm MAC 1934 machine-gun firing rearwards for aft...
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394 kn) in a dive. Armament consisted of a 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.9 or Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon with 60 rounds in the V of the engine and fired...
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machine gun in nose and ventral positions and a 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in the dorsal position. Due to technical problems with the...
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guns with the 20 mm M2 cannon, the US version of the widely used Hispano-Suiza HS.404. Fifteen of these were later modified as F8F-1N night fighters with...
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Emirates Yugoslavia − Passed on to successor states Zimbabwe Hispano-Suiza HS.404 Hispano-Suiza HS.820 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Zastava Arms ZPU ZU-23-2 "Zastava...
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cartridge used was a shortened version of the Allied 20 x 110mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404. The Ho-5 was used mostly as wing mounts in late-war fighters, but...
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mm gun M1, a field artillery gun 20 mm aircraft gun M1 or French Hispano-Suiza HS.404 240 mm howitzer M1, WWII 37 mm gun M1, anti-aircraft 40 mm automatic...
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RA). Italian pilots appreciated the aircraft's capabilities and Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon, at least by 1940–1941 standards. The first three D.520s were...
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machine gun meant for aircraft use 20 mm AN/M2, a US variant of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 autocannon meant for aircraft use This disambiguation page lists...
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longer 102 mm cartridge, intermediate between the MK 213's 82 mm and Hispano-Suiza HS.404's 110 mm case lengths. Several generations of the basic ADEN/DEFA...
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Poland. Breda Model 35 - Equivalent Italian 20mm anti-aircraft gun. Hispano-Suiza HS.404 - Equivalent French-designed 20mm anti-aircraft gun used by many...
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Canon de 75 CA modèle 1940 Schneider Canon de 90 mm Modèle 1926 Hispano-Suiza HS.404 Matra R.511 Matra R.530 Matra M.04 Flakpanzer Gepard LFK NG MANTIS...
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semi-automatic shotgun M3 20mm cannon, a United States development of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 M3 fighting knife, a World War II American issue knife M3 machine...
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(Capt. Cen knowing from experience about the unreliability of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20mm autocannon under the g-forces of a diving attack, chose the...
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13hp/lb) Armament Guns: Prototype 4 x 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in nose 1 x 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in rear gunner's post Planned production...
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