The Rolls-Royce 40 mm Cannon was a project first proposed in late 1938 to produce a cannon for mounting in aircraft which could cause sufficient damage...
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the standard 20 mm cannon. In August, the Rolls-Royce 40 mm cannon ("R" model) was also trialled in the same Beaufighter. Both cannons were assessed when...
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The Rolls-Royce Peregrine was a 21-litre (1,300 cu in), 885-horsepower (660 kW) liquid-cooled V-12 aero engine designed and built by the British manufacturer...
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First World War and the Second World War Rolls-Royce 40 mm cannon, known as "QF 2 pounder Mk XIV" Rolls-Royce 40mm gun of the Second World War Ordnance...
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QF 2-pounder naval gun (redirect from Vickers Type 40 mm AT/AA Gun)
2-pounder Mark XIV was the Rolls-Royce 40 mm cannon, which had been developed by Rolls-Royce as a competitor to the 40 mm "Vickers S" gun as an aircraft...
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M4 autocannon (redirect from T9 cannon)
Class S gun: 40mm British equivalent Rolls-Royce 40 mm cannon Bordkanone BK 3,7: German equivalent Ho-203 cannon: Japanese equivalent Bishop, Chris (2002)...
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List of aircraft engines (redirect from List of Rolls-Royce engines)
Griffon Rolls-Royce Hawk Rolls-Royce Kestrel Rolls-Royce Merlin Rolls-Royce Nene Rolls-Royce Olympus Rolls-Royce Pegasus Rolls-Royce Pennine Rolls-Royce Peregrine...
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300 lbf) Rolls-Royce Tay 250 centrifugal-flow turbojet. MD 452 Mystère IIA Two prototypes powered by the Tay and armed with four Hispano 20 mm cannon. MD 452...
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with four 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 autocannon in its nose, the most heavily armed. Protracted development problems with its Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines...
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by a Rolls-Royce Avon 109 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm ADEN cannons. Swift F.Mk 2 Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon...
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Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament (section The Rolls-Royce Merlin and Griffon engines)
improved engines, starting with the Rolls-Royce Merlin and progressing to the bigger and more powerful Rolls-Royce Griffon. The evolution of high octane...
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Hawker Tempest (redirect from Vickers 47 mm Class P)
40 mm cannon in many references, such as Mason 1991. Vickers, Rolls-Royce and the War Office Design Department produced competing designs but Rolls Royce...
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radial engine. It was armed with varying combinations of 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon and 12.7 mm (.5 in) Breda-SAFAT machine guns. The resulting fighter was...
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It was designed by the Swiss company Hispano-Suiza and powered by a Rolls-Royce engine. Due to initial mechanical issues, only 2,176 units were produced...
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Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to use, the Rolls-Royce Vulture, proved unreliable in service. A parallel airframe that used...
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20 mm M61 Vulcan cannons, one L/60 Bofors 40 mm cannon, and M137 105 mm cannon and M37 recoil mechanism from the M102 howitzer; after 1994, the 20 mm cannons...
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to North American F-86D Sabre Dog, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet, and armed with 55× 68 mm Matra rockets in a retractable belly tray. The first...
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28 m (40 ft 3 in) Height: 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in) Empty weight: 2,530 kg (5,578 lb) Max takeoff weight: 4,600 kg (10,141 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Gem...
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a pair of 40 mm guns for attacking ground targets, the two guns being a Vickers S gun mounted on the starboard fuselage and a Rolls-Royce BH gun mounted...
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Gloster Meteor (redirect from Gloster F.9/40)
root: EC(12.5)40/0640; tip: EC1040/0640 Empty weight: 10,684 lb (4,846 kg) Gross weight: 15,700 lb (7,121 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 centrifugal...
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three-engined '73' design which used a pair of Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets under the wings and a single Rolls-Royce Derwent V in the tail, in an installation...
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unmistakable lineage from the earlier G-2, sharing the same British-sourced Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet engine, albeit uprated for greater performance. However...
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Murray Sueter ordered "fighting cars" based on Rolls-Royce, Talbot and Wolseley chassis. By the time Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars arrived in December 1914, the...
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were rearmed for the MGB role with 1 × 20 mm Oerlikon aft (some may have briefly carried a 40mm Rolls-Royce gun until the Oerlikon was available), a twin...
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copies of the Rolls-Royce Derwent) engines with 15.6 kN (3,500 lbf) thrust each. The armament was changed to three 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon, while drop...
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put aside due to technical difficulties in favour of the license-built Rolls-Royce Avon powerplant. On 3 November 1952, the first prototype performed its...
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the Rolls-Royce Griffon-engined Mk 24, using several wing configurations and guns. The original airframe was designed to be powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin...
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Arsenal VG-33 (redirect from Arsenal VG 40)
designs were projected, both based on the VG-39bis airframe. The VG-40 mounted the Rolls-Royce Merlin III and the VG-50 the newer Allison V-1710-39. Neither...
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two 250 or 500 lb (110 or 230 kg) bombs, two 40 mm (1.57 in) Vickers S guns, two 40 mm (1.57 in) Rolls-Royce B.H. type guns, two SBC (small bomb containers)...
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Renard R.36 (redirect from Renard R-40)
overheating. Derivative of R.36 aircraft powered by a 770 kW (1,030 hp) Rolls-Royce Merlin II. One built, which was first flown on 4 August 1939 reaching...
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