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    The M39 cannon is a 20 mm caliber single-barreled revolver cannon developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s. It was used on a number...
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  • Hellcat tank destroyer M39 cannon, an American aircraft-mounted automatic cannon M39 rifle, a Finnish variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle M39 Enhanced Marksman...
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    DEFA, respectively. Switzerland produced the Oerlikon KCA. The American M39 cannon used the 20 mm version, re-chambered for a slightly longer 102 mm cartridge...
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    Force and the Brazilian Navy. M39 cannon Williams, p. 327 Williams, Anthony G. (2022). Autocannon: A History of Automatic Cannon and Their Ammunition. Marlborough...
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    DEFA, the very similar British ADEN cannon, and the smaller American M39 cannon. As the DEFA 552 it entered production in 1954. In 1968 an upgraded version...
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    27mm diameter R-23 cannon – comparable Russian design, 23mm M39 cannon – comparable US design, 20mm diameter "ADEN 30 mm Cannon MK 4 & 5" (PDF). United...
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    DEFA cannon, firing similar ammunition. The USAF introduced the 20 mm M39 cannon to replace the M24, while the Navy combined the original Hispano design...
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  • 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...
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  • 20 mm caliber (redirect from 20 mm cannon)
    smaller-caliber weapons, commonly called "guns", from larger-caliber "cannons" (e.g. machine gun vs. autocannon), is conventionally taken to be the 20...
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    had no radar, being intended to house an armament of six 20 mm (.79 in) M39 cannon, while the fighter's single pilot sat in a pressurized cockpit and was...
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  • DEFA, while the 20 mm version was used by the US as the basis for the M39 cannon. During World War II, the German firm Mauser began development of a radically...
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  • Air Base Philippine Air Force SPYDER medium range air defence system A M39 cannon platform being towed by a Kia KM450 light truck "2024 World Air Forces...
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    30×111mm R-23 cannon – comparable Russian design: 23mm×260mm (telescoped) M39 cannon – comparable US design: 20×102mm Notes "Germany 27 mm/145 MLG 27 - NavWeaps"...
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  • R-23 cannon – comparable Russian design, 23×260mm (telescoped) M39 cannon – comparable older US design, 20×102mm "AEI Systems Low Recoil 30mm Cannon Nears...
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  • Lewis gun (USA/UK) M2 Browning machine gun (United States) M4 cannon (United States) M39 cannon (United States) M61 Vulcan (United States) M134 Minigun (United...
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  • the same to adapt the 0.60 to a 20 mm explosive shell as part of their M39 cannon project. This became the 20x102, which remains the standard US 20 mm round...
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    comparable German design, 27×145mm R-23 cannon – comparable Russian design, 23×260mm (telescoped) M39 cannon – comparable older US design, 20×102mm "Bullet...
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    a lower rate of fire than machine guns; a possible solution, the M39 revolver cannon, had problems with overheating and excessive barrel wear. In June...
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    on later aircraft these were replaced by an arrangement of four 20 mm M39 cannon. A new rotary bomb door was adopted on the B-57B, which had originally...
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    addition, the starboard M39 20 mm cannon mounted in the nose was removed to make way for additional avionics (the sole cannon on the two-seaters was removed...
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    comparable German design, 27×145mm R-23 cannon – comparable Russian design, 23×260mm (telescoped) M39 cannon – comparable older US design, 20×102mm Media...
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    Automatic cannons  France Bernardini Mk-164 used in AMX A-1  United States M39 cannon used in F-5 Tiger II  Russia GSh-23L used in AH-2 Sabre  Germany...
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    were equipped with two M39 cannon mounted in the nose. Production F-20s may have substituted two Ford Aerospace Tigerclaw cannons instead of the M39s; while...
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    used such weapons operationally. It was fitted with four 20mm M39 cannon, with one cannon often removed in service to make room for a TACAN beacon-receiver...
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    (18,000 m). F-86F-2 Designation for 10 aircraft modified to carry the M39 cannon in place of the M3 .50 caliber machine gun "six-pack". Four F-86E-10s...
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    DEFA, respectively. Switzerland produced the Oerlikon KCA. The American M39 cannon used the 20 mm version, re-chambered for a slightly longer 102 mm cartridge...
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    production) M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon as the KM168 produced since 1977 (Licensed production) M39 cannon 20 mm cannon as the M39A3, in use on the KF-5E...
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    M61 Vulcan (redirect from Vulcan cannon)
    piloting an F-100, received an official probable kill with his four M39 20 mm cannons during the engagement; however no other US pilot reported destroying...
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    (aircraft and helicopter mount) Colt Mk 12 cannon – 20 mm (aircraft mount) M3 cannon – 20 mm (aircraft mount) M39 cannon – 20 mm (aircraft mount) M61 Vulcan...
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    hazardous and remote coastal defenses. The T-75 revolver cannon is based on the American M39 cannon and was developed in Taiwan. The weapon systems were first...
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