The Rheinmetall Bordkanone 5, or BK-5, was a WWII-era German 50 mm autocannon primarily intended for use against Allied heavy bombers, such as the United...
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ground attack aircraft. This version of the Pak 40 was the heaviest of the Bordkanone series of heavy calibre aircraft guns, incorporating a twelve-round magazine...
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A-1/U4 subtype fitted the massive, 540-kilogram (1,190 lb) Bordkanone series 50 mm (2 in) BK 5 cannon, loaded with 21 rounds in the same under-nose ordnance...
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variant with single 50 mm (1.969 in) Bordkanone BK 5 cannon in ventral gun pod. There were 32 built. Ju 88 P-5 Proposed heavy-gun variant with single...
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151 was Maschinengewehr but they are cannon. (Bordkanone) BK 3.7 BK 5 BK 7.5 (based on Rheinmetall's 7.5 cm Pak 40 with self-contained twelve-round magazine)...
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m/49 (Sweden) Bordkanone BK 3,7 cannon (37mm, a.k.a. 3,7 cm) (Germany) Bordkanone BK 5 cannon (50mm, a.k.a. 5 cm) (Germany) Bordkanone BK 7,5 cannon (75mm...
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The BK 27 (also BK27 or BK-27) (German abbreviation for Bordkanone, "on-board cannon") is a 27 mm (1.063 in) caliber revolver cannon manufactured by Mauser...
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The Bordkanone 3,7 (BK 3,7) ("on-board cannon 3.7") was a German 3.7 cm (1.46 in) anti-tank/bomber autocannon of World War II and based on the earlier...
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maintenance units modified a small number of He 177A-3s, fitting a 50 mm Bordkanone BK 5 cannon with a 21-round magazine within the aircraft's undernose Bola...
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One obvious solution would be to use the larger 3.7 cm (1.46 in) BK 3,7 (Bordkanone 3,7), recently adapted from the ground-based 3.7 cm Flak 18. These...
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Kfz. 234/2 - eight wheel armoured car Bordkanone-series BK 5 heavy-caliber autocannon 5 cm KwK 38 Rheinmetall BK-5 British Ordnance QF 6-pounder Soviet...
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PDF | Missile | Military Technology". Scribd. Retrieved 2023-11-25. "Bordkanone Mauser 27 Millimeter". www.bundeswehr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-25...
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The BK 5 cm cannon, based on the 5 cm KwK 39 cannon of the Panzer III, was installed in Ju 88P bomber destroyers, which also used other Bordkanone models...
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570 m/s (1,870 ft/s) Effective range: 900 m (2,950 ft). 37mm Bordkanone BK 3,7 (Nazi Germany) Ho-5 cannon MK 108 cannon Ho-155 cannon Ho-204 cannon Ho-301...
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as the BK 3,7, the lightest-calibre model of the Bordkanone series of heavy caliber cannon used in Luftwaffe aircraft during the war. The BK 3,7 was...
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autocannon ever mounted into an aircraft, outweighing the WW II German Bordkanone BK 7,5 75mm aircraft-mount, tank-killing single barrel autocannon by some...
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with heavy-calibre autocannon by the Luftwaffe, especially with the Bordkanone BK 3,7 autocannon, mounted in twin gun pods against Soviet armour on the...
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21-round armed Bordkanone-series BK 5 cannon, itself weighing some 540 kg (1,190 lb). The MK 112's projectile was supposed to weigh 1.5 kg (3.3 lb); of...
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D-5 before being rebuilt as a G-2 variant, possibly by fitting G-2 outer wings to a D-5 airframe. The wings have the hard-points for Bordkanone BK 3,7...
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never-built A-3/R5 variant was also planned to mount a 75 mm Bordkanone BK 7,5 cm cannon. Five A-5 variants were built, armed with up to 33 spin-stabilized...
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armed with a modified PAK 40 75 mm anti-tank gun. This weapon, the Bordkanone BK 7,5, was the most powerful forward-firing weapon fitted to a production...
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40 mm Class S gun: 40mm British equivalent Rolls-Royce 40 mm cannon Bordkanone BK 3,7: German equivalent Ho-203 cannon: Japanese equivalent Bishop, Chris...
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out the first tank with the new Stuka. The Ju 87 G-2, based on the Ju 87 D-5 with extended wingtips, replaced the Ju 87 G-1 during 1944. This was a dedicated...
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G-2/R1 was also capable of employing armament such as the Bordkanone-series 37 mm (1.46 in) BK 3,7 autofed cannon, mounted in a conformal ventral gun pod...
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armed with heavy guns (Bordkanone). Dedicated "tankbuster" aircraft such as the Ju 87Gs (Kanonenvogel) were armed with two BK 37mm autocannon in underwing...
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wings. Some were modified to destroy tanks with heavy calibre, 37mm Bordkanone BK 3,7 autocannons mounted in gun pods below the wings. They were very...
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was in "tank-buster" aircraft such as the 75 mm (3.0 in) caliber Bordkanone BK 7.5 cannon-equipped Henschel Hs 129 B-3. Every Soviet and Russian-derived...
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Some variants of the Stuka were equipped with a pair of 37 mm (1.5 in) Bordkanone BK 3,7 cannons mounted in under-wing gun pods, each loaded with two...
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of the G-2 variants, experimentally equipped with twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Bordkanone BK 3,7 cannon in gun pods, that were commanded by Staffelkapitän Hans-Ulrich...
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gun-armed Mosquito Mk. XVIII and the autoloading German 75 mm long-barrel Bordkanone BK 7,5 heavy-caliber ordnance fitted to both the Henschel Hs 129B-3 and...
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