The MG FF was a drum-fed, blowback-operated, 20 mm aircraft autocannon, developed in 1936 by Ikaria Werke Berlin of Germany. It was a derivative of the...
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aircraft, especially with the introduction of mine shells for the 20 mm MG-FF/M aircraft cannon, the design was rechambered to 20 mm caliber in 1941,...
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Hispano-Suiza HS.404 (adopted by the French, British and U.S. forces), the German MG FF, and the Japanese IJNAS's Type 99 cannon. The basic design was based on...
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variants were armed with two MG FF 20 mm cannon, four 7.92 mm (.323 in) MG 17 machine guns, and one 7.92 mm (.323 in) MG 15 machine gun for defence (later...
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engine-mounted machine gun. The C-3 was planned with 20 mm MG FF cannons replacing the two MG 17s in the wings, but it is not known how many C-3s (if any)...
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redesignated the 20 mm MG FF/M, M for Minengeschoß. Germany first used Minengeschoß ammunition during the Battle of Britain when MG FF/M armed Bf 109E's and...
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machine guns, or one lightweight engine-mounted 20 mm MG FF cannon with two 7.92 mm MG 17s. The MG C/30 was an airborne adaption of the 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft...
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and Heinkel He 115. Instead of MG 204s, MG 151 or MG FF was installed instead. Defensive armament was to consist of MG 15s to cover the aft approach....
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the FF gun as the MG FF, firing 20x80RB ammunition. And the Imperial Japanese Navy, after evaluating all three guns, ordered developments of the FF and...
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in the war. (Maschinengewehr) MG 15 MG 17 MG 81 & 81Z MG 131 (Maschinenkanone and related types) MG FF and FF/M [1] MG 151, /15 or /20 [1] MK 101 MK 103...
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Swiss design after World War I, for the World War II German Luftwaffe's MG FF (Maschinengewehr Flügel Fest, "fixed wing-mount automatic ordnance") 20 mm...
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increased defensive armament of MG 131 machine guns, twin MG 81Zs, and an MG FF cannon. He 111 H-16/R1 As H-16, but with MG 131 in power-operated dorsal...
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92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 and 20 mm MG 151 but replacing the outer wing 20 mm MG-FF cannon with two underwing gun pods containing two 20 mm MG 151/20 each, for...
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based on the drum-magazine fed Swiss Oerlikon FF ordnance which was itself the basis for the Germans' own MG FF weapon, used to pioneer Schräge Musik for...
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92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 and 20 mm MG 151 but replacing the outer wing 20 mm MG-FF cannon with two underwing gun pods containing two 20 mm MG 151/20 each, for...
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20 mm MG FF cannon at the front end as added forward defense and a flexibly mounted MG 81 machine gun in the rear, for the initial He 177A-1. An MG 151...
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Oerlikon FF Switzerland 20×72 mm RB Type 99 cannon, model 1 Japan Ikaria-Werke Berlin MG FF/M cannon Nazi Germany 20×80 mm RB Mauser MG 151/20 Nazi...
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sensitive to the ammunition used. For example, when the Germans switched their MG FF (an Oerlikon FFF derivative) to their new, lighter mine shell, they had...
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fuselage-mounted 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns, unlike the V3, it featured two wing-mounted 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon MG FF cannons that earned it the nickname...
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cartridge and fitting it with the "mine shell" from the MG FF cannon. This formed the basis of the MG 151/20, which would go on to be their primary aircraft...
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but replaced the MG 17 wing guns with two 20 mm cannons, one in each wing with 60 rpg; either MG FFs (E-3) or the more advanced MG FF/M (E-4 and E-7) that...
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Ikaria in Germany for a supply of 20 mm MG FF/M cannon. These were a licensed version of the Swiss Oerlikon FF, which had been in use in various German...
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during the Battle of Britain it was decided to replace the MG FF cannon with the more powerful MG 151/15. Losses had mounted in spite of an increase of up...
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better Mauser MG 151/20 cannons, which had a longer effective range than the MG FF weapon. Later versions carried four or even six MG 151/20 cannon and...
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Oerlikon FF Switzerland World War II 20 Internal Oerlikon KAE Switzerland Modern 20 Internal MG FF cannon Nazi Germany World War II 20 Internal MG 151/20...
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Guns: * 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 81Z machine gun 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine gun 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG FF/M cannon Bombs: * 2 × 50 kg (110...
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solid metal nose, typically housing one 20 mm (0.787 in) MG FF cannon and three 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns. The aircraft retained the ventral Bola...
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supplied to the unit was the Fw 200C-1, armed with one 20mm MG FF cannon in the nose, one 7.92mm MG 15 machine gun in the ventral gondola, as well as the rear...
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armament be improved by replacing two 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns with 20 mm MG FF cannons, although these were never actually fitted. Fw 187...
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Ikaria-Werke firm of Berlin using Oerlikon design patents in creating the MG FF wingmount cannon ordnance. The Imperial Japanese Navy's Type 99 cannon,...
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