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  2. Denel Land Systems GI-2 - Wikipedia

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    Calibre. 20 millimetres (0.79 in) Rate of fire. 750 round/min. Muzzle velocity. 1050 m/s. Feed system. Left/Right side. The Denel Land Systems GI-2 is an autocannon manufactured by Denel Land Systems (DLS) and used by the South African Army, Navy, Air Force, Royal Thai Navy and Indonesian Navy.

  3. Oerlikon 20 mm cannon - Wikipedia

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    Cylindrical magazine holding 60 rounds, Later adjusted to be a belt fed gun. The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis ...

  4. 20 mm Polsten - Wikipedia

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    The simpler design of the Polsten cannon made its production much cheaper. The cost of one Oerlikon cannon was about £350, while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70. In January 1944, the 21st Army Group decided that only 20 mm Polsten guns would be used as a standard light anti-aircraft gun in place of the Oerlikon to simplify ...

  5. M39 cannon - Wikipedia

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    five-chamber revolver. Rate of fire. 1,500 rpm. Muzzle velocity. 1,030 m/s (3,300 ft/s) The M39 cannon with its 20 mm ammunition chute. 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 of fighter aircraft from the early 1950s through the 1980s.

  6. How to store guns safely to prevent unintentional shootings - AOL

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    Lock boxes. A handgun lock box. (via National Center for School Safety ) Lock boxes can be used to store firearms, secured with a key, combination or biometric access. They are generally smaller ...

  7. M61 Vulcan - Wikipedia

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    M61 Vulcan. The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six- barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament ...

  8. Ordnance QF 20-pounder - Wikipedia

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    Calibre. 84 millimetres (3.31 in) Elevation. +18° to −10° in Centurion Mk 5. The Ordnance QF 20 pounder (known as 20 pounder, 20 pdr or simply 20-pr) was a British 84 mm (3.307 inch) tank gun. [1][i] It was introduced in 1948 and used in the Centurion main battle tank, Charioteer medium tank, and Caernarvon Mark II heavy tank.

  9. M197 electric cannon - Wikipedia

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    The M197 electric cannon was developed primarily for use by United States Army helicopter gunships. Development began in 1967 after experience in the Vietnam War revealed the inadequacy of the 7.62 mm Minigun for gunship use. The M197 is essentially a lightened version of the General Electric M61 Vulcan cannon, with three barrels instead of six.