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  2. 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.

  3. Ordnance QF 25-pounder - Wikipedia

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    Muzzle velocity. 198 to 532 m/s (650 to 1,750 ft/s) Maximum firing range. 12,253 m (13,400 yd) (HE shell) Sights. Calibrating & reciprocating. The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War.

  4. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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    An example (open and closed) of a typical gun safe. A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions.Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as children), for burglary protection and, in more capable safes, to protect the contents from damage by flood, fire or other natural disasters.

  5. XM913 chain gun - Wikipedia

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    Rate of fire. 100/200 rounds per minute. The XM913 is an experimental American chain gun produced at Picatinny Arsenal. [1] The cannon is a larger and more modern version of the 35 mm Bushmaster III chain gun, which itself is a larger version of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon. Although its shells, 50 x 228 mm, are twice the diameter of the 25 ...

  6. Cannon operation - Wikipedia

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    Cannon operation is described by the 1771 Encyclopædia Britannica. Each cannon would be manned by two gunners, six soldiers, and four officers of the artillery. The right gunner was to prime the piece and load it with powder, while the left gunner would fetch the powder from the magazine and keep ready to fire the cannon at the officer's ...

  7. 100-ton gun - Wikipedia

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    The 100-ton gun (also known as the Armstrong 100-ton gun) [5] was a 17.72-inch (450 mm) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) gun made by Elswick Ordnance Company, the armaments division of the British manufacturing company Armstrong Whitworth, owned by William Armstrong. The 15 guns Armstrong made were used to arm two Italian battleships and, to counter ...

  8. Gauss gun - Wikipedia

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    Gauss gun. The Gauss gun (often called a Gauss rifle or Gauss cannon) is a device that uses permanent magnets and the physics of the Newton's cradle to accelerate a projectile. Gauss guns are distinct from and predate coil guns, although many works of science fiction (and occasionally the educators [1]) have confused the two.

  9. DEFA cannon - Wikipedia

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    The DEFA 553 is a gas-operated five-chamber revolver cannon using pyrotechnic cocking and electrical ignition. It fires a range of 30 mm ammunition of various types, and is capable of continuous fire or 0.5-second or 1-second bursts. The 553 was superseded by the DEFA 554, which incorporates a number of detail improvements.

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