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709:(SAPHEI) round, providing improvements in range, accuracy, and power over the preceding M56A3 HEI round. The PGU-28/B is a "low-drag" round designed to reduce in-flight drag and deceleration, and has a slightly increased muzzle velocity of 1,050 metres per second (3,450 ft/s). However, the PGU-28/B has not been without problems. A 2000 USAF safety report noted 24 premature detonation mishaps (causing serious damage in many cases) in 12 years with the SAPHEI round, compared to only two such mishaps in the entire recorded history of the M56 round. The report estimated that the PGU-28/B had a potential failure rate 80 times higher than USAF standards permit. Due to safety issues, it was limited to emergency wartime use in 2000. 667: 655: 679: 695:
primer the weight is slightly double that at 1,225 kg (2,701 lb)). In order to avoid using the 600 to 1,000 rounds carried by aircraft all at once, a burst controller is generally used to limit the number of rounds fired at each trigger pull. Bursts of from two or three up to 40 or 50 can be selected. The size of the airframe and available internal space limits the size of the ammunition drum and thus limits the ammunition capacity. When vehicle-mounted, the only limiting factor is the vehicle's safe carry weight, so commensurately larger ammo storage is available.
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might not be sufficient to ensure target destruction and tested 20 and 27 mm (0.787 and 1.06 in) alternatives based on the 0.60-inch (15 mm) caliber cartridge. These variants of the T45 were known as the T171 and T150 respectively and were first tested in 1952. Eventually, the standard 20×102 mm cartridge was determined to have the desired balance of projectile/explosive mass and muzzle velocity, resulting in an optimum balance of range, accuracy and
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The initial M61 used linked ammunition, but the ejection of spent links created considerable (and ultimately insuperable) problems. The original weapon was soon replaced by the M61A1, with a linkless feed system. Depending on the application, the feed system can be either single-ended (ejecting spent
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Each of the cannon's six barrels fires once in turn during each revolution of the barrel cluster. The multiple barrels provide both a very high rate of fire—around 100 rounds per second—and contribute to prolonged weapon life by minimizing barrel erosion and heat generation. The average time between
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in many combat situations and that an externally carried gun pod was less effective than an internal gun; the first generation of gun pods such as the SUU-16 were not oriented with the sights of the fighter. The improved pods were self-powered and properly synchronized to the sights, while the USAF
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Most aircraft versions of the M61 are hydraulically driven and electrically primed. The gun rotor, barrel assembly and ammunition feed system are rotated by a hydraulic drive motor through a system of flexible drive shafts. The round is fired by an electric priming system where an electric current
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would be beneficial for improving hit ratios on high-speed targets. The first GE prototypes of the 0.60-inch (15 mm) caliber T45 were ground-fired in 1949; it achieved 2,500 rpm, which was increased to 4,000 rpm by 1950. By the early 1950s, the USAF decided that high velocity alone
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In 1946, the Army issued General Electric a contract for "Project Vulcan", a six-barrel weapon capable of firing 7,200 rounds per minute (rpm). Although European designers were moving towards heavier 30 mm (1.181 in) weapons for better hitting power, the U.S. initially concentrated on a
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Practically no powered rotary cannon is supplied with sufficient ammunition for a full minute of firing, due to its weight (at 6,000 rpm, the projectiles alone would represent a mass of about 600 kg (1,300 lb) for one minute of firing; and by including the brass shell, filling and
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The feed system must be custom-designed for each application, adding 140 to 180 kg (300 to 400 lb) to the complete weapon. Most aircraft installations are double-ended, because the ejection of empty cartridges can cause a foreign-object damage hazard for jet engines and because the
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became a separate branch of the military. The new Air Force made a request for a new aircraft gun. A lesson of World War II air combat was that German, Italian, and Japanese fighters could attack American aircraft from long range with their cannon main armament. American fighters with
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Fred Tracy, flying his F-105 with the 421st TFS, fired 200 rounds of 20 mm into a MiG-17 that had just fired a 23 mm shell which entered one side of his cockpit and exited the other. When the VPAF MiG flew in front of him after making its pass, Tracy opened fire on it.
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With multiple barrels, the rate of fire per barrel could be lower than a single-barrel revolver cannon while providing a greater overall rate of fire. The idea of powering a Gatling gun from an external electric power source was not a novel idea at the end of World War II, as
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Nose fuzed round, no tracer. 2 m (6.6 ft) effective radius to produce casualties to exposed personnel. Fragmentation hazard out to 20 m (66 ft). 12.7 mm (0.50 in) RHA penetration at 0 degree obliquity at 104 m (341 ft) range.
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cases and unfired rounds) or double-ended (returning casings back to the magazine). A disadvantage of the M61 is that the bulk of the weapon, its feed system, and ammunition drum make it difficult to fit it into a densely packed airframe.
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jams or failures is in excess of 10,000 rounds, making it an extremely reliable weapon. The success of the Vulcan Project and its progeny, the very-high-speed Gatling gun, has led to guns of the same configuration being referred to as
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ejected empty cases and unfired rounds rather than retaining them. Both pods contained 1,200 rounds of ammunition, with a loaded weight of 733 and 780 kilograms (1,615 and 1,720 lb) respectively. During service in the
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versions of the F-4 were hastily fitted with internal M61 cannons in a prominent fairing under the nose, well before the war ended (Navy Phantoms never received cannons, continuing to rely on air-to-air missiles alone).
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20 mm cannons during the engagement; however no other US pilot reported destroying any MiGs during the battle, leaving open the possibility that at least two of the MiG-17s may have been downed by their own
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variants. The F-4 was originally designed without a cannon as it was believed that missiles had made guns obsolete. Combat experience in Vietnam showed that a gun could be more effective than
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Multi-purpose fuzeless round with an incendiary charge in the nose setting off the HE behind it with a slight delay to maximize lethality against aircraft. No tracer or self-destruct. A
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of about 1,030 metres per second (3,380 ft/s). A variety of armor-piercing incendiary (API), high-explosive incendiary (HEI), and training rounds are available.
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meant that achieving an effective number of hits would be extremely difficult without a much higher volume of fire. While captured German designs (principally the
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Until the late 1980s, the M61 primarily used the M50 series of ammunition in various types, typically firing a 99-gram (3.5 oz) projectile at a
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sold its aerospace division, including GE Armament Systems along with the design and production tooling for the M61 and GE's other rotary cannon, to
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retention of spent cases assists in maintaining the center of gravity of the aircraft. The first aircraft to carry the M61A1 was the C model of the
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rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of
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at higher speeds, while speeds under 640 kilometres per hour (400 mph) did not provide enough airflow for the maximum rate of fire.
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The subsequent SUU-23/A uses the GAU-4/A self-powered Vulcan, with an electric inertia starter to bring it up to speed. Both
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aircraft rotary machine gun, powered by either the aircraft engine or an electric motor, had been under development by the
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Vietnam Air Losses, United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia 1961–1973
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powerful 0.60-inch (15 mm) cartridge designed for a pre-war anti-tank rifle, expecting that the cartridge's high
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In response to this requirement, the Armament Division of General Electric resurrected an old idea: the multi-barrel
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Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History: A Political, Social, and Military History
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from a firing lead passes through the firing pin to the primer as each round is rotated into the firing position.
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The Vulcan's rate of fire is typically 6,000 rounds per minute, although some versions (such as that of the
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165 gr (10.7 g; 0.38 oz) HE and 20 gr (1.3 g; 0.046 oz) incendiary
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hazard with discarded links. A linkless ammunition feed system was developed for the upgraded
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A variant with much shorter barrels, designated the M195, was also developed for use on the
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models. It was also adopted as standard in the "teen"-series air superiority fighters: the
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35th TFS; the F4E was the first Phantom II to enter the war with an internal Vulcan gun.
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Archived copy of US Patent #502,185 by R.J. Gatling, for an electric-powered Gatling-gun
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The main types of combat rounds and their main characteristics are listed in the table:
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M61A2: 202 lb (92 kg) (light barrel), 228 lb (103 kg) (heavy barrel)
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McCarthy Jr. p. 38, photograph of 23 mm cannon exit hole on Maj. Tracy's F-105
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and was adopted by the Navy on the A-7C and A-7E. It was integrated into the newer
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penetration at 0 degree impact angle and 1,000 m (3,300 ft) range.
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pellet at the bottom of the HE cavity provides additional incendiary effect.
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MiG Killers, A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in the Vietnam War 1965–1973
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McCarthy Jr. pp. 148–157. Excludes combination air-to-air missile/gun kills.
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The Vulcan was first used in aerial combat on 4 April 1965, when four
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The self-powered version, the GAU-4 (called M130 in Army service), is
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of fighters built post-Vietnam incorporated the M61 gun internally.
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The first confirmed Vulcan gun kill occurred on 29 June 1966 when
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to operate the gun, and electric operation was more reliable than
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20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in)
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Combat kills using the M61 Vulcan in the Vietnam War 1966–1972
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carried one internally mounted JM61A1 Vulcan with 750 rounds.
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The gun was installed in the Air Force's A-7D version of the
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A new PGU-28/B round was developed in the mid-1980s. It is a
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himself had done just that with a patent he filed in 1893.
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AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response
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M61 Al, CHAG, and GAU-8/A Machine Guns, History of Vulcan
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The Vulcan was later fitted into the weapons bay of some
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A lighter version of the Vulcan developed for use on the
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3,450 ft/s (1,050 m/s) with PGU-28/B round
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6-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 9 grooves)
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Naval Institute Press; 1997. 1607:– 30 mm caliber autocannon 1361:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet 1345:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark 1113:13th TFS: Captain Ralph Kuster 931:421st Tactical Fighter Squadron 428:.50 caliber (12.7 mm) 146:Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) 48:An unmounted M61A1 Vulcan with 3047:BQM-167 Subscale Aerial Target 2140:, Department of the Army, 1996 1532:M113 armored personnel carrier 867:where it replaced the earlier 1: 3011:AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon 2542:. (2001) Midland Publishing. 2497:. 1996, Schiffer Publishing. 2404:Davies, Osprey #55, pp. 37–38 1885:Air Force Manual 11W1-12-4-32 535:. After Martin's merger with 512:) suffered problems with its 397:United States Army Air Forces 3501:Standard Manufacturing DP-12 3155:M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle 1353:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle 1331:An M61 mounted on a US Army 332:Belt or linkless feed system 231:71.93 in (1.827 m) 52:used in the SUU-16/A gun pod 3709:Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922 3589:Springfield Armory M6 Scout 3109:USAF Pilot's Survival Knife 2482:. Osprey Publishing, 1987. 2229:Chant, Christopher (1987). 2134:FM 1-140 Helicopter Gunnery 1388:Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 1190:, Captain Richard L Huskey 753:6.4 mm (0.25 in) 430:main armament, such as the 403:guns. The higher speeds of 141:Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) 4850: 3820:Hotchkiss revolving cannon 3672:Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 3564:M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon 3438:Attached grenade launchers 2849:CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon 2819:GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb 1937:. Pen and Sword Aviation. 829:Vietnam People's Air Force 797: 776: 752: 506:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 242:59.8 in (1.52 m) 4819:Multi-barrel machine guns 4761: 4740: 4526: 4505: 4407: 4369: 4341: 4320: 4260: 4239: 4142: 4121: 4091: 4066: 3694: 3523: 3400:Multi-barrelled flintlock 3355:Arsenal Firearms AF2011A1 3285:Physical Training Uniform 3233:M67 Fragmentation Grenade 3207:Remington 870 MCS shotgun 3187:M2HB Browning machine gun 2814:GBU-31, GB-32, GB-38 JDAM 2386:Davies, Osprey #45, p. 86 1587:Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 1581:Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 1575:Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 1569:Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 1320: 1312: 1304: 1296: 1289: 835:) attacked a force of 10 726: 723: 246: 68:Place of origin 41: 3339:Multiple-barrel firearms 3192:M240B Medium Machine Gun 3150:M24 sniper weapon system 2568:Michel III, Marshall L. 2557:. Specialty Press; 2009 2553:McCarthy, Donald J. Jr. 1777:"PEO Ammunition Systems" 1341:Convair F-106 Delta Dart 1243:58th TFS; first kill at 602:also uses this version. 480:, a similar 12-barreled 4775:Komodo Armament Eli gun 3893:SPP-1 underwater pistol 3559:Chiappa M6 Survival Gun 3496:Double-barreled shotgun 2395:Michel III pp. 181, 267 504:The development of the 306:6,000 rounds per minute 3982:Double-barreled cannon 3883:Heckler & Koch P11 3569:M30 Luftwaffe drilling 3197:M249 light machine gun 2609:. Army. Archived from 2257:"F-16 Fighting Falcon" 2037:. 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Archived from 1599:YakB-12.7 machine gun 1593:GShG-7.62 machine gun 1524:– 7.62 mm cannon 1365:AMX International AMX 1330: 816: 672:M61 Vulcan on display 633:An M61 Vulcan at the 554: 518:foreign object damage 3699:Caldwell machine gun 3506:Winchester Liberator 3491:Chiappa Triple Crown 3486:Colt Defender Mark I 3243:M79 grenade launcher 1757:on 21 September 2008 1589:– 30 mm caliber 1583:– 30 mm caliber 1577:– 30 mm caliber 1571:– 23 mm caliber 1449:M97 universal turret 1384:Convair B-58 Hustler 591:, starting in 1959. 312:Muzzle velocity 92:United States, some 4539:Neal submachine gun 3876:Amphibious firearms 3744:Nikonov machine gun 3278:Army Combat Uniform 3228:M18A1 Claymore Mine 2703:AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel 2698:AN/USQ-163 Falconer 2583:Toperczer, Istvan. 2478:Anderton, David A. 2098:on 17 October 2004. 1349:Grumman F-14 Tomcat 918:F-105D Thunderchief 909:USAF unit/comments 903:M61 Vulcan variant 893: 886:The next generation 841:F-105 Thunderchiefs 724:Projectile weight 370:fixed-wing aircraft 346:, electrically, or 4542:Zinsner rotary gun 3962:GAU-12/U Equalizer 3645:S&T Daewoo K11 3574:Marble Game Getter 3405:Pepperbox revolver 3365:COP .357 Derringer 3105:MP5 submachine gun 3057:QF-4 Aerial Target 2804:GBU-27 Paveway III 2799:GBU-24 Paveway III 2368:McCarthy Jr. p. 38 2161:on 28 August 2008. 1911:airrecognition.com 1710:"Elec key Gatling" 1337: 975:21 September 1966 956:21 September 1966 891: 869:United States Navy 865:LTV A-7 Corsair II 822: 561: 165:Production history 131:War in Afghanistan 4791: 4790: 4787: 4786: 4783: 4782: 4736: 4735: 4732: 4731: 4501: 4500: 4497: 4496: 4365: 4364: 4361: 4360: 4316: 4315: 4312: 4311: 4235: 4234: 4231: 4230: 4117: 4116: 4113: 4112: 4105:Fokker-Leimberger 4025: 4024: 3921:Grenade launchers 3848: 3847: 3815:Fokker-Leimberger 3658: 3657: 3481:Ball and shot gun 3443:Ball and shot gun 3305: 3304: 3297:CMU – 33A/P22P-18 3256: 3255: 3065: 3064: 2834:GBU-54 Laser JDAM 2789:GBU-12 Paveway II 2784:GBU-10 Paveway II 2750: 2749: 2593:978-1-84176-162-6 2578:978-1-59114-519-6 2563:978-1-58007-136-9 2523:Davies, Peter E. 2508:Davies, Peter E. 2488:978-0-85045-662-2 2242:978-0-7102-0720-3 2086:Ammunition Active 2061:"20MM PGU-28 A/B" 1944:978-1-4738-6329-3 1864:. 31 January 2023 1843:978-1-61069-416-2 1751:"The Gatling Gun" 1671:. 23 April 2000. 1665:"M61 20mm cannon" 1390:bombers. Japan's 1325: 1324: 1256:9 September 1972 1195:14 February 1968 873:Colt Mk 12 cannon 806: 805: 730:Muzzle velocity 727:Bursting charge 514:linked ammunition 482:Fokker-Leimberger 401:military aircraft 336: 335: 16:(Redirected from 4841: 4763: 4753: 4751: 4750: 4742: 4661:GAU-12 Equalizer 4605:Dillon Aero 503D 4528: 4518: 4516: 4515: 4507: 4409: 4397: 4395: 4394: 4384: 4382: 4381: 4371: 4343: 4333: 4331: 4330: 4322: 4262: 4252: 4250: 4249: 4241: 4159:Hua Qing Minigun 4144: 4134: 4132: 4131: 4123: 4093: 4081: 4079: 4078: 4068: 4052: 4045: 4038: 4029: 3692: 3521: 3516:Combination guns 3390:Lancaster pistol 3332: 3325: 3318: 3309: 3074: 3052:MQM-107 Streaker 2996:AGM-114 Hellfire 2956:AIM-9 Sidewinder 2869:B83 nuclear bomb 2864:B61 nuclear bomb 2759: 2686: 2666: 2659: 2652: 2643: 2638: 2630: 2622: 2614: 2466: 2465: 2463: 2461: 2446: 2440: 2439: 2437: 2435: 2420: 2414: 2411: 2405: 2402: 2396: 2393: 2387: 2384: 2378: 2375: 2369: 2366: 2360: 2357: 2351: 2350: 2348: 2346: 2331: 2325: 2324: 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645: 630: 611:F-106 Delta Dart 566:"Vulcan cannons" 541:General Dynamics 529:General Electric 408:fighter aircraft 381:General Dynamics 377:General Electric 329:Feed system 192:General Dynamics 174:General Electric 50:flash suppressor 46: 37: 32: 21: 4849: 4848: 4844: 4843: 4842: 4840: 4839: 4838: 4794: 4793: 4792: 4779: 4757: 4748: 4746: 4728: 4709: 4686: 4670: 4647: 4616: 4592: 4569: 4545: 4522: 4513: 4511: 4493: 4470: 4452: 4434: 4403: 4392: 4390: 4379: 4377: 4357: 4337: 4328: 4326: 4308: 4292: 4276: 4256: 4247: 4245: 4227: 4204: 4185: 4166: 4138: 4129: 4127: 4109: 4087: 4076: 4074: 4062: 4056: 4026: 4021: 3943: 3915: 3897: 3871: 3844: 3783: 3681: 3664:Submachine guns 3654: 3598: 3584:Savage Model 42 3579:Savage Model 24 3542: 3510: 3467: 3419: 3341: 3336: 3306: 3301: 3266:other equipment 3265: 3252: 3211: 3182:M60 machine gun 3164: 3130:GUU-5/P Carbine 3112: 3061: 3030: 3021:AGM-176 Griffin 2966:AGM-65 Maverick 2939: 2873: 2746: 2707: 2681: 2675: 2670: 2633: 2625: 2617: 2605: 2602: 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Index

M61A1 Vulcan

flash suppressor
Rotary cannon
NATO
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam War
Iran-Iraq war
Gulf War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate
General Electric
General Dynamics
Barrel
Cartridge
20×102mm Vulcan
Caliber
20 mm
Action
Hydraulically operated
rotary cannon
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
hydraulically
pneumatically

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