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398:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
273:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
176:540 kg (1,190 lb)
46:Rear view of a BK 5 in the
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226:Rate of fire
672:Anti-tank autocannons
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998:High-explosive bombs
862:Armor-piercing bombs
764:Anti-personnel bombs
322:Messerschmitt Me 262
308:Messerschmitt Me 410
460:www.michaelhiske.de
366:Zerstörergeschwader
302:tank gun, from the
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116:Production history
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625:Autocannons
462:(in German)
279:had a high
271:'s (USAAF)
259:50 mm
210:50Ă—420mm R
163:approx. 300
160: built
143:Rheinmetall
125:Rheinmetall
18:BK 5 cannon
1160:Autocannon
1149:Categories
930:SD 4/HL RS
900:PC 1800 Rs
895:PC 1000 Rs
527:References
466:2023-01-16
361:II. Gruppe
344:Stalingrad
304:Panzer III
261:autocannon
247:Bordkanone
69:autocannon
1097:Jagdfaust
978:AB 500-3A
973:AB 500-1B
890:PC 500 Rs
792:SD 10 FRZ
289:explosive
238:21 rounds
152:1943–1945
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67:Aircraft
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968:AB 500-1
963:AB 250-3
958:AB 250-2
920:SC 10 DW
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404:See also
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390:Hornisse
349:RĂĽstsatz
311:Hornisse
255:, was a
149:Produced
131:Designed
121:Designer
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1056:SC 2500
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797:SD 10 C
787:SD 10 A
744:Hs 117H
739:Fritz X
658:MK 214A
216:Caliber
78:Germany
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1117:MK 115
1107:MK 112
1102:MG 213
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988:BDC 10
905:PD 500
870:PC 500
832:SD 500
827:SD 250
807:SBe 50
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953:AB 23
915:SC 10
817:SD 70
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633:MG FF
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484:(PDF)
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296:5 cm
251:, or
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539:ISBN
501:ISBN
340:Flak
331:Bola
253:BK-5
220:50mm
173:Mass
134:1943
106:Wars
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