Single barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 9 grooves)
Action
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.
The M39cannon 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...
DEFA, respectively. Switzerland produced the Oerlikon KCA. The American M39cannon used the 20 mm version, re-chambered for a slightly longer 102 mm cartridge...
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DEFA, the very similar British ADEN cannon, and the smaller American M39cannon. As the DEFA 552 it entered production in 1954. In 1968 an upgraded version...
Force and the Brazilian Navy. M39cannon Williams, p. 327 Williams, Anthony G. (2022). Autocannon: A History of Automatic Cannon and Their Ammunition. Marlborough...
There are many types including chain guns, gast guns, revolver cannons, and rotary cannons. They are being used as military aircraft main guns, naval guns...
smaller-caliber weapons, commonly called "guns", from larger-caliber "cannons" (e.g. machine gun vs. autocannon), is conventionally taken to be the 20...
DEFA, while the 20 mm version was used by the US as the basis for the M39cannon. During World War II, the German firm Mauser began development of a radically...
Air Base Philippine Air Force SPYDER medium range air defence system A M39cannon platform being towed by a Kia KM450 light truck "2024 World Air Forces...
a lower rate of fire than machine guns; a possible solution, the M39 revolver cannon, had problems with overheating and excessive barrel wear. In June...
production) M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon as the KM168 produced since 1977 (Licensed production) M39cannon 20 mm cannon as the M39A3, in use on the KF-5E...
DEFA, respectively. Switzerland produced the Oerlikon KCA. The American M39cannon used the 20 mm version, re-chambered for a slightly longer 102 mm cartridge...
piloting an F-100, received an official probable kill with his four M39 20 mm cannons during the engagement; however no other US pilot reported destroying...
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