The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which...
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Rotary cannon (section M61 Vulcan and other designs)
20mm gun was standardized by the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force as the M61 20mm Vulcan aircraft gun. One of the main reasons for the resurgence of the electrically...
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M167 VADS (redirect from M167 Vulcan)
airfields. The heart of the M167 is the M168 Cannon, a variant of the M61 Vulcan 20×102 mm rapid-fire rotary cannon. It was also effective against lightly...
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NOHAB In science: Messier 61 (M61), a spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster In firearms and military equipment: M61 Vulcan, a rotary cannon developed for...
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Gatling gun M61 Vulcan, a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun Vulcan M-11-9, a semiautomatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament Vulcan (Turku shipyard)...
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weapon, although it was not available during the initial competition; the M61 Vulcan was used as a temporary replacement. Once completed, the entire GAU-8...
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M134 Minigun (redirect from M134 Vulcan Minigun)
use a rotary barrel design, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan, and "gun" for the use of rifle ammunition as opposed to autocannon shells...
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three-barrel version of the M61 Vulcan. It is externally powered, relying on the same power delivery system as the Vulcan. It fires M50 and PGU-series...
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M163 VADS (redirect from VADS (Vulcan Air Defence System))
November 2019. Cullen & Foss 1992, p. 305. "Report: Israel Evaluates M61 Vulcan Cannon as Anti-Drone Measure | Israel Defense". June 2024. Cagle, Mary...
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Phalanx CIWS (redirect from Vulcan Phalanx)
on non-combatant vessels in 1984. The basis of the system is the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, used by the United States military on various tactical...
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