The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World...
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Rheinmetall Air Defence (redirect from Oerlikon-Contraves)
mm NATO Oerlikon Searanger: Oerlikon Searanger 20, calibre 20×128 mm Oerlikon Searanger 25, calibre 25×137 mm Oerlikon Seasnake: Oerlikon Seasnake 20...
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The Oerlikon GDF or Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon is a towed anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon Contraves (renamed as Rheinmetall Air Defence AG following...
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war. The Becker also served as the pattern for the famous Swiss-built Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, which is in service to this day, and in a later form, was the...
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the original Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, in turn based on the German Empire's Becker 20 mm cannon of World War I. In the post-war period, Oerlikon had developed...
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Polish development of the 20 mm Oerlikon gun. The Polsten was designed to be simpler and much cheaper to build than the Oerlikon, without reducing effectiveness...
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Hispano-Suiza HS.820 (redirect from Oerlikon KAD)
new round was one of two post-WWII European 20 mm designs, the other being the 20×128 developed by Oerlikon for a similar role. The HS.820's high 1,100 m/s...
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Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun or Rheinmetall GDM-008 is a close-in weapon system designed by Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (formerly known as Oerlikon Contraves)...
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Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, but as of 2021 had not been fitted. The Oerlikon 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon can be found on the Albion-class landing platform docks...
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all the ships with 20 mm and 40 mm batteries had them removed, and four Phalanx CIWS mounts were added to all. The Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun was...
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