Aircrafttotal Encyclopedia

Aircraft guns

Machine guns and cannons, from the First World War to today.

LG Aircraft guns Lewis Gun Light machine gun with a round drum magazine, widely used on aircraft in the First World War. Birmingham Small Arms · United Kingdom→
SM Aircraft guns Spandau MG 08 German machine gun of the First World War; aircraft versions fired through the propeller. Germany→
VK Aircraft guns Vickers K machine gun British rapid-firing machine gun used by aircraft gunners early in the Second World War. Vickers · United Kingdom→
M1 Aircraft guns MG 131 German heavy machine gun used in aircraft during the Second World War. Rheinmetall-Borsig · Germany→
HH Aircraft guns Hispano-Suiza HS.404 Widely used 20 mm cannon of the Second World War, built in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. Hispano-Suiza · France→
B4 Aircraft guns Bofors 40 mm L/60 Swedish 40 mm automatic gun, famous as an anti-aircraft gun and also carried by gunships. Bofors · Sweden→
A3 Aircraft guns ADEN 30 mm cannon British 30 mm revolver cannon used on many jet fighters. Royal Small Arms Factory · United Kingdom→
NN Aircraft guns Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 Soviet 23 mm aircraft cannon of the early jet age. Nudelman-Rikhter · Soviet Union→
MV Aircraft guns M61 Vulcan Six-barrel 20 mm rotary cannon in the style of a Gatling gun, the standard gun of American fighters. General Electric · United States→
GA GAU-8 Avenger Aircraft guns GAU-8 Avenger The huge 30 mm rotary cannon around which the A-10 Thunderbolt II was built. General Electric · United States→
MB Aircraft guns Mauser BK-27 German 27 mm revolver cannon used on European fighters. Mauser · Germany→
MC Aircraft guns M230 chain gun 30 mm chain gun under the nose of the AH-64 Apache. Hughes Helicopters · United States→