M61 Vulcan
M61 Vulcan is a hydraulic and pneumatic autocannon. It has six barrels. It is cooled by air and fires by the power of electricity. It is a Gatling-style rotary cannon. The size of its caliber is 20 mm. It has a very high rate of fire. It has been the main gun of United States military fixed-wing aircraft since the late 1960s[1] and is also used elsewhere. It was made by General Electric at first, and later by General Dynamics.[2]
M61 Vulcan Media
An M61 Vulcan and the feed system for an F/A-18, on a stand
Gun installation on West German F-104
An M61 mounted on a US Army M163 armored vehicle
An M61 Vulcan at the Miramar Airshow
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm gatling gun, used on IAF fighters (F-15 and F-16), Independence Day 2017
One 20 mm (0.787 in) 578 rounds M61 Vulcan nose mounted 6-barreled Gatling cannon protects the pilot and his aircraft from close encounters, 578 rounds- Day 1 Avalon 2013 Australian International Airshow.
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PGU-27 AB training rounds, Brussels 2015
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References
- ↑ "'General Dynamics (General Electric) M61 Vulcan', Scramble; The Aviation Magazine". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
- ↑ "M61 20mm cannon". 23 April 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
