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Autocannon

An autocannon, automatic cannon, machine cannon or anti-tank machine gun, is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-calibre (20 mm/0.79 in or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bullets) fired by a machine gun. Autocannons have a longer effective range and…

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related to Further reading · 26
Autocannon → Air Forces, Airlife Publishing, Ammunition, Anthony, Armies, Army, Automatic Cannon, Ballistic Data Performance, Department, First, Government Printing Office, Heavy Machine-Guns, History, ISBN, Navies, OCLC, Ramsbury, Rapid Fire, Shrewsbury, The Crowood Press
related to Early developments · 21
Autocannon → Although, Arsenal, Becker, Becker/Oerlikon, Berlin, British QF, German Empire's, In, Maxim, MG FF, Oerlikon, Reinhold Becker, Stahlwerke Becker, Swiss Oerlikon Contraves, The, The Imperial Government's Spandau, The Imperial Japanese Navy's, Third Reich's Ikaria-Werke, This, Type
related to Second World War · 21
Autocannon → Although, Autocannons, Fk, France, German, Hispano-Suiza, However, It, IVs, Larger, Madsen, Oerlikon, Only, Panzer IIIs, Poland, Polish Defensive War, Second World War, The German Panzer II, The Polish, Unlike
related to Modern era · 19
Autocannon → After, Another, As, Bofors, During, Eastern Bloc, Examples, IFV Freccia, In, M2/M3 Bradley, M242 Bushmaster, M61A1, Mauser BK-27, Oerlikon KBA, Second World War, The, This, United States Air Force, Vietnam War
see also · 3
Autocannon → Chain, FKRecoil, TuFNkm
related to External links · 2
Autocannon → Extensive, Luftwaffe

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aircraft cannon war mm autocannons guns gun used fire weapons also ammunition rounds world weapon automatic machine 20 second german

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the Oerlikon 20 mminstance ofdespite experiencing technical difficulties with developing and manufacturing these large-calibre automatic guns.Weapons0.80text
the Bofors 40 mminstance ofdespite experiencing technical difficulties with developing and manufacturing these large-calibre automatic guns.Weapons0.80text
various German Rheinmetall autocannons would see widespread use by both sides during the Second World Warinstance ofdespite experiencing technical difficulties with developing and manufacturing these large-calibre automatic guns.Weapons0.80text
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsThe0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsBritish QF0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsThis0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsMaxim0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsIn0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsReinhold Becker0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsStahlwerke Becker0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsBecker0.60section
Autocannonrelated to Early developmentsGerman Empire's0.60section

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    Autocannon

    Nodes119
    Edges118
    Triples95
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.016807
    Components1
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