20-mm M197
Country of Origin: USA
description
This three-barrel cannon is essentially half of an M61 Vulcan Gatling gun. It can be mounted in an M97 turret, on an M197 pintle or installed in the GPU-2/A lightweight gun pod.
The gun is specifically designed for helicopters, light fixed-wing aircraft and small naval attack vessels. It is adaptable for turret, pod, pintle or internal installations using either linked or linkless ammunition feed systems. Currently, there are only air platform applications of this weapon.
The M197...
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