YEAR OF DESIGN: 1939
ARMATURE WEIGHT: 200 pounds
CALIBER: 20 mm / .787 inches
RATE OF FIRE: 200 per Minute
TYPICAL AMMO BELT: 200 rounds
AERIAL RANGE: 1,000 yards
LAND-BASED RANGE: 5000+ yards
The Oerlikon Cannon was employed widely throughout both the
Pacific and European theaters of war, being installed in the German Messerschmitt
BF-109, Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M, as well the refitted American Carriers. Its
large .79 caliber shell was a vast improvement over the widely used .50 caliber round
in older machine guns and the Oerlikon was used late into the war by International
Army and Marine Units as well as the United States Navy.
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