Technical Note
Published in The Aeronautical Journal • Mar 1, 1996
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Authors:,
P. Stephan Heyns
W.N.v.d.S. Benadé
Abstract
It is widely accepted that the effectiveness of cannon in the air-to-air combat scenarío depends on the rate of fire. Present firing rates for 20-30 mm aircraft cannon range from 600 to 1500 rounds per minute. New developments are aimed towards even higher rates of fire. With these higher rates of f...