This is one of the 20mm Cannon Shells fired by Mosquito II DD612, flown by my father (Group Captain R G Slade) on the night of 22-8-1942. My father and his navigator shot down a Dornier 217 E-4 U5 ...

Instead, the Air Force provided the smaller 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon that was in widespread use for the head-to-head trials, which the Fairchild Republic design ultimately won. So, Northrop’s Y-A ...

Service: USAF Armament: 20mm cannon; 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder; 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM; 8x AIM-120 AMRAAM Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners Speed ...

its 20mm rotary cannon holds 480 rounds it can expend in about five seconds of non-stop firing. The US's other fifth-generation stealth jet, the F-35, has already used its cannon in combat ...