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The M45 Quadmount was a towed anti-aircraft gun consisting of four .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns mounted in pairs on either side of an armored open-top gunner's compartment with electrical laying.
Starting in 1994, the M167 was replaced in U.S. service by the M1097 Avenger missile launcher and in 2005, by a ground-based version of the Phalanx CIWS self-defense gun [9] which the U.S. Navy uses on its ships. The Phalanx CIWS uses the same basic 20 mm rapid-fire Gatling gun as the M167.
The M55 A4 B1 was introduced in 1977–78, and is an M55 gun system mounted on the towed carriage of the Swiss GAI-D01 anti-aircraft gun. A new computer-controlled targeting system – the Galileo ballistic computer – was installed, which automatically monitors the gun after the target has been acquired.
The Skyshield is designed for traditional anti-aircraft roles in addition to defense against missiles (see anti-ballistic missile). The Skyshield is deployed by trucks and other transportation systems. The fire control system (FCS) uses an X-band search and tracking radar X-TAR-3D, [2] and another unit for radar/TV and/or laser/FLIR precision ...
The M163 VADS uses the M168 gun, a variant of the General Dynamics 20 mm (0.79 in) M61A1 rotary cannon, the standard cannon in most U.S. combat aircraft since the 1960s. The gun is mounted on a modified M113A1 vehicle (the M741 carrier). Designed to complement the M48 Chaparral missile system, it is limited to fair-weather operations. [3]
On older aircraft, tail gunner turrets, or trainer aircraft, gun cameras replace the gun itself, allowing for simulated gunnery practice without actually using a real gun or ammunition. [ 1 ] To track the weapon's fire, the guns the cameras are mounted to often use tracer ammunition ; the images or footage produced by the camera also tend to ...
The T249 Vigilante was a prototype 37 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the Bofors 40 mm gun in both towed and self-propelled forms in US Army service. [1] The system consisted of a 37 mm T250 six-barrel rotary cannon mounted on a modified M113 armored personnel carrier chassis.
The OTO main anti-aircraft tank for intercept and combat (dubbed Otomatic, a play on automatic) was an Italian self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) prototype. Designed and built by OTO Melara , it was armed with a single 76 mm naval gun .