The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, known to its crews as the Thud, was a cornerstone of US Air Force strike capability dur ...

• AIM-9 Sidewinder: Short-range air-to-air missile. • JDAM and other precision-guided munitions for ground attack; 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon. • PAF F-16s face US restrictions on weapon integration, ...

Photo / Ayal Margolin / Flash90. Israel’s security establishment has decided to return the decades-old M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon system to active duty.

Israel’s security establishment has decided to return the decades-old M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon system to active duty. Originally developed for use against aircraft, the Vulcan has not been operational ...

The M61 is mounted on fighter aircraft like the F-16 and F-22 Raptor. Though the M61 is huge, it is smaller than the massive 30mm GAU-9/A rotary cannon mounted on the nose of the A-10 “Warthog ...

Like the Phalanx, which employs a six-barrel 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon capable of a high rate of fire, the CS/SS2A’s core functionality is based on intercepting incoming threats with a high-speed rotary ...

The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary machinegun that fires 20 mm × 102 mm rounds at an ...

Some history In June 1946, the General Electric Company was awarded the contract for "Project Vulcan". Out of the thirty-three model C T45 guns delivered in 1952, the T171 20mm gun was selected for ...

The 3D-printed insert allows to address a design issue of the machinery used to handle 20 mm munitions for the M61 Vulcan Gatling gun, demonstrating the increasing use of additive manufacturing in ...

They are armed, depending on the configuration, with 2-4 infrared-guided AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, 2-4 radar-guided AIM-120 AMRAAM active air-to-air missiles, and a 20mm M61 Vulcan ...

Each of these jets also come standard with a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon. Outside of the E/F variants of the Super Hornet, another variation was developed, the EA-18G Growler, which specializes in ...

At the core of the Phalanx CIWS lies the M61 Vulcan, a six-barreled, 20mm rotary cannon capable of firing at a rate of 3,000 to 4,500 rounds per minute.