0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R T S U V W X Y Z
| 11-P-37 | ||
| See | NS-37 | |
| 34M | ||
| Gebauer RCMG | 16, 81 | |
| 36M | ||
| 40 mm cannon | 34 | |
| AB 5 gun mount | 90 | |
| AB 6 gun mount | 90 | |
| AB 7 gun mount | 91, 97 | |
| AB 15 gun mount | 91, 97 | |
| AB 26 gun mount | 90 | |
| AB 34 gun mount | 90-91 | |
| AB 74 gun mount | 91 | |
| Abyssinia | 69 | |
| Aden | 31 | |
| AGLT | 59 | |
| AKT-37 | 32 | |
| Amiot 140 and 143 | ||
| armament | 65-66, 66 | |
| Amiot 351 | 90 | |
| Ansaldo 90/53 | 34 | |
| AP ammunition | ||
| preformance | 46-49 | |
| API blowback guns | ||
| definition | 12 | |
| recoil | 55 | |
| See | Becker | |
| See | Ho-301 | |
| See | MK 108 | |
| See | Oerlikon | |
| See | SEMAG | |
| See | Type 2 (30 mm) | |
| See | Type 99-1 | |
| See | Type 99-2 | |
| AP Mk.III.z ammunition | 49 | |
| APK | ||
| APK-4 | 35, 74 | |
| APK-5 | 35 | |
| APK-8 | 74 | |
| APK-11 | 35 | |
| APK-37 | 35 | |
| APX | ||
| 33 mm cannon | 34 | |
| on Hanriot H.115 | 72 | |
| Arkhangelskii Ar-2 | 65 | |
| armour penetration | ||
| See | AP ammunition | |
| See | firing tests | |
| Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | 87 | |
| Arsenal VG 33 | 88 | |
| Avia B.534 | 82 | |
| Avia Bk.534 | 82 | |
| B32 API ammunition | 38 | |
| B-20 | ||
| description | 26 | |
| Baldwin, Stanley | 61 | |
| BCR aircraft | 65, 90 | |
| Becker | 13 | |
| Bell FM-1 Airacuda | 77-78 | |
| belt feed | ||
| Chattelerault | 101 | |
| definition | 14 | |
| GZ-1 for MG-FFM | 24 | |
| ShKAS | 14 | |
| belt links | ||
| ShVAK | 14 | |
| belt composition | 49-50 | |
| Berezin | ||
| See | UB | |
| See | B-20 | |
| Bernard 20 | 72 | |
| BD | 32 | |
| BH | ||
| description | 32 | |
| installation | 101 | |
| Birkigt, Marc | 26 | |
| BK 3, 7 | ||
| description | 33 | |
| BK 5 | ||
| description | 33 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| BK 7, 5 | ||
| description | 33 | |
| Blackburn Roc | 104 | |
| Blackburn Skua | 87, 104 | |
| Bloch MB.151 | 88 | |
| Bloch MB.152 | 88 | |
| Bloch MB.155 | 88 | |
| Bloch MB.174 | 90 | |
| BMARCo | ||
| set up | 95 | |
| 30 mm | 31 | |
| B Mk.IV ammunition | 37, 92 | |
| B Mk.VI 'de Wilde' ammunition | ||
| design | 37, 92, 94 | |
| belts | 50 | |
| Boeing 247 | 60 | |
| Boeing B-9 | 63 | |
| Boeing B-15 | 70 | |
| Boeing B-17 | ||
| early rejection | 64 | |
| early versions | 70-71 | |
| Boeing P-26 | 73 | |
| Boeing P-29 | 73 | |
| Boeing XBLR-1 | ||
| See | Boeing B-15 | |
| Bomber Command | ||
| ammunition choice | 50 | |
| early war bombers | 85-87 | |
| bombers | ||
| in the 1930s | 63-71 | |
| Boulton Paul A turret | 91, 97 | |
| Boulton Paul Defiant | 96-97 | |
| Boysson, Antoine de | 90 | |
| Breda | ||
| 20 mm | 27 | |
| See | M39 | |
| Breda-SAFAT | ||
| 7.7 mm | 15, 105 | |
| 12.7 x 81SR | 20, 106 | |
| ammunition | 38 | |
| Breguet Br 462 Vultur | 66 | |
| Breguet Br 482 | 91 | |
| Bristol 147 | 97 | |
| Bristol B.I turret | 86 | |
| Bristol Beaufighter | ||
| nightfighter | 101 | |
| Bristol Blenheim | ||
| bomber | 86 | |
| nightfighter | 101 | |
| Brno | ||
| See | ZB-80 | |
| Browning RCMG | ||
| 6.5 x 55 | 17 | |
| 7.65 x 53 | 17 | |
| 7.92 x 57 | 17 | |
| 7.7 x 56R (British .303 in) | 16, 67, 91-92 | |
| dispersion | 54 | |
| rifle-calibre machine guns | 16-19 | |
| Browning HMG | ||
| 12.7 x 99 (.50 in M2) | 19 | |
| 12.7 x 99 (.50 in M3) | 19 | |
| 13.2 x 99 | 20 | |
| armour penetration | 48 | |
| recoil | 56 | |
| synchronisation | 54 | |
| trajectory | 53 | |
| Browning 37mm cannon | ||
| 37 x 145R | 32 | |
| C.102 | 34 | |
| Camm, Sidney | 93 | |
| cannon | ||
| guns | 22-36 | |
| ammunition | 39-49 | |
| CANT Z.1007bis Alicione | 107 | |
| CANT Z.1018 Leone | 108 | |
| Caproni Ca.101 | 69 | |
| Caproni Ca.111 | 69 | |
| Caproni Ca.133 | 69 | |
| Caproni Ca.135 | 69 | |
| cartridge | ||
| 6.5 x 55 | 16, 17 | |
| 7.5 x 54 | 15, 16, 17, 61, 84 | |
| 7.5 x 55 | 16 | |
| 7.62 x 54R | 16, 18, 61 | |
| 7.62 x 63 | 9, 16, 17, 61 | |
| 7.65 x 53 | 16, 17 | |
| 7.7 x 56R | 9, 16, 17, 61, 84 | |
| 7.7 x 58SR | 16, 19, 61 | |
| 7.92 x 57 | 16, 17-19, 22, 36, 61, 84 | |
| 7.92 x 57R | 16, 17 | |
| 7.92 x 61 | 17 | |
| 7.92 x 82B | 24 | |
| 8 x 63 | 16, 17 | |
| 11.35 x 63 | 15, 16 | |
| 12.7 x 81SR | 22, 38, 61, 82, 84 | |
| 12.7 x 99 | 22, 24, 61 | |
| 12.7 x 108 | 22, 26, 37, 61 | |
| 12.7 x 110 | 20 | |
| 12.7 x 114 | 24 | |
| 12.7 x 120 | 24 | |
| 13 x 64B | 21, 22, 38 | |
| 13 x 92B | 10, 21, 24 | |
| 13 x 92SR | 10 | |
| 13.2 x 99 | 20, 22 | |
| 14.5 x 114 | 29 | |
| 15 x 83B | 21, 24 | |
| 15 x 96 | 21, 22, 84 | |
| 15 x 115 | 10 | |
| 15.2 x 114 | 19, 24 | |
| 20 x 71 | 28 | |
| 20 x 72RB | 10, 22, 40 | |
| 20 x 80RB | 22, 61, 84 | |
| 20 x 82 | 22, 23, 25, 84 | |
| 20 x 94 | 23, 27 | |
| 20 x 99R | 10, 23, 26, 42, 61 | |
| 20 x 101RB | 22 | |
| 20 x 105 | 23, 25 | |
| 20 x 105B | 23, 25, 61 | |
| 20 x 110 | 20, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 84 | |
| 20 x 110RB | 23, 28, 61 | |
| 20 x 120 | 23, 27 | |
| 20 x 125 | 23, 27, 49 | |
| 20 x 138B | 23, 25, 27, 61 | |
| 20 x 139 | 23, 25 | |
| 20 x 158 | 27 | |
| 23 x 106 | 27, 30 | |
| 23 x 115 | 29, 30 | |
| 23 x 122 | 28 | |
| 23 x 152B | 29, 30, 41 | |
| 25 x 135 | 28, 29 | |
| 25 x 160 | 28, 29 | |
| 25 x 163 | 28 | |
| 30 x 85B | 31 | |
| 30 x 90RB | 29, 30 | |
| 30 x 91 | 24, 30 | |
| 30 x 92RB | 29, 30 | |
| 30 x 114 | 30 | |
| 30 x 122 | 30, 31 | |
| 30 x 170 | 31 | |
| 30 x 184B | 29, 30 | |
| 30 x 210 | 31 | |
| 37 x 112R | 31, 34 | |
| 37 x 133R | 31 | |
| 37 x 134R | 34 | |
| 37 x 144 | 31, 34 | |
| 37 x 145R | 31, 32 | |
| 37 x 155 | 31, 32 | |
| 37 x 195 | 31, 32 | |
| 37 x 223SR | 31, 32 | |
| 37 x 263B | 31, 33 | |
| 40 x 158R | 31 | |
| 45 x 185 | 32 | |
| 50 x 419R | 33 | |
| 55 x 450B | 33 | |
| 55 x 175RB | 33 | |
| 57 x 121R | 31, 33, 34 | |
| 57 x 441R | 33 | |
| 75 x 350R | 33 | |
| 75 x 497R | 33, 34 | |
| 75 x 714R | 33 | |
| 102 x 632 | 34 | |
| cannon | 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 33, 40, 41, 61, 84 | |
| designation | 9 | |
| HMG | 22, 24, 37, 38, 61, 84 | |
| parts | 10 | |
| rifle-calibre | 16, 36, 61, 84 | |
| sections | 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 48, 49 | |
| Solothurn | 25 | |
| types | 9 | |
| rims | 9 | |
| Caudron C.714 | 90 | |
| Centre NC.600 | 90 | |
| Chattelerault | ||
| feed mechanism | 101 | |
| M1934 gun | see MAC 34 | |
| Class B .5 in | ||
| description | 21, 22 | |
| Class E | ||
| description | 15, 18 | |
| Class J Central Action | 15 | |
| Class K | ||
| description | 16, 67 | |
| drums | 75 | |
| Class S | ||
| description | 32 | |
| installation | 101, 102 | |
| recoil | 55, 56 | |
| Consolidated PB-2 | 73 | |
| COW | 32 | |
| Curtiss | ||
| experimental turret | 64 | |
| retractable turret | 64 | |
| Curtiss 75 Hawk | ||
| in France | 88, 91 | |
| See | Curtiss P-36 | |
| Czechoslovakia | ||
| guns | 19 | |
| DA | ||
| illustrated | 64, 65 | |
| Daimler-Benz DB 600 | 75 | |
| Daimler-Benz DB 601 | 75 | |
| Darne | ||
| description | 15, 89 | |
| Davis, Cleland | 34 | |
| DEFA | 31 | |
| Degtyarev | ||
| See | DA | |
| de Havilland Mosquito | ||
| belt composition | 50 | |
| nighfighter | 102 | |
| delayed blowback guns | ||
| definition | 13 | |
| See | HS.404 | |
| Delta E | ||
| See | Lanciani Delta E | |
| Delta F | ||
| See | Lanciani Delta F | |
| designations | ||
| German guns | 29 | |
| German ammunition | 37, 39 | |
| De Wilde | ||
| See | B Mk.VI | |
| Dewoitine D.372 | 79-80 | |
| Dewoitine D.500 | 72, 73 | |
| Dewoitine D.501 | 72 | |
| Dewoitine D.510 | 72, 88 | |
| Dewoitine D.520 | 88 | |
| DoFlug D-3801 | 82 | |
| DoFlug D-3802 | 83 | |
| Dornier Do 11 | 68 | |
| Dornier Do 13 | 68 | |
| Dornier Do 17 | ||
| early models | 68 | |
| in Battle of Britain | 99 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Dornier Do 19 | 71 | |
| Dornier Do 23 | 68 | |
| Dornier Do 24 | 91 | |
| Dornier Do F | ||
| See | Dornier Do 11 | |
| Dornier Do N | 68 | |
| Douglas B-18 | ||
| armament | 64 | |
| Douglas B-19 | ||
| 70 | 71 | |
| Douglas DC-2 | 60 | |
| Douglas DC-3 | 60 | |
| Douglas XBLR-2 | ||
| See | Douglas B-19 | |
| Dowding, Hugh | 91, 94, 95 | |
| DRP | ||
| 37 mm Arkon | 35 | |
| 76 mm DRP-76 | 35 | |
| 102 mm | 35 | |
| drum feed | ||
| definition | 13 | |
| HS.404 | 26, 90 | |
| MAC 34 | 15 | |
| MG 15 | 17 | |
| Type 99-2 | 25 | |
| Vickers Class K | 16 | |
| DTAN | ||
| cannon | 29 | |
| model 1935 | 29 | |
| Duka 88 | ||
| description | 35 | |
| Edgewater mounting | 56 | |
| Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik | 25 | |
| See | FM-K 38 | |
| Engine guns | ||
| installation | 55, 97 | |
| Hispano-Suiza | 72 | |
| EZ 42 sight | 58 | |
| F.7/30 | 75-76 | |
| F.7/41 | 102 | |
| F.9/37 | 101 | |
| F.10/35 | 91-92 | |
| F.11/37 | 97 | |
| F.22/39 | 102 | |
| Fairey Albacore | 105 | |
| Fairey Barracuda | 105 | |
| Fairey Battle | 91 | |
| Fairey Fulmar | 104-105 | |
| Fairey Hendon | 66 | |
| Fairey Swordfish | 105 | |
| feed mechanisms | ||
| definition | 13 | |
| types | 13-14 | |
| FF | ||
| description | 22-23 | |
| FF.Kan.45 | 82 | |
| FF-K Oe 37 | ||
| description | 23 | |
| use | 83 | |
| FFL | ||
| description | 22-23 | |
| FFS | ||
| description | 22-24 | |
| Fiat B.R.20 | 68 | |
| Fiat C.R.32 | 80-81 | |
| Fiat C.R.42 | 106 | |
| Fiat G.50 | 106 | |
| Fiat G.55 | 107 | |
| fighters | ||
| in the 1930s | 71-79 | |
| Finland | ||
| guns | 18, 27 | |
| SB bomber | 65 | |
| firing tests | ||
| 20 mm projectiles | 41-42 | |
| AP ammunition | 46-49 | |
| incendiary ammunition | 37 | |
| M8 API | 38 | |
| MK 108 M-Geschoss | 42 | |
| FlaK 18 | 33 | |
| FlaK 30 | 25 | |
| FlaK 43 | 33 | |
| Fl. Mg. 29 | ||
| description | 15, 82 | |
| FM-K 38 | ||
| description | 25 | |
| use | 82-83 | |
| FM.Kan.45 | 82 | |
| FN-Browning | ||
| 13.2 x 99 | 20 | |
| 7.5 x 54 | 88, 90 | |
| 7.65 x 53 | 17 | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stoesser | 74 | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 57 | 77 | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 187 | 77 | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | ||
| armament | 104 | |
| Fokker C.V | 62 | |
| Fokker D.XXI | 76, 77 | |
| Fokker G.1 | 79 | |
| Fokker G.2 | 79 | |
| Fokker T.5 | 79 | |
| France | ||
| battle for | 85-91 | |
| bombers | 65-66 | |
| fighters | 72 | |
| guns | 15, 20, 28-29 | |
| Frazer-Nash | ||
| FN.14 | 67 | |
| FN.15 | 67 | |
| FN.54 | 91 | |
| turret on Lysander | 63 | |
| Furrer Adolf | 15 | |
| fuses | ||
| HMG projectiles | 38 | |
| cannon projectiles | 39-40 | |
| F+W C.35 | 82! | |
| F+W C.3602 | 82! | |
| F+W C.3603 | 82 | |
| F+W C.3604 | 82, 83 | |
| G104 | ||
| description | 35 | |
| Galland, Adolf | 103-104 | |
| gas-operated guns | ||
| definition | ||
| 12 | ||
| Gebauer | 18 | |
| See | 34M | |
| See | GKM | |
| Gerlich squeeze-bore | 21 | |
| Germany | ||
| ammunition | 36, 39-42, 45, 47-48 | |
| bombers | 67-68, 69, 71 | |
| fighters | 73-74, 77 | |
| guns | 17, 21, 25-26, 29-31, 33 | |
| trajectories | 52 | |
| GGS sight | 58 | |
| GK-37 | 32 | |
| GKM | 18, 22, 55, 81, 82 | |
| Gloster F.9/37 | 101 | |
| Gloster Gladiator | 76 | |
| Gloster Reaper | 101 | |
| Gloster SS.19 | 76 | |
| Grigorovich IP-1 | 74 | |
| Grigorovich I-Z | 73, 74 | |
| gun mechanisms | ||
| parts of a gun | 11 | |
| types | 12-13 | |
| Gustloff HF-15 | ||
| See | HF-15 | |
| Handley Page Hampden | 86-87 | |
| Handley Page Harrow | 66 | |
| Handley Page Heyford | 66 | |
| Hanriot H.110 | 72 | |
| Hanriot H.115 | 72 | |
| Harfe | 36 | |
| harmonisation | 51, 53, 91, 93, 94, 102 | |
| Hartkernmunition | 47 | |
| Hawker Audax | 63 | |
| Hawker Hurricane | ||
| armament | 93, 95, 96, 98 | |
| in France | 91 | |
| See | Hawker Sea Hurricane | |
| Hawker Sea Hurricane | 105 | |
| HE | ||
| ammunition | 44 | |
| compounds | 46 | |
| heavy machine guns | ||
| guns | 19-22 | |
| ammunition | 37-39 | |
| Heinkel He 46 | 82 | |
| Heinkel He 51 | ||
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Heinkel He 70 | 82 | |
| Heinkel He 111 | ||
| early models | 68 | |
| in Battle of Britain | 96-99 | |
| in Poland | 85 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Heinkel He 112 | 74-75, 81 | |
| Heja | 82 | |
| Henschel Hs 124 | 77 | |
| HF-15 | 21 | |
| HF-20 | 21 | |
| HF-30 | 21 | |
| High Explosive | ||
| See | HE | |
| Hispano | ||
| ammunition | 39, 42 | |
| armour penetration | 48 | |
| description | 26-27 | |
| installation | 95, 96, 100, 101 | |
| muzzle flash | 55 | |
| recoil | 55, 56 | |
| trajectory | 53 | |
| See | HS.404 | |
| Hispano-Suiza | ||
| 12X engine | 72, 77 | |
| 12Y engine | 72, 77 | |
| moteur-canon | 72 | |
| See | HS.404 | |
| Ho-1 | ||
| ammunition | 42, 49 | |
| description | 27 | |
| Ho-3 | ||
| ammunition | 42, 49 | |
| description | 27 | |
| Ho-5 | ||
| ammunition | 42, 49 | |
| description | 27-28 | |
| Ho-102 | 20 | |
| Ho-103 | ||
| ammunition | 38 | |
| description | 20 | |
| synchronisation | 54 | |
| Ho-104 | 21 | |
| Ho-105 | 31 | |
| See | Ho-155 | |
| Ho-151 | 31 | |
| See | Ho-155 | |
| Ho-155 | ||
| description | 31 | |
| Ho-203 | ||
| description | 34 | |
| Ho-204 | ||
| description | 34 | |
| Ho-301 | ||
| description | 29 | |
| Ho-401 | ||
| description | 34 | |
| Ho-402 | 34 | |
| Ho-501 | 34 | |
| Hotchkiss | ||
| 13.2 x 99 | 20 | |
| 25 x 163 | 28 | |
| HS.7 | ||
| description | 23, 72 | |
| HS.9 | ||
| description | 23 | |
| HS.404 | ||
| description | 13, 26, 88 | |
| developments | 82 | |
| HS.406 | 28 | |
| HS.407 | 28, 88 | |
| HS.410 | 29 | |
| HS.831 | 31 | |
| Hughes H-1 | 60 | |
| Hungary | ||
| aircraft use of Bofors | 40 | |
| at war with Slovakia | 81-82 | |
| Ikaria | ||
| See | MG-FF | |
| IMAM Ro.37 | 62 | |
| incendiary ammunition | 37, 44 | |
| Italy | ||
| bombers | 68-69 | |
| guns | 15, 20, 34 | |
| Japan | ||
| ammunition | 42, 49 | |
| bombers | 69 | |
| Army guns | 19, 20, 27, 29, 31, 34 | |
| Navy guns | 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 31 | |
| Johnson | 20 | |
| Junkers CL.I | 61 | |
| Junkers G 38 | 69 | |
| Junkers J.I | 61 | |
| Junkers Ju 52 | ||
| bomber versions | 68 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Junkers Ju 86 | ||
| armament | 68 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Junkers Ju 87 | ||
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Junkers Ju 88 | ||
| in Battle of Britain | 99-100 | |
| Junkers Ju 89 | 71 | |
| Junkers K 37 | 69 | |
| Junkers K 51 | 69 | |
| K-14 sight | 58 | |
| Kalinin K-7 | 69 | |
| Kampfzerstoerer | 77 | |
| Kawamura | ||
| See | Type 5 (30 mm) | |
| See | Ho-203 | |
| KCB | 31 | |
| Kirali | 19 | |
| Koolhoven FK.55 | 76 | |
| Koolhoven FK.58 | 90 | |
| Krieghoff | ||
| See | MG 301 | |
| See | MK 303 | |
| Krupp | ||
| See | MK 411 | |
| See | MK 412 | |
| Kurchevskiy | ||
| recoilless cannon | 34, 73 | |
| See | AKP | |
| See | DRP | |
| KwK 30 | 25 | |
| KWk 39 | 33 | |
| L | ||
| Oerlikon cannon | 27 | |
| On Ki-20 | 69 | |
| L34 | 18 | |
| Lahti Aimo | 18, 27 | |
| See | L34 | |
| Lanciani Delta E turret | 107 | |
| Lanciani Delta F turret | 108 | |
| Latecoere Late 570 | 91 | |
| Lb 201 | 25 | |
| Lb 202 | 25 | |
| Lb 204 | ||
| description | 25 | |
| See | MG 204 | |
| Les Chantiers de la Loire | 66 | |
| Letov S.328 | 62 | |
| Lewis | ||
| drums | 75 | |
| Polish use | 18 | |
| training | 62 | |
| Liberty engine | 60 | |
| Liore et Olivier LeO 451 | 90 | |
| LKk 42 | 20 | |
| Lockheed-Detroit P-24 | 73 | |
| Loire 46 | 80 | |
| Loire 130 | 66 | |
| long-recoil guns | ||
| definition | 13 | |
| recoil length | 55 | |
| Ludlow-Hewitt, Edgar | 80 | |
| LWS-3 Mewa | 85 | |
| M2 ammunition | 48 | |
| M4 (37 x 145R) | ||
| description | 32 | |
| recoil | 55 | |
| M4 (75 x 350R) | ||
| description | 34 | |
| recoil | 56 | |
| M5 (75 x 350R) | ||
| description | 34 | |
| M8 API ammunition | 37-38, 48, 51 | |
| M9 (37 x 223SR) | ||
| description | 32 | |
| M10 (37 x 145R) | ||
| description | 32 | |
| M10 (75 x 350R) | ||
| description | 34 | |
| M21 ammunition | 39 | |
| M23 ammunition | 37-38, 51 | |
| M39 | ||
| Breda cannon | 34 | |
| m/39 | 20 | |
| M.44 ammunition | 45 | |
| M53 | 31 | |
| M75 ammunition | 49 | |
| M80 ammunition | 32 | |
| M1927 | ||
| 76 mm field gun | 34 | |
| MAC 34 | 15, 89 | |
| Macchi C.200 | 106 | |
| Macchi C.202 | 106-107 | |
| Macchi C.205N | 107 | |
| Macchi C.205V | 107 | |
| Madsen | ||
| rifle-calibre | 15 | |
| on Martin 139 | 64 | |
| 20 x 120 | 27 | |
| 23 x 106 | 27, 76, 88 | |
| Manfred Weiss WM-21 Solyom | 82 | |
| Martin B-10 | ||
| history | 63-64, 77 | |
| nose turret | 63 | |
| Martin B-12. 63 | ||
| Martin, Glenn | 63 | |
| Materiel Division | 70 | |
| Mauser | ||
| See | MG 81 | |
| See | MG 151 | |
| See | MG 151/20 | |
| See | MG 210 | |
| See | MG 213 | |
| See | MG 215 | |
| See | MK 212 | |
| See | MK 213 | |
| See | MK 214A | |
| See | MK 214B | |
| Maxim | ||
| machine gun | 12 | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 | ||
| early versions | 74-75 | |
| Bf 109E | 97-98 | |
| Bf 109F | 103 | |
| in Poland | 85 | |
| in Spain | 81 | |
| in Switzerland | 83 | |
| MG 17 | 97 | |
| MG-FF | 97 | |
| MK 103 | 30 | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 110 | ||
| armament | 77, 98 | |
| in Poland | 85 | |
| MG 15 | ||
| belt composition | 50 | |
| description | 17, 67, 98, 100 | |
| derivatives | 19 | |
| MG 17 | ||
| ammunition performance | 36-37 | |
| belt composition | 50 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| description | 17, 67, 74, 97 | |
| MG 81 | ||
| belt composition | 50 | |
| description | 17, 67, 100 | |
| MG 81Z | ||
| description | 100 | |
| MG 101 | ||
| renamed | 29 | |
| See | MK 101 | |
| MG 102 | 25 | |
| MG 110 | 21 | |
| MG 131 | ||
| ammunition | 38 | |
| armour penetration | 48 | |
| belt composition | 50 | |
| description | 21 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| MG 131/8 | ||
| 7.92 x 82B | 21 | |
| MG 131/13-8 | 21 | |
| MG 151 | ||
| ammunition | 48 | |
| armour penetration | 48 | |
| belt composition | 50 | |
| description | 21, 103 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| US developments | 19-20, 27 | |
| MG 151/20 | ||
| ammunition | 40 | |
| armour penetration | 48 | |
| belt composition | 50 | |
| description | 25 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| installation | 103, 104 | |
| recoil | 55 | |
| trajectory | 52 | |
| MG 204 | ||
| description | 25 | |
| See | Lb 204 | |
| MG 210 | 21 | |
| MG 213 | ||
| description | 26 | |
| See | MK 213 | |
| MG 215 | 21 | |
| MG 301 | 26 | |
| MG C/30L | 25, 74, 81 | |
| M-Geschoss | ||
| See | Minengeschoss | |
| MG-FF | ||
| ammunition | 40 | |
| armour penetration | 48 | |
| description | 23, 24, 74, 75 | |
| installation | 97-98 | |
| MG-FFM | 23, 40 | |
| trajectory | 52 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS-200 | 78 | |
| Minengeschoss | ||
| description | 23-24, 40, 42, 44, 52 | |
| sections | 40, 41, 43, 45 | |
| Mitchell, R.J. | 93 | |
| Mitsubishi Ki-1 | 69 | |
| Mitsubishi Ki-2 | 69 | |
| Mitsubishi Ki-20 | 69 | |
| Mk.1z ammunition | 42 | |
| Mk.18 sight | 58 | |
| MK 101 | ||
| description | 29 | |
| trajectory | 52 | |
| MK 103 | ||
| description | 29-30 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| trajectory | 52 | |
| MK 108 | ||
| ammunition | 40 | |
| description | 29 | |
| effective range | 53 | |
| trajectory | 52 | |
| MK 112 | ||
| description | 33 | |
| MK 114 | 33-34 | |
| MK 115 | 35 | |
| MK 212 | 30 | |
| MK 213 | ||
| description | 31 | |
| MK 214A | ||
| description | 33 | |
| MK 214B | ||
| description | 34 | |
| MK 303 | 30-31 | |
| MK 411 | 31 | |
| MK 412 | 33 | |
| MLS | 20 | |
| Molins | ||
| speeded-up of Hispano | 27 | |
| See | Molins 57 x 441R | |
| Molins 57 x 441R | ||
| description | 33 | |
| recoil | 55, 56 | |
| Morane-Saulnier MS.406 | ||
| in France | 88 | |
| in Switzerland | 83 | |
| mountings | 53 | |
| MV-2 turret | ||
| on SB | 65 | |
| MV-3 turret | ||
| on SB | 65 | |
| N-37 | ||
| description | 32 | |
| Netherlands | ||
| fighters | 76-77, 79 | |
| North American B-25 Mitchell | ||
| recoil of 75 mm cannon | 56 | |
| NS-23 | ||
| description | 29 | |
| NS-37 | ||
| description | 32 | |
| NS-45 | ||
| description | 32 | |
| NS-57 | 32 | |
| Nudelman | ||
| See | NS-23 | |
| See | NS-37 | |
| See | NS-45 | |
| Oerlikon | ||
| API blowback guns | 13, 22-25 | |
| See | FF | |
| See | FFL | |
| See | FFS | |
| See | KCB | |
| See | L | |
| OKB-15-57 | 32 | |
| PaK 40 | 33 | |
| description | 34 | |
| pan feed | ||
| definition | 13 | |
| for Lewis | 16 | |
| for MAC 34 | 15 | |
| for Vickers Class K | 16 | |
| Petlyakov VI-100 | ||
| development | 79 | |
| Petter, W.E.W. | 100 | |
| Piaggio P.108 | ||
| P.108A | 34, 108 | |
| P.108B | 108 | |
| Poland | ||
| aircraft | 84-85 | |
| guns | 18, 27, 84-85 | |
| Polikarpov I-1M-5 | 73 | |
| Polikarpov I-15 | 73 | |
| Polikarpov I-152 | ||
| development | 73 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Polikarpov I-153 | ||
| development | 73 | |
| Polikarpov I-16 | ||
| development | 73 | |
| in Spain | 80-81 | |
| Polikarpov IL-400 | ||
| See | Polikarpov I-1M-5 | |
| Polikarpov TIS | 78-79 | |
| Politzer, Anton | 26 | |
| Potez 63 | 82 | |
| Potez 631 | 90 | |
| Potez 540 | ||
| armament | 66 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| primers | 54, 55 | |
| projectiles | ||
| German designations | 37 | |
| for Browning .303 in | 92 | |
| types | 10-11 | |
| See | cartridges | |
| See | fuses | |
| Proudman, George | 95 | |
| PTB-23 | ||
| See | MP-6 | |
| PZL P.7 | 84 | |
| PZL P.11 | 84-85 | |
| PZL P.23 Karas | 85 | |
| PZL P.24 | 73, 84-85 | |
| PZL P.37 Los | 85 | |
| PZL P.38 Wilk | 85 | |
| PZL P.43 Karas | 85 | |
| PZL P.50 Jastrzab | 85 | |
| range | 51 | |
| Rarden | 31 | |
| recoilless guns | ||
| Davis | 34 | |
| Kurchevskiy | 34 | |
| Reggiane Re.2000 | ||
| armament | 106 | |
| in Hungary | 82 | |
| Reggiane Re.2001 | 106-107 | |
| Reggiane Re.2005 | 107 | |
| Rheinmetall | ||
| See | BK 3\,7 | |
| See | BK 5 | |
| See | BK 7\,5 | |
| See | G104 | |
| See | Lb 204 | |
| See | MG 15 | |
| See | MG 17 | |
| See | MG 102 | |
| See | MG 110 | |
| See | MG 131 | |
| See | MG 204 | |
| See | MG C/30L | |
| See | MK 101 | |
| See | MK 103 | |
| See | MK 108 | |
| See | MK 112 | |
| See | MK 114 | |
| See | FlaK 30 | |
| See | KwK 30 | |
| See | T 14 210 | |
| Rifle-calibre | ||
| guns | 15-19 | |
| ammunition | 36-39 | |
| Rolls-Royce (guns) | ||
| See | BD | |
| See | BH | |
| RShR-57 | 32 | |
| S | ||
| See | Class S | |
| S5-200 | 25 | |
| S18-350 | ||
| description | 25 | |
| use | 79 | |
| SAI 403 | 107 | |
| SAMM | 90-91, 97 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.M.92 | 107 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 Sparviero | 69, 80, 107 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81 Pipistrello | 69, 80 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.M.84 | 107 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.M.91 | 107 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.M.92 | 107 | |
| Schneider-Armstrong | ||
| 102 x 632 | 34, 108 | |
| Scotti | ||
| 7.7 mm | 15, 105 | |
| 12.7 x 81SR | 20, 106 | |
| 20 mm | 27 | |
| sectional density ratio | 51 | |
| self-sealing fuel tanks | 98 | |
| SEMAG | 13 | |
| SG 113 | 36 | |
| SG 116 | 35, 36 | |
| SG 117 | 35 | |
| SG 500 Jaegerfaust | 35-36 | |
| Sh-20 | 26 | |
| Sh-37 | ||
| description | 32 | |
| ShK-37 | ||
| See | Sh-37 | |
| ShKAS | ||
| description | 18, 65 | |
| feed mechanism | 14 | |
| synchronisation | 54 | |
| short-recoil guns | ||
| definition | 12 | |
| Shpitalniy | ||
| See | Sh-20 | |
| See | Sh-37 | |
| See | ShKAS | |
| See | ShVAK | |
| ShVAK | ||
| 12.7 x 108R | 20 | |
| 20 x 99R | 26 | |
| ammunition | 42 | |
| armour penetration | 49 | |
| belt links | 14 | |
| synchronisation | 54 | |
| sights | ||
| flexible guns | 57 | |
| gyroscopic sight | 58 | |
| reflector sights | 58, 76 | |
| See | GGS | |
| See | vane sights | |
| SIMB V.2 | 60 | |
| Slovakia | ||
| at war with Hungary | 81-82 | |
| Solothurn | ||
| guns | 17, 25 | |
| See | S5-200 | |
| See | S18-350 | |
| SN | 18 | |
| Sorley, Ralph S. | 91 | |
| SPAD fighters | 72 | |
| Spain | ||
| Civil War | 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 74, 79-81 | |
| Sperry | ||
| fire control for the FM-1 | 78 | |
| Sud-Est SE.100 | 90 | |
| Supermarine 224 | 75 | |
| Supermarine 327 | 101 | |
| Supermarine Seafire | 105 | |
| Supermarine Spitfire | ||
| belt composition | 50 | |
| C-wing | 102 | |
| design | 93 | |
| Hispano | 95-96, 102 | |
| See | Supermarine Seafire | |
| Suranov | ||
| See | NS-23 | |
| See | NS-37 | |
| See | NS-45 | |
| Sweden | ||
| guns | 20 | |
| Switzerland | ||
| aircraft | 82-83 | |
| guns | 15, 22-23, 82-83 | |
| synchronisation | ||
| definition | 14-15 | |
| reduction of rate of fire | 54 | |
| T 14 210 | 21 | |
| T1 | 28 | |
| T2 | 28 | |
| T3 | 28 | |
| T4 | 28 | |
| T9 | ||
| See | M4 (37 x 145R) | |
| T9E1 | ||
| See | M10 (75 x 350R) | |
| T13E1 | ||
| See | M5 (75 x 350R) | |
| T17 | 19, 20 | |
| T18 | 19 | |
| T22 | 27 | |
| T24 | 27 | |
| T37 | 32 | |
| T78 | 33 | |
| Tairov OKO-6 | ||
| See | Tairov Ta-3 | |
| Tairov Ta-3 | 78 | |
| Taubin | ||
| 23 mm | 29 | |
| See | MP-6 | |
| Te-1 | 19 | |
| Te-4 | 19 | |
| Terni | ||
| 102 x 632 | 34, 108 | |
| Thompson, H.S.V. | 75 | |
| Thomson, A.A.B. | 91 | |
| tracers | 38-39 | |
| training | ||
| Lewis gunners | 62 | |
| Treaty of Rapallo | 67 | |
| Tupolev ANT-4 | ||
| See | Tupolev TB-1 | |
| Tupolev ANT-6 | ||
| See | Tupolev TB-3 | |
| Tupolev ANT-21 | ||
| See | Tupolev MI-3 | |
| Tupolev ANT-23 | 74 | |
| Tupolev ANT-29 | 74 | |
| Tupolev ANT-40 | ||
| See | Tupolev SB | |
| Tupolev MI-3 | 78 | |
| Tupolev SB | ||
| history | 64-65 | |
| in Spain | 80 | |
| Tupolev TB-1 | ||
| armament | 64 | |
| Tupolev TB-3 | ||
| armament | 69-70 | |
| experiment with 76 mm cannon | 34, 35 | |
| turrets | ||
| developments | 56-57 | |
| Type 1 (7.92 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 1 Fixed (12.7mm) | ||
| See | Ho-103 | |
| Type 1 Flexible (7.92 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 2 (13 mm) | ||
| ammunition | 38 | |
| description | 21 | |
| Type 2 (20 mm) | ||
| See | Ho-5 | |
| Type 2 (30 mm) | ||
| description | 29 | |
| Type 3 (13 mm) | ||
| ammunition | 38 | |
| description | 20 | |
| Type 5 (30 mm) | ||
| description | 31 | |
| Type 88 (75 mm) | ||
| description | 34 | |
| Type 89 Fixed (7.7 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 89 Flexible (7.7 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 89 Modified Single (7.7 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 92 Flexible (7.7 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 92 Very Heavy Bomber | ||
| See | Mitsubishi Ki-20 | |
| Type 93 Heavy Bomber | ||
| See | Mitsubishi Ki-1 | |
| Type 93 Light Bomber | ||
| See | Mitsubishi Ki-2 | |
| Type 94 (20 mm) | ||
| description | 27 | |
| On Ki-20 | 69 | |
| Type 94 (37 mm) | 34 | |
| Type 97 Fixed (7.7 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 98 Fixed (7.92 mm) | 21 | |
| Type 98 Flexible (7.92 mm) | 19 | |
| Type 99-1 (20 mm) | ||
| ammunition | 42 | |
| description | 24 | |
| Type 99-2 (20 mm) | ||
| ammunition | 42 | |
| description | 24-25 | |
| Type 100 (7.92 mm) | 19 | |
| UB | ||
| description | 20 | |
| UBK | 20 | |
| UBS | 20, 54 | |
| UBT | 20 | |
| Udet, Ernst | 74 | |
| UK | ||
| ammunition | 37, 42 | |
| bombers | 66-67, 85-87 | |
| fighters | 75-76, 91-97 | |
| guns | 16, 21, 22, 26, 32-33 | |
| Ultra ShKAS | 18 | |
| See | ShKAS | |
| Ural Bomber | 71 | |
| USA | ||
| ammunition | 37, 48-49 | |
| bombers | 63-64, 70-71 | |
| fighters | 73, 77-78 | |
| guns | 17, 19-20, 27, 28, 32, 34 | |
| USSR | ||
| ammunition | 42, 49 | |
| bombers | 65-65, 69-70 | |
| fighters | 73-74, 78-79 | |
| guns | 18, 20, 26, 29, 32, 34 | |
| vane sights | ||
| German | 58 | |
| Norwegian | 17 | |
| VGO | ||
| See | Class K | |
| Vickers (guns) | ||
| derivatives | 15 | |
| See | Class B | |
| See | Class E | |
| See | Class J | |
| See | Class K | |
| See | Class S | |
| Vickers 432 | 102 | |
| Vickers-Berthier | 16 | |
| Vickers Vildebeest | 63 | |
| Vickers Wellesley | 67 | |
| Vickers Wellington | ||
| bomber | 87 | |
| Vickers S turret | 102 | |
| v-Munition | 17 | |
| Volkov | ||
| See | VYa | |
| Vultee | ||
| gun mount | 71 | |
| Vultee V-1 | 79 | |
| VYa | ||
| ammunition | 41 | |
| armour penetration | 49 | |
| description | 29 | |
| Vz.30 | 15 | |
| Westland F.7/30 | 75 | |
| Westland Lysander | ||
| armament | 63 | |
| development | 63 | |
| Westland Wapiti | 63 | |
| Westland Whirlwind | ||
| armament | 100 | |
| wz.30 | 18 | |
| wz.33 | 18 | |
| wz.36 | 18, 84 | |
| wz.37 | 18, 84 | |
| wz.38D | 27 | |
| Yartsev | ||
| See | VYa | |
| ZB-26 | 19 | |
| ZB-80 | 19, 55 | |
| Zerstoerer | 77 | |