- BK 37
The Bordkanone BK 37 ("(on-)board cannon 37") was a 37mm anti-tank/bomber
autocannon based on the earlier 37 mm Flak 18 made byRheinmetall . It was mounted onWorld War II Luftwaffe aircraft such as the anti-tank or bomber-destroyer versions of theJunkers Ju 87 D-3 and G-2,Henschel Hs 129 B-2/R3,Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2/R1-3, and others. The cannon could be attached under the wings or fuselage of the aircraft as a self-containedpod with a 12-roundmagazine . It firedAPCR (Tungsten hard core) ammunition or high explosive shells in 37x263B mmcaliber at 160 rounds per minute.pecifications
* Type: single-barrel
automatic cannon
* Caliber: 37 mm (1.46 in)
* Cartridge: 37 mm x 263
* Operation: Short Recoil
* Length: 3.63 m (11 ft 11 in)
* Weight: 295 kg (650 lb)
* Rate of fire: 160 rpm
* Muzzle velocity: 1,170 to 780 m/s (3,836 to 2,557 ft/s)
* Projectile weight:APCR 380 g, HE 640 g,AT 685 gee also
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Vickers S gun
*COW 37 mm gun
*37 mm Gun M3 References
* Rapid Fire, Anthony G. Williams, Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2000. ISBN 1-84037-435-7.
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