M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon

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Gatling-style gun aircraft cannon rotary cannon

The M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon is a six-barreled, electrically driven Gatling-style rotary cannon widely used on modern fighter aircraft for high-rate-of-fire air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon 4
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon canonical 2
20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gatling-style gun ⓘ
aircraft cannon ⓘ
rotary cannon ⓘ
action rotating barrel cluster ⓘ
ammunitionType 20 mm API ⓘ
20 mm HEI ⓘ
20 mm TP ⓘ
barrelLength approximately 1.8 m ⓘ
caliber 20×102 mm ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedFor fighter aircraft ⓘ
developmentOf M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M61 Vulcan
feature high reliability at extreme rates of fire ⓘ
hydraulically or electrically driven rotor ⓘ
feedSystem linkless ammunition feed ⓘ
firingMode fully automatic ⓘ
introduced 1960s ⓘ
manufacturer General Dynamics ⓘ
General Electric ⓘ
mounting gun pod ⓘ
internal gun installation ⓘ
numberOfBarrels 6 ⓘ
operation externally powered ⓘ
partOf M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M61 Vulcan family
powerSource electric motor ⓘ
primaryRole air-to-air combat ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 6000 rounds per minute ⓘ
selectable 4000–6000 rounds per minute ⓘ
replaced M39 cannon in many U.S. fighters ⓘ
secondaryRole air-to-ground attack ⓘ
successor M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
usedBy NATO ⓘ
surface form: NATO member states

United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
usedOn A-7 Corsair II ⓘ
AC-130 gunship ⓘ
surface form: AC-130 gunship (as part of armament variants)

B-1B Lancer ⓘ
Grumman F-14 Tomcat ⓘ
surface form: F-14 Tomcat

F-15 Eagle ⓘ
F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
F-22 Raptor ⓘ
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
surface form: F-4 Phantom II

F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CF-18 Hornet → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
F-16 Fighting Falcon → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
F-15 Eagle → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
F/A-18 Hornet → primaryArmament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon → partOf → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan family
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon → developmentOf → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon → successor → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
General Dynamics F-111 → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan 20 mm cannon (early variants)
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
Fighting Falcon → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
subject surface form: General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
Eagle → armament → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
subject surface form: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
this entity surface form: M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
KF-16 → weaponSystem → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
C-RAM → usesWeapon → M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: 20 mm M61A1 Gatling gun