Guns

In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for reconnaissance, however some pilots begun
to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes. Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns
and there were different variations on mountings; the Airco DH.2 pusher plane had its gun in
the front while the engine was in the back, some experimented with mountings on the (side)
wing or on the biplane's upper wing (above the cockpit), and the latest fighter aircraft
used Fokker's synchronizer so they could mount the machine gun behind the propeller for
better accuracy.

In World War II, fighter aircraft carried wing-mounted machine guns and cannons as their
primary armament.

While missiles are the primary armament since the early 1960s, the Vietnam War showed that
guns still had a role to play and most fighters built since then are fitted with cannon (typically
between 20 and 30 mm in caliber) as an adjunct to missiles. Modern European fighter aircraft
are usually equipped with the revolver cannon, whereas the United States and to some extent
Russia generally favor the Gatling gun.

ADEN cannon (UK)

20 mm Becker (Germany)

Berezin B-20 (USSR)

Berezin BS (USSR)

Berezin UB (USSR)

Bordkanone BK 3.7 cannon (37mm) (Germany)

Bordkanone BK 5 cannon (50mm) (Germany)

Bordkanone BK 7.5 cannon (75mm) (Germany)

Pak 40 (75mm) (Germany)

Breda-SAFAT machine gun (Italy)

Browning Model 1919 machine gun (United States)

Colt Mk 12 cannon (United States)

COW 37 mm gun (UK)

DEFA cannon (France)

GAU-7 cannon (United States)

GAU-8 Avenger (United States)

 GAU-12 Equalizer (United States)

GIAT 30 (France)

Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L (Russia)

Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 (Russia)

Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 (Russia)

Gryazev-Shipunov/Izhmash GSh-30-1 (Russia)

Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 (Russia)

Shipunov 2A42 (Russia)

Hispano 20 mm cannon (Switzerland)

Lewis gun (USA/UK)

M2 Browning machine gun (United States)

M4 cannon (United States)

M39 cannon (United States)

M61 Vulcan (United States)

M134 Minigun (United States)

M197 Gatling gun (United States)

MAC 1934 (France)

Mauser BK-27 (Germany)

MG 151 cannon (Germany)

MG 15 machine gun (Germany)

MG 17 machine gun (Germany)

MG 131 machine gun (Germany)

MG FF cannon (Germany)

MK 103 cannon (Germany)

MK 108 cannon (Germany)

 Parabellum MG14 (Germany)

Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 (Russia)

Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 (Austria-Hungary)

ShKAS machine gun (Russia)

ShVAK cannon (Russia)

Maschinengewehr 08 (Germany)

Spandau machine gun (Germany)

Type 1 machine gun (Japan)

Type 2 machine gun (Japan)

Type 92 machine gun (Japan)

Type 99 cannon (Japan)

1.59 inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II ("Vickers-Crayford rocket gun")

(UK)

Vickers machine gun (UK)

Vickers K machine gun (UK)

Vickers VGO (Vickers Gas-operated) (UK)

Vickers S (UK)

Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 (USSR)

75 mm gun (US) (T13E1 / M5) (United States)

Karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37 (PL)

[edit]Air-dropped bombs
Further information: Category:Aerial bombs
Further information: List of Japanese World War II navy bombs

AASM (France)

AN-22 bomb (France)

AN-52 bomb (French tactical nuclear bomb)

 B28 nuclear bomb See Mark 28 nuclear bomb

B39 nuclear bomb

B41 nuclear bomb

B46 nuclear bomb

B43 nuclear bomb

B53 nuclear bomb

B57 nuclear bomb

B61 nuclear bomb

B90 nuclear bomb See Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb

Daisy cutter (BLU-82B)

BLU-107 Durandal

BLU-108

BLU-109

BLU-114/B "Soft-Bomb"

BLU-116

Blue Danube (nuclear weapon) (UK)

Disney bomb - rocket propelled "bunker buster"

Fritz X

GBU-10 Paveway 2000lbs

GBU-12 Paveway 500lbs

GBU-15

EGBU-15

GBU-24 Paveway III

GBU-28

HGK (Hassas Gudum Kiti - Precision Guidance Kit) Turkey

 HOPE/HOSBO

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

Mark 2 nuclear bomb

Mark 4 nuclear bomb

Mark 5 nuclear bomb

Mark 6 nuclear bomb

Mark 7 nuclear bomb

Mark 8 nuclear bomb

Mark 10 nuclear bomb

Mark 11 nuclear bomb

Mark 12 nuclear bomb

Mark 15 nuclear bomb

Mark 15/39 nuclear bomb

Mark 18 nuclear bomb

Mark 24 nuclear bomb

Mark 28 nuclear bomb

Mark 77 bomb Napalm bomb

Mark 81 bomb

Mark 82 bomb

Mark 83 bomb

Mark 84 bomb

Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb

Mark 101 NDB (nuclear depth bomb)

Mark 105 Hotpoint bomb U.S. Navy tactical laydown bomb.

 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb

Matra Durandal

Flechette (WWI)

Ranken dart (WWI British)

Blockbuster bomb (WWII British, also known as "cookies")

Bouncing bomb (WWII British)

SC250 bomb (WWII Germany)

Tallboy bomb (WWII British, "earthquake bomb")

Grand Slam bomb (WWII British, "earthquake" bomb)

T-12 Cloud Maker (44,000 lb U.S. development of the Grand Slam bomb)

Butterfly bomb

Blue Rosette (UK strategic nuclear bomb for a supersonic bomber)

Red Beard (nuclear weapon) (UK tactical nuclear bomb)

Violet Club (UK emergency capability strategic nuclear bomb)

Interim Megaton Weapon (UK emergency capability strategic nuclear bomb)

WE.177A (UK dual-purpose tactical nuclear bomb and nuclear depth bomb)

WE.177B (UK strategic nuclear bomb)

WE.177C (UK tactical nuclear bomb)

Yellow Sun Mk.1 (UK strategic nuclear bomb)

Yellow Sun Mk.2 (UK strategic nuclear bomb)

[edit]Air-launched missiles
Further information: Category:Air-launched missiles

AGM-28 Hound Dog (USA)

AGM-65 Maverick (USA)

AGM-69 SRAM (USA)

 AGM-84 Harpoon (A-D See SLAM) (United States)

AGM-86 ALCM (USA)

AGM-88 HARM (USA)

AGM-114 Hellfire

AGM-122 Sidearm

AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile

AGM-130

AGM-142 Raptor

AGM-154 JSOW

AGM-158 JASSM

AIM-4 Falcon

AIM-7 Sparrow

AIM-9 Sidewinder

AIM-47 Falcon

AIM-54 Phoenix

AIM-120 AMRAAM

AIM-132 ASRAAM

Air-Sol Moyenne Porte (France)

ALARM (UK)

AS.34 Kormoran (Germany)

Astra BVRAAM (India)

BGM-71 TOW

Blue Steel missile

Fairey Fireflash

Fairey Firestreak
 FIM-92 Stinger (ATAS version)

Hawker Siddeley Red Top

HJ-8 (China)

HJ-9 (China)

HJ-10 (China)

IRIS-T (Germany)

MBDA Exocet (France)

MBDA Meteor (Europe)

MBDA MICA (Europe)

MBDA Magic II (France)

PARS 3 LR (Germany)

PL-9 (China)

PL-10 (China)

PL-12 (China)

Kongsberg Penguin (AGM-119) (Norway)

R550 Magic (France)

R-73 AA-11 Archer (Russia)

Raduga KS-1 Komet (Russia)

Rafael Python 5 (Israel)

Red Dean

Red Hebe

Red Top

Silkworm (China)

Skybolt ALBM

Skyflash (UK)
 Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM AGM-84E,H,K) (United States)

Storm Shadow (UK)

Super 530 (France)

Taurus KEPD 350 (Germany)

Vympel K-13 (Russia)

Vympel R-23 (Russia)

Vympel R-27 (Russia)

Vympel R-33 (Russia)

Vympel R-73 (Russia)

Vympel R-77 (Russia)

X-4 missile (Germany WW2)

SD-10

YJ-82 (China)
[edit]Air-launched rockets

AIR-2 Genie(USA)

Hydra 70

HVAR rocket

CRV7 (Canada)

Le Prieur rocket

R4M rocket

RP-3

RS-82, RS-132, M-8, M-13

SNEB 68 mm rocket projectile

Oerlikon SNORA and SURA-D type rockets

[edit]Air-launched torpedoes
 Mark 44 torpedo

Mark 46 torpedo

Stingray torpedo (UK)

Pentane torpedo (UK)

MU90 Impact (EU)

Type 91 torpedo (WW II Japan)