Cannon, aircraft
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 30MM/BELT FEED
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RHEINMETALL-BORSIG
- MODEL
- MK.108
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1300
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 120.0 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aviation armament
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RHEINMETALL
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
BELT-FED 30 MM CANNON USING ELECTRIC IGNITION AND CHARGED AND TRIGGERED BY SIMPLE COMPRESSED AIR - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON TOP OF CANNON: "108/A3/130.00/EEO"
- Missing
- Stbd. cannon is missing its rear mount, its 90 degree hydraulic fitting at cannon front, its front mount at gimble and electrical cables for cannon triggering mechanism is missing.
- Finish
- PAINTED PALE GREEN
- Decoration
- N/A
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RHEINMETALL-BORSIG, Cannon, aircraft, after 1940, Artifact no. 2001.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0007.001/
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