Weapon - Guns - DEFA 552 30mm Cannon
Weapon Stats:
Length: 1.66 m, 5.45 ft
Width: 0.22 m, 0.72 ft
Weight: 79.8 kg, 176 lb
Firing Rate: 1 100 to 1 500
Muzzle Speed: 814 m/min(2670)
Firing Rate: 1 100 to 1 500
Aircraft:
Mirage IIIBZ, Mirage IIICZ, Mirage IIID2Z, Mirage IIIDZ, Mirage IIIEZ, Mirage IIIR2Z, Mirage IIIRZ
Mirage IIIBZ, Mirage IIICZ, Mirage IIID2Z, Mirage IIIDZ, Mirage IIIEZ, Mirage IIIR2Z, Mirage IIIRZ
DEFA 552 30mm Cannon
Status: Out of service
Category: Guns
The Giat DEFA 552 is a French 30 mm calibre gas-operated cannon first produced in 1954 and fitted to numerous aircraft. It was based on the German MG-213C cannon which never entered production.
The SAAF used the 552A and 552B models.
Ammunition types:
- Ball (Training)
- High explosive / Incendiary
- Armour piercing / High explosive / Incendiary
- High explosive / Fragmentation
Used on:
Mirage III (fuselage x 2)
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