Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon
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The Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon was a German autocannon developed for aircraft use during World War I by Stahlwerke Becker. It was first mass-produced in 1916 and was installed in a variety of aircraf
An artist's rendering of a Becker antiaircraft gun
Oskar Ursinus operated a 20 mm Becker cannon in the front cockpit of a Gotha G.I
MG FF cannon
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The MG FF was a drum-fed, blowback-operated, 20 mm aircraft autocannon, developed in 1936 by Ikaria Werke Berlin of Germany. It was a derivative of the Swiss Oerlikon FF F cannon, with the Oerlikon FF
Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon
…to this day, and in a later form, was the original inspiration, through the Swiss design after World War I, for the World War II German Luftwaffe's MG FF (Maschinengewehr Flügel Fest, "fixed wing-mount automatic ordnance") 20 mm autocannon design. The original design was based on the 19 mm Becker cannon…
A restored MG FF cannon
Bf 109E-3 with wing-mounted MG FF
MG FF/M guns in Schräge Musik installation through canopy of a Bf 110