In Service: 1945 to 1945
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Type: Maschinenkanone
Calibre: 55 mm
Length: mm
Weight: 705 kg
Rate of fire: 180 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 1,000 m/s
Effective range: 1,815 m
Variants:
55 mm MK 112
55 mm MK 114
Other: Armaments
Articles:
The 55 mm MK 114 (Maschinenkanone 114) was a machine cannon
designed and produced by
Rheinmetall-Borsig
in 1945. The 55 mm MK 114 was a development of the
55
mm MK 112
The 55 mm MK 114 was of light construction and was particularly
easy to construct due to the fact that over 80% of the weapon
was made stamped parts.
The 55 mm MK 114 (Maschinenkanone 114) machine cannon was
installed in the following Luftwaffe aircraft
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
Flying Guns World War II.
ISBN-10: 1840372273
German Aircraft Guns WW I WW II.
ISBN-10: 091196410X
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