The 30mm Type 5 cannon was a Japanese Navy autocannon used near the end of World War II. It was an indigenous design with better performance than Oerlikon-derived Type 2 or Browning-derived Ho-155, although it was considerably heavier. The Type 5 was to have become the standard fighter cannon of the Japanese Navy – four would have been mounted on the J7W Shinden – but by the end of the war had seen use on only a few aircraft, including variants of the Mitsubishi J2M and Yokosuka P1Y.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Caliber: 30 mm (1.2 in)
- Ammunition: 30 x 122 (345 g)
- Weight: 70 kg (155 lb)
- Rate of fire: 500 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity: 760 m/s (2,495 ft/s)
References[edit | edit source]
- Gustin Emmanuel, The WWII Fighter Gun Debate: Gun Tables (1999)
- Anthony G. Williams, 30 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES
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