List of aircraft weapons

List of aircraft weapons

This is a list of weapons carried by aircraft.

Guns
In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for reconnaissance, however some pilots begun to carry rifles in case
they spotted enemy planes. Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns and there were different variations on
mountings; the Airco DH.2 pusher plane had its gun in the front while the engine was in the back, some
experimented with mountings on the (side) wing or on the biplane's upper wing (above the cockpit), and the latest
fighter aircraft used Fokker's synchronizer so they could mount the machine gun behind the propeller for better
accuracy.
In World War II, fighter aircraft carried wing-mounted machine guns and cannons as their primary armament.
While missiles are the primary armament since the early 1960s, the Vietnam War showed that guns still had a role to
play and most fighters built since then are fitted with cannon (typically between 20 and 30mm in caliber) as an
adjunct to missiles. Modern European fighter aircraft are usually equipped with the revolver cannon, whereas the
United States and to some extent Russia generally favor the Gatling gun.

ADEN cannon (UK)

20 mm Becker (Germany)
Berezin B-20 (USSR)
Berezin BS (USSR)
Berezin UB (USSR)
Bordkanone BK 3.7 cannon (37mm) (Germany)
Bordkanone BK 5 cannon (50mm) (Germany)
Bordkanone BK 7.5 cannon (75mm) (Germany)
Pak 40 (75mm) (Germany)
Breda-SAFAT machine gun (Italy)
Browning Model 1919 machine gun (United States)
Colt Mk 12 cannon (United States)
COW 37 mm gun (UK)
DEFA cannon (France)
GAU-7 cannon (United States)
GAU-8 Avenger (United States)
GAU-12 Equalizer (United States)
GIAT 30 (France)
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L (Russia)
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 (Russia)
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 (Russia)
Gryazev-Shipunov/Izhmash GSh-30-1 (Russia)
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 (Russia)
Shipunov 2A42 (Russia)
Hispano 20 mm cannon (Switzerland)
Lewis gun (USA/UK)
M2 Browning machine gun (United States)

M4 cannon (United States)

M39 cannon (United States)
M61 Vulcan (United States)

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M134 Minigun (United States)

M197 Gatling gun (United States)
MAC 1934 (France)
Mauser BK-27 (Germany)
MG 151 cannon (Germany)
MG 15 machine gun (Germany)
MG 17 machine gun (Germany)
MG 131 machine gun (Germany)
MG FF cannon (Germany)
MK 103 cannon (Germany)
MK 108 cannon (Germany)
Parabellum MG14 (Germany)
Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 (Russia)
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 (Austria-Hungary)
ShKAS machine gun (Russia)
ShVAK cannon (Russia)
Maschinengewehr 08 (Germany)

Spandau machine gun (Germany)

Type 1 machine gun (Japan)
Type 2 machine gun (Japan)
Type 92 machine gun (Japan)
Type 99 cannon (Japan)
1.59 inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II ("Vickers-Crayford rocket gun") (UK)
Vickers machine gun (UK)
Vickers K machine gun (UK)
Vickers VGO (Vickers Gas-operated) (UK)
Vickers S (UK)
Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 (USSR)
75 mm gun (US) (T13E1 / M5) (United States)
Karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37 (PL)

Air-dropped bombs

AASM (France)
AN-22 bomb (France)
AN-52 bomb (French tactical nuclear bomb)
B28 nuclear bomb See Mark 28 nuclear bomb
B39 nuclear bomb
B41 nuclear bomb
B46 nuclear bomb
B43 nuclear bomb
B53 nuclear bomb
B57 nuclear bomb
B61 nuclear bomb
B90 nuclear bomb See Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb

Daisy cutter (BLU-82B)

BLU-107 Durandal
BLU-108

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BLU-109
BLU-114/B "Soft-Bomb"
BLU-116
Blue Danube (nuclear weapon) (UK)
Disney bomb - rocket propelled "bunker buster"
Fritz X
GBU-10 Paveway 2000lbs
GBU-12 Paveway 500lbs
GBU-15
EGBU-15
GBU-24 Paveway III
GBU-28
HGK (Hassas Gudum Kiti - Precision Guidance Kit) Turkey
HOPE/HOSBO
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
Mark 2 nuclear bomb

Mark 4 nuclear bomb

Mark 5 nuclear bomb
Mark 6 nuclear bomb
Mark 7 nuclear bomb
Mark 8 nuclear bomb
Mark 10 nuclear bomb
Mark 11 nuclear bomb
Mark 12 nuclear bomb
Mark 15 nuclear bomb
Mark 15/39 nuclear bomb
Mark 18 nuclear bomb
Mark 24 nuclear bomb
Mark 28 nuclear bomb
Mark 77 bomb Napalm bomb
Mark 81 bomb
Mark 82 bomb
Mark 83 bomb
Mark 84 bomb
Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb
Mark 101 NDB (nuclear depth bomb)
Mark 105 Hotpoint bomb U.S. Navy tactical laydown bomb.
Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb
Matra Durandal
Flechette (WWI)
Ranken dart (WWI British)
Blockbuster bomb (WWII British, also known as "cookies")
Bouncing bomb (WWII British)
SC250 bomb (WWII Germany)

Tallboy bomb (WWII British, "earthquake bomb")

Grand Slam bomb (WWII British, "earthquake" bomb)

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T-12 Cloud Maker (44,000lb U.S. development of the Grand Slam bomb)
Butterfly bomb
Blue Rosette (UK strategic nuclear bomb for a supersonic bomber)
Red Beard (nuclear weapon) (UK tactical nuclear bomb)
Violet Club (UK emergency capability strategic nuclear bomb)
Interim Megaton Weapon (UK emergency capability strategic nuclear bomb)
WE.177A (UK dual-purpose tactical nuclear bomb and nuclear depth bomb)
WE.177B (UK strategic nuclear bomb)
WE.177C (UK tactical nuclear bomb)
Yellow Sun Mk.1 (UK strategic nuclear bomb)
Yellow Sun Mk.2 (UK strategic nuclear bomb)

Air-launched missiles

AGM-28 Hound Dog (USA)

AGM-65 Maverick (USA)
AGM-69 SRAM (USA)
AGM-84 Harpoon (A-D See SLAM) (United States)

AGM-86 ALCM (USA)

AGM-88 HARM (USA)
AGM-114 Hellfire
AGM-122 Sidearm
AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile
AGM-130
AGM-142 Raptor
AGM-154 JSOW
AGM-158 JASSM
AIM-4 Falcon
AIM-7 Sparrow
AIM-9 Sidewinder
AIM-47 Falcon
AIM-54 Phoenix
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AIM-132 ASRAAM
Air-Sol Moyenne Porte (France)
ALARM (UK)
AS.34 Kormoran (Germany)
Astra BVRAAM (India)
BGM-71 TOW
Blue Steel missile
Fairey Fireflash
Fairey Firestreak
FIM-92 Stinger (ATAS version)
Hawker Siddeley Red Top
HJ-8 (China)

HJ-9 (China)
HJ-10 (China)
IRIS-T (Germany)

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MBDA Exocet (France)

MBDA Meteor (Europe)
MBDA MICA (Europe)
MBDA Magic II (France)
PARS 3 LR (Germany)
PL-9 (China)
PL-10 (China)
PL-12 (China)
Kongsberg Penguin (AGM-119) (Norway)
R550 Magic (France)
R-73 AA-11 Archer (Russia)
Raduga KS-1 Komet (Russia)
Rafael Python 5 (Israel)
Red Dean
Red Hebe
Red Top
Silkworm (China)

Skybolt ALBM
Skyflash (UK)
Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM AGM-84E,H,K) (United States)
Storm Shadow (UK)
Super 530 (France)
Taurus KEPD 350 (Germany)
Vympel K-13 (Russia)
Vympel R-23 (Russia)
Vympel R-27 (Russia)
Vympel R-33 (Russia)
Vympel R-73 (Russia)
Vympel R-77 (Russia)
X-4 missile (Germany WW2)
SD-10
YJ-82 (China)

Air-launched rockets

AIR-2 Genie(USA)
Hydra 70
HVAR rocket
CRV7 (Canada)
Le Prieur rocket
R4M rocket
RP-3
RS-82, RS-132, M-8, M-13
SNEB 68mm rocket projectile
Oerlikon SNORA and SURA-D type rockets

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Air-launched torpedoes

Mark 44 torpedo
Mark 46 torpedo
Stingray torpedo (UK)
Pentane torpedo (UK)
MU90 Impact (EU)
Type 91 torpedo (WW II Japan)

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