Hispano Mk.V (20 mm)

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Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Vehicles equipped with this weapon
Fighters 
Blackburn  Firebrand TF Mk IV
Fairey  ◘Firefly F.Mk.IV · Firefly FR Mk V
Hawker  Sea Fury FB 11 · Tempest Mk II · Tempest Mk V · ▀Tempest Mk V
Supermarine  Seafire F Mk XVII · Seafire FR 47
Westland  Wyvern S4
Twin-engine fighters  Hornet Mk.I · Hornet Mk.III
Jet fighters 
Gloster  Meteor F Mk 3 · Sea Meteor F Mk 3 · Meteor F Mk 4 G.41F · Meteor F Mk 4 G.41G · Meteor F Mk.8 G.41K · Meteor F Mk.8 Reaper
  ▄Meteor F Mk.8 · Meteor F.8 · Meteor NF.13
de Havilland  Vampire F.B.5 · Vampire FB 52A · ▄Vampire FB 52A · Venom FB.4 · Sea Venom FAW 20
Hawker  Sea Hawk FGA.6 · ◄Sea Hawk Mk.100
Supermarine  Attacker FB 1 · Attacker FB.2
Bombers  Brigand B 1 · Lincoln B Mk II (Defensive) · Shackleton MR.Mk.2 (Defensive)
Jet bombers  Canberra B (I) Mk 6

General info

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Available ammunition

  • Default: HEI · SAP-I · T
  • Universal: AP-T · HEI · SAP-I
  • Ground targets: AP-T · SAP-I · HEI · AP-T
  • Air targets: SAP-I · HEI · AP-T · HEI · SAP-I
  • Tracers: AP-T · HEI · T
  • Stealth: HEI · SAP-I
  • Default (turret): HEI · HEI · P · T
  • Armoured targets (turret): HEI · AP-T · AP-T
  • Universal (turret): AP-T · HEI · HEI

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
HEI 5 4 3 2 2 2
T 17 15 11 7 5 0
SAP-I 25 23 16 10 7 4
AP-T 36 33 24 15 10 7
HEI (stealth) 4 4 3 2 2 2
SAP-I (stealth) 26 24 17 11 7 4
HEI (defensive) 5 4 3 2 2 2
P (defensive) 17 15 11 7 5 0
T (defensive) 17 15 11 7 5 0
AP-T (defensive) 37 35 25 16 10 7
Shell details
Ammunition Velocity
(m/s)
Projectile
mass (kg)
Fuse delay
(m)
Fuse sensitivity
(mm)
Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
HEI 833 0.13 0.1 0.1 9.28 79° 80° 81°
T 815 0.13 - - - 47° 56° 65°
SAP-I 824 0.13 0.3 0 0.01 47° 56° 65°
AP-T 801 0.14 - - - 47° 60° 65°
HEI (stealth) 824 0.13 0.1 0.1 9.28 79° 80° 81°
SAP-I (stealth) 844 0.13 0.3 0 0.01 47° 56° 65°
HEI (defensive) 853 0.13 0.1 0.1 9.28 79° 80° 81°
P (defensive) 868 0.13 - - - 47° 56° 65°
T (defensive) 835 0.13 - - - 47° 56° 65°
AP-T (defensive) 822 0.14 - - - 47° 60° 65°

Comparison with analogues

Usage in battles

Slightly lower velocity than its brethren Hispano cannons, it may throw off aim somewhat for the pilot. It has a good high explosive filler and a medium rate of fire allowing for strafing of land and water-based targets.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Large amount of explosive filler

Cons:

  • AP rounds have lower muzzle velocity than its predecessor Hispano cannons, which may throw you off in aiming
  • Medium rate of fire
  • High time to kill
  • Default belts include practice shell
  • All belts but stealth use standard tracer round which are ineffective
  • High spread

History

Developed by the British from the Hispano cannon series, it featured a higher rate of fire whilst being lighter and shorter. However, it had a lower muzzle velocity and required manual charging of ammunition in preparation to firing.

The Hispano Mk.V was the ultimate British license-built variant of the French Hispano 404 autocannon. The Mk.V featured a shorter barrel so the cannon could be housed in the wing, reducing drag and offering better protection for the cannon. One of the main fighters to use the Mk.V was the Hawker Tempest Mk V, but it also saw use during World War II on the Hawker Fury and Sea Fury fighters, late-war marks of the Spitfire, the prototype Martin-Baker M.B.5 fighter, and the Westland Welkin high altitude heavy fighter. In the post-war period, the Hispano Mk.V saw service on even more aircraft including the Westland Wyvern S4 navy strike fighter, the Avro Shackleton MR.Mk.2 maritime patrol craft, Bristol Brigand B 1 ground attack craft, Avro Lincoln B Mk II, the Supermarine Spiteful and its naval counterpart, the Seafang, the de Havilland Hornet twin-engine fighter, the de Havilland Vampire and Venom fighter jets, English Electric Canberra jet bomber, Sea Hawk naval fighter jet, Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 flying boat jet, Supermarine Attacker naval jet, and on South African Air Force variants of the Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopters.

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See also

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Germany aircraft cannons
15 mm  MG 151
20 mm  MG 151 · MG C/30L · MG FF · MG FF/M
27 mm  Mauser BK27
30 mm  MK 101 · MK 103 · MK 108
37 mm  BK 3.7
50 mm  BK 5 · Mk.214a
75 mm  BK 7.5
  Foreign:
20 mm  Hispano Mk.V (Britain) · M24A1 (USA) · M61A1 (USA) · ShVAK (USSR)
23 mm  GSh-23L (USSR) · NR-23 (USSR) · VYa-23 (USSR)
30 mm  DEFA 552 (France) · GSh-30-1 (USSR) · GSh-30-2K (USSR) · NR-30 (USSR)
37 mm  N-37D (USSR)

Britain aircraft cannons
20 mm  Hispano Mk.I · Hispano Mk.II · Hispano Mk.V · Oerlikon KAD-B
25 mm  ADEN 25
30 mm  ADEN · ADEN Mk.4
40 mm  Rolls-Royce Type BH · Vickers S
47 mm  Vickers P
57 mm  Molins Class M
  Foreign:
20 mm  GI2 (South Africa) · Hispano 404 (France) · M61A1 (USA)
27 mm  Akan m/85 (Sweden) · Mauser BK27 (Germany)
30 mm  M230E-1 (USA)

Italy aircraft cannons
20 mm  TM197B
30 mm  Hispano HS 825
37 mm  Breda Model 39 37/54
102 mm  102/35 mod 14
  Foreign:
20 mm  B-20E (USSR) · B-20M (USSR) · B-20S (USSR) · Hispano 404 (France) · Hispano Mk.II (Britain) · Hispano Mk.V (Britain) · M24A1 (USA) · M61A1 (USA) · MG 151 (Germany) · MG FF (Germany) · MG FF/M (Germany) · ShVAK (USSR)
23 mm  GSh-23L (USSR) · NR-23 (USSR) · NS-23 (USSR)
27 mm  Akan m/85 (Sweden) · Mauser BK27 (Germany)
30 mm  DEFA 552 (France) · GSh-30-1 (USSR) · GSh-30-2K (USSR) · MK 103 (Germany) · MK 108 (Germany) · NR-30 (USSR)
37 mm  BK 3.7 (Germany) · N-37 (USSR) · N-37D (USSR)

France aircraft cannons
20 mm  GIAT M.621 · Hispano 404 · Hispano HS.9 · M50
30 mm  DEFA 541 · DEFA 551 · DEFA 552 · DEFA 552A · DEFA 553 · DEFA 554 · GIAT M781
  Foreign:
20 mm  AN/M2 (USA) · Browning-Colt Mk12 Mod 3 (USA) · Hispano Mk.II (Britain) · Hispano Mk.V (Britain) · M3 (USA) · M24A1 (USA) · M39A1 (USA) · M61A1 (USA) · MG 151 (Germany) · ShVAK (USSR)
30 mm  ADEN (Britain)
37 mm  M4 (USA) · M10 (USA) · NS-37 (USSR)

Sweden aircraft cannons
20 mm  Akan m/41A · Akan m/45 · Akan m/47B · Akan m/47C · Akan m/49 · Oerlikon FF
27 mm  Akan m/85
30 mm  Akan m/55 · Akan m/75
57 mm  Akan m/47
  Foreign:
20 mm  MG FF (Germany) · MG 151 (Germany)
23 mm  GSh-23L (USSR)
30 mm  2A42 (USSR) · M230E-1 (USA) · MK 108 (Germany)

Israel aircraft cannons
20 mm  GIAT M.621 (France) · Hispano Mk.II (Britain) · Hispano Mk.V (Britain) · M50 (France) · M61A1 (USA) · M195 (USA) · M197 (USA) · MG 151 (Germany) · Mk 11 mod 5 (USA)
30 mm  DEFA 551 (France) · DEFA 552 (France) · DEFA 552A (France) · DEFA 553 (France) · M230E-1 (USA)
40 mm  M129 (USA)