View source for Hispano Mk.V (20 mm)

== Description ==
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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{{Navigation-Line|Hawker}}{{Specs-Link|sea_fury_fb11}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|tempest_mk2}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|tempest_mkv}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|tempest_mkv_luftwaffe}}
{{Navigation-Line|Supermarine}}{{Specs-Link|seafire_mk17}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|seafire_fr47}}
{{Navigation-Line|Westland}}{{Specs-Link|wyvern_s4}}

{{Navigation-First-Line|'''Twin-engine fighters'''}}{{Specs-Link|hornet_mk1}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|hornet_mk3}}

{{Navigation-First-Line|'''Jet fighters'''}}
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{{Navigation-Line|}}{{Specs-Link|meteor_fmk8_belgium}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|meteor_fmk8_iaf}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|meteor_nfmk13}}
{{Navigation-Line|de Havilland}}{{Specs-Link|vampire_fb5}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|vampire_fb52a_italy}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|vampire_fb52_finland}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|venom_fb4}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|sea_venom_faw20}}
{{Navigation-Line|Hawker}}{{Specs-Link|sea_hawk_fga6}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|sea_hawk_mk100}}
{{Navigation-Line|Supermarine}}{{Specs-Link|attaker_fb1}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|attaker_fb2}}

{{Navigation-First-Line|'''Bombers'''}}{{Specs-Link|brigand_b1}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|lincoln_b2}}&nbsp;(Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|shackleton_mr_mk_2}}&nbsp;(Defensive)

{{Navigation-First-Line|'''Jet bombers'''}}{{Specs-Link|canberra_bimk6}}

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== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
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* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
* '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}
* '''Ground targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
* '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}
* '''Tracers:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
* '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}
* '''Default (turret):''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|P|Practice}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
* '''Armoured targets (turret):''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
* '''Universal (turret):''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}

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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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* [[Hispano Mk.I (20 mm)]]
* [[Hispano Mk.II (20 mm)]]
* [[Hispano HS.9 (20 mm)]]
* [[Hispano 404 (20 mm)]]
* [[MG 151/20 (20 mm)]]
* [[FlaK 38 (20 mm)]]
* [[AN/M2 (20 mm)]]
* [[AN/M3 (20 mm)]]

== Usage in battles ==
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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 ===
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'''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 ==
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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 (20 mm)|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 FB 11|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 Mk.I|Hornet]] twin-engine fighter, the de Havilland [[Vampire (Family)|Vampire]] and [[Venom FB.4|Venom]] fighter jets, English Electric [[Canberra (Family)|Canberra]] jet bomber, [[Sea Hawk FGA.6|Sea Hawk]] naval fighter jet, Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 flying boat jet, Supermarine [[Attacker FB 1|Attacker]] naval jet, and on South African Air Force variants of the Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopters.

== Media ==
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== See also ==
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* [[wikipedia:Hispano-Suiza_HS.404#From_Oerlikon_to_Hispano|[Wikipedia] Hispano-Suiza HS.404]]

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