Hispano Mk.V (20 mm)

Description

Commonly used in british airplanes and some us planes as well.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Vehicles equipped with this weapon
Fighters	Blackburn: Firebrand TF Mk IV
	Fairey: Firefly FR Mk V
	Hawker: Sea Fury FB 11 · Tempest Mk V · ▀Tempest Mk V · Tempest Mk II
	Supermarine: Seafire F Mk XVII · Seafire FR 47
	Westland: Wyvern S4
Twin-engine fighters	Hornet Mk.III
Jet fighters	de Havilland: Vampire F.B.5 · Venom FB.4 · Sea Venom FAW 20
	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
	Hawker: Sea Hawk FGA.6 · ◄Sea Hawk Mk.100
	Supermarine: Attacker FB 1
Bombers	Brigand B 1 · Lincoln B Mk II (Defensive)
Jet bombers	Canberra B (I) Mk 6

General info

Further devlopment of the hispano cannon by the british.

Available shells

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Comparison with analogues

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)

Usage in battles

Sligthly lower velocity than its bretherine hispano cannons it may throw off aim somewhat. It has a good high explosive filler and a fast rate of fire allowing for strafing.

Pros and cons

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Pros:

• High rate of fire
• Large explosive filler

Cons:

• Lower muzzle velocity than its predececor hispano cannons may throw you off in aiming.

History

Devloped by the british from the hispano cannon serries it featured a higher rate of fire whilst being ligther shorter. Homewer it had a lower muzzle velocity and required manual cocking.

Media

An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

See also

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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404 on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano-Suiza_HS.404#From_Oerlikon_to_Hispano
• references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

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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)