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Revision as of 05:09, 15 December 2021

Description

The 20 mm Ho-3 is a Japanese autocannon. It was identical to the 20 mm Ho-1, except is mounted in a fixed fashion onboard aircraft. Both designs were based off the 20 mm Type 97 anti-tank rifle.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

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Available ammunition

  • Default: FI · HEFI-T · HEF-I · AP-T
  • Universal: HEFI-T · HEF-I · AP-T
  • Ground targets: AP-T · AP-T · FI · HEF-I
  • Tracers: AP-T · HEFI-T
  • Stealth: FI · FI · HEF-I · HEF-I
Penetration statistics
Belt Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
Default 34 31 23 15 10 9
Universal 34 31 23 15 10 9
Ground targets 34 31 23 15 10 9
Tracers 34 31 23 15 10 9
Stealth 2 2 2 2 2 2

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

The Ho-3 cannons have a fairly low fire RPM of 400, however, they make up for it with decent Default and Universal belts, each with powerful HEFI rounds. They also have good accuracy and velocity, allowing them to be used effectively in a variety of situations.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Decent accuracy once gun is upgraded
  • Good muzzle velocity
  • Good default and universal belts
  • Good explosive effect with HEFI rounds

Cons:

  • Very low rate of fire at 400 RPM

History

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Media

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See also

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  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links


Japan aircraft cannons
20 mm  Ho-1 · Ho-3 · Ho-5 · Type 99 Model 1 · Type 99 Model 2
30 mm  Ho-155 · Type 5
37 mm  Ho-203 · Ho-204 · Type 94
40 mm  Ho-301
57 mm  Ho-401
75 mm  Type 88
  Foreign:
20 mm  M39A3 (USA) · M61A1 (USA) · M197 (USA) · MG FF (Germany) · MG FF/M (Germany) · MG 151 (Germany)
30 mm  GAU-13/A (USA) · M230E-1 (USA)

China aircraft cannons
23 mm  Type 23-1 · Type 23-2K · Type 23-3 · Type 23L
30 mm  Type 30-1
  Foreign
20 mm  AN/M2 (USA) · B-20E (USSR) · Hispano 404 (France) · Hispano Mk.II (Britain) · Ho-3 (Japan) · Ho-5 (Japan)
  M39A1 (USA) · M39A2 (USA) · M39A3 (USA) · M61A1 (USA) · M197 (USA) · ShVAK (USSR) · Type 99 Model 1 (Japan)
23 mm  NR-23 (USSR) · NS-23 (USSR) · NS-23K (USSR)
30 mm  GAU-13/A (USA)
37 mm  Ho-203 (Japan) · N-37D (USSR)