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DEFA cannon

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The DEFA cannon, built by the French state arms design and manufacturing agency DEFA, is a family of widely used French made aircraft revolver cannon firing 30 millimeter NATO standard rounds. It was designed in the late 1940s and entered service in 1954. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Caliber
30mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
small arm 1
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1954 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Small Arm 1
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1. Wikipedia: DEFA cannon
  • Infobox: service
    1954-present
  • Lead and body text
    The DEFA cannon (Direction des Études et Fabrications d'Armement) is a family of widely used French-made aircraft revolver cannon firing 30 mm caliber NATO standard rounds.
  • Lead section
    The DEFA cannon (Direction des Études et Fabrications d'Armement) is a family of widely used French-made aircraft revolver cannon firing 30 mm caliber NATO standard rounds.
  • Operated By: French Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
    France, Switzerland, Israel, Italy, South Africa and others.
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2. DEFA cannon (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q1152952 (P729 service entry): 1954
Quote, Wikidata Q1152952 (P729 service entry): 1954
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1954.
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Wikidata: DEFA cannon
Wikidata Q1152952, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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