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| Ammunition |
37 x 144 with HE round |
| Projectile
weight |
1.05 lb 475 g |
| Velocity | 1480 feet per second 450 meters per second |
| Rate of
fire |
400 rounds per minute |
| Gun weight |
287 lbs 130 kg |
| Gun power |
427 |
The Ho-204 cannon may also possibly have been known as the Type 4 37mm Machine Cannon. It seems to have been installed only on
the Ki-46-III KAI "Dinah", an unsuccessful night fighter variant.
The gun was the largest short-recoil Browning-type action autocannon to ever see combat. It was fed from a disintegrating belt and had an impressive rate of fire for so large a caliber.
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