Inglis 20mm Cannon

[Roger Lucy]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

It was mentioned the gun was pitched to the British, but they were too heavily invested in the Oerlikon and Hispano to be interested. It would be interesting to know performance specs on the Inglis and how it really compared to it's two competitors.

David

The early 1944 British decision to use only Oerlikon 20mm ammunition is what largely doomed the Inglis 20mm, which was designed (following British advice) around the Hispano-Suiza round. By the time the Inglis gun had been adapted to fire Oerlikon ammunition, the war was over. There is more information on the various projects using the gun at LAC: RG24 , Reel C-8414 File 9012-520,Quadruple ack-ack mount and RG24 Volumes 10061 and 10062 13/20 MM series, as well as among the ATDB reports at DHH (115.41013)

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