Universal Weapons Pylon and Gun Pod. The Universal Weapons Pylon is specific to the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, and provides two support racks for various weapon systems.

The M35, known during development as the EX35 and XM35, [1] [2] is an American 105 mm caliber low-recoil tank gun. The M35 was developed for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Mobile Protected Gun Program of the early 1980s. It was integrated onto the Marine Corps LAV-105, and the U.S. Army's M8 Armored Gun System and M10 Booker vehicles.

The 105 mm XM35 has small diameter recoil and recuperator cylinders with the individual cylinders having bayonet fixings to facilitate field replacement. In both prototype applications, the 105 mm XM35 gun is fed by an automatic loader.

Mar 27, 2019 · The XM35 is a prototype 155 mm artillery weapon system, consisting of the cradle, the cannon and the recoil system, designed for a lighter, tracked vehicle.

Gun pods offered a simple means of giving aircraft this capability, with no weight penalty on missions where guns were not required. The United States has developed systems for use both on fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

Sep 13, 2017 · In 1992, the Arsenal was visited by a Navy team that was searching to identify the best practices in the defense manufacturing industry. One of the highlights and a best practice identified in the...

Jun 26, 2008 · If station 2 has the 20mm gun mounted, station 3 should be left open OR have a 7-shot pod mounted (M158). Both of those loads have been documented. ** The M35 gun system always had the minigun mounted on station 2.

The M35 was a fixed-mount for the M195 six-barrel 20mm automatic gun for mounting on the port (left) side of the Cobra. The M195 is a short-barreled version of the six-barrel M61A1 Vulcan 20mm aircraft gun.

Apr 5, 2018 · What information is readily available in regards to type classification of a specific low recoil gun system? DSIAC was asked to search for documentation relating to the classification of the XM35 105mm cannon system.

equipped with the XM35 armament subsystem (20inn automatic gun) was conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, California, from 27 November to 20 December 1968 by the US Army Aviation Systems Test Activity. This evaluation consisted of performance and firing and nonfiring stability and control tests. Stability and control tests were also