List of aircraft weapons


This is a list of weapons carried by aircraft.

Guns

In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes. Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the only guns were carried in the rear cockpit supplying defensive fire. Seeing a need for offensive fire, forward-firing weapons were devised. The Airco DH.2 pusher plane had its gun in the front while the engine was in the back, some experimented with mountings on the wing or on the biplane's upper wing, until by 1916 most fighter aircraft mounted their guns in the forward fuselage using a synchronization gear so that the bullets did not strike the propeller.
In World War II, fighter aircraft carried machine guns and cannons mounted in the wings, engine cowlings, nose, or between the banks of the engine, firing through the propeller spinner. Night fighters sometimes utilized guns firing upwards as well. Bombers typically carried from one to 14 flexible machine guns and/or autocannon as defensive armament, while certain types added fixed offensive guns as well.
While missiles have been the primary armament since the early 1960s, the Vietnam War showed that guns still had a role to play and most fighters built since then are fitted with cannons as an adjunct to missiles. Modern European fighter aircraft are usually equipped with the revolver cannon, whereas the United States and to some extent Russia generally favor the Gatling gun. The Gatling gun quickly became the weapon of choice for most air forces.
  • ADEN cannon
  • 20 mm Becker
  • Berezin B-20
  • Berezin BS
  • Berezin UB
  • 40 mm gun
  • Bofors m/45
  • Bofors m/47
  • Bofors m/49
  • Bordkanone BK 3,7 cannon
  • Bordkanone BK 5 cannon
  • Bordkanone BK 7,5 cannon
  • Breda-SAFAT machine gun
  • Browning Model 1919 machine gun
  • Colt Mk 12 cannon
  • COW 37 mm gun
  • DEFA cannon
  • FN Browning machine gun
  • GAU-7 cannon
  • GAU-8 Avenger
  • GAU-12 Equalizer
  • GIAT 30
  • Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L
  • Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23
  • Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30
  • Gryazev-Shipunov/Izhmash GSh-30-1
  • Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
  • Hispano 20 mm cannon
  • Ho-1/Ho-3 cannon
  • Ho-5 cannon
  • Ho-103 machine gun
  • Ho-155 cannon,
  • Ho-203 cannon
  • Ho-204 cannon
  • Ho-301 cannon
  • Ho-401 cannon
  • Ho-402 cannon
  • Karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37
  • Ksp m/22
  • Lewis gun
  • M2 Browning machine gun
  • M4 cannon
  • M39 cannon
  • M61 Vulcan
  • M134 Minigun
  • M197 Gatling gun
  • MAC 1934
  • Mauser BK-27
  • MG 08
  • MG 15 machine gun
  • MG 17 machine gun
  • MG 131 machine gun
  • MG 151 cannon
  • MG FF cannon
  • MK 103 cannon
  • MK 108 cannon
  • Nudelman-Suranov NS-23
  • Schwarzlose MG M.07/12
  • Shipunov 2A42
  • ShKAS machine gun
  • ShVAK cannon
  • Oerlikon KCA
  • Ordnance QF 6-pounder
  • Parabellum MG14
  • Spandau machine gun
  • Semi Automatique Moteur Canon d'aviation
  • 75 mm gun
  • Type 1 machine gun
  • Type 2 cannon
  • Type 2 machine gun
  • Type 3 machine gun
  • Type 5 cannon
  • Type 88 cannon
  • Type 89 machine gun
  • Type 92 machine gun
  • Type 97 machine gun
  • Type 98 machine gun
  • Type 99 cannon
  • 1.59 inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II
  • Vickers machine gun
  • Vickers K machine gun
  • Vickers S
  • Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23

    Air-dropped bombs

  • AASM
  • AN-22 bomb
  • AN-52 bomb
  • B28 nuclear bomb See Mark 28 nuclear bomb
  • B39 nuclear bomb
  • B41 nuclear bomb
  • B43 nuclear bomb
  • B46 nuclear bomb
  • B53 nuclear bomb
  • B57 nuclear bomb
  • B61 nuclear bomb
  • B90 nuclear bomb See Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb
  • Daisy cutter
  • BLU-107 Durandal
  • BLU-109
  • BLU-114/B "Soft-Bomb"
  • BLU-116
  • Blue Danube
  • Fritz X
  • GBU-10 Paveway 2000 lbs
  • GBU-12 Paveway 500 lbs
  • GBU-15
  • EGBU-15
  • GBU-24 Paveway III
  • GBU-28
  • GBU-57A/B MOP
  • HGK Turkey
  • HOPE/HOSBO
  • Joint Direct Attack Munition
  • Joint Standoff Weapon
  • Mark 2 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 4 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 5 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 6 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 7 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 8 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 10 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 11 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 12 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 15 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 15/39 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 18 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 24 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 28 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 36 nuclear bomb
  • Mark 77 bomb incendiary bomb
  • Mark 81 bomb
  • Mark 82 bomb
  • Mark 83 bomb
  • Mark 84 bomb
  • Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb
  • Mark 101 NDB
  • Mark 105 Hotpoint bomb U.S. Navy tactical laydown bomb.
  • Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb
  • Matra Durandal
  • Flechette
  • Ranken dart
  • Blockbuster bomb
  • Bouncing bomb
  • SC250 bomb
  • Tallboy bomb
  • Grand Slam bomb
  • T-12 Cloud Maker
  • Butterfly bomb
  • Blue Rosette
  • Red Beard
  • Violet Club
  • Interim Megaton Weapon
  • WE.177A
  • WE.177B
  • WE.177C
  • Yellow Sun Mk.1
  • Yellow Sun Mk.2

    Air-launched missiles

  • AGM-28 Hound Dog
  • AGM-65 Maverick
  • AGM-69 SRAM
  • AGM-84 Harpoon
  • AGM-86 ALCM
  • AGM-88 HARM
  • AGM-114 Hellfire
  • AGM-122 Sidearm
  • AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile
  • AGM-130
  • AGM-142 Raptor
  • AGM-154 JSOW
  • AGM-158 JASSM
  • AIM-4 Falcon
  • AIM-7 Sparrow
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder
  • AIM-47 Falcon
  • AIM-54 Phoenix
  • AIM-120 AMRAAM
  • AIM-132 ASRAAM
  • Air-Sol Moyenne Portée
  • ALARM
  • AS.34 Kormoran
  • Astra BVRAAM
  • Barq
  • BGM-71 TOW
  • Blue Steel missile
  • Fairey Fireflash
  • Fairey Firestreak
  • FIM-92 Stinger
  • Hawker Siddeley Red Top
  • HJ-8
  • HJ-9
  • HJ-10
  • IRIS-T
  • MBDA Exocet
  • MBDA Meteor
  • MBDA MICA
  • MBDA Magic II
  • PARS 3 LR
  • PL-9
  • PL-10
  • PL-12
  • PL-15
  • PL-21
  • Kongsberg Penguin
  • R550 Magic
  • R-73 AA-11 Archer
  • Raduga KS-1 Komet
  • Rafael Python series
  • RB 04
  • Rb 05
  • RBS-15
  • Red Dean
  • Red Hebe
  • Red Top
  • Silkworm
  • Skybolt ALBM
  • Skyflash
  • Standoff Land Attack Missile
  • Storm Shadow
  • Super 530
  • Taurus KEPD 350
  • Vympel K-13
  • Vympel R-23
  • Vympel R-27
  • Vympel R-33
  • Vympel R-37
  • Vympel R-73
  • Vympel R-77
  • X-4 missile
  • YJ-82

    Air-launched rockets

  • AIR-2 Genie
  • Hydra 70
  • HVAR rocket
  • CRV7
  • Le Prieur rocket
  • R4M rocket
  • RP-3
  • RS-82, RS-132, M-8, M-13
  • SNEB 68 mm rocket projectile
  • Oerlikon SNORA and SURA-D type rockets
  • S-5 rocket
  • S-8 rocket
  • S-13 rocket
  • S-24 rocket
  • S-25 rocket

    Air-launched torpedoes

  • Mark 44 torpedo
  • Mark 46 torpedo
  • Stingray torpedo
  • Pentane torpedo
  • MU90 Impact
  • Type 91 torpedo