The Denel Land Systems GI-2 is an

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manufactured by

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(DLS) and used by the

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and

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History

The Denel GI-2 is based on the

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Modèle F2 gun design, for which Denel has a production license.

Description

The 20 mm GI-2 is a mounted monotube gun, with two 150-cartridge boxes on each side of the piece. After each shot, the empty cartridge is ejected from beneath the weapon. A hydraulic rearming device is available for naval or land versions.

Applications

The GI-2 cannon is used in the following applications:

Land

* On Denel LCT 20 compact turret * Ratel-20 * Eland-20 * Panhard AML H-20

Air

* Denel Rooivalk * Super Hind upgrade of

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helicopters by Advanced Technologies & Engineering *

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, a Romanian-built version of the

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helicopter

Naval

* Manually operated deck gun mounts * Reutech Super Rogue

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(RWS) * Suncraft RALCO remote weapons station *

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ships built for various clients by

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Users

Algerian Air Force The Algerian Air Force (, ) is the aerial arm of the Algerian People's National Army. History The Algerian Air Force was created to support the fight of the People's National Army against the French occupying forces. It came as part of the ...

: Used in the upgraded Super Hind attack helicopter. *

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: Used in the upgraded Super Hind attack helicopter *

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: Reutech Super Rogue RWS *

: ''Diponegoro'' class corvette, ''Rigel'' class MPRV, ''Clurit'' class FAC & ''Pattimura'' class corvette. *

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: For

helicopters. *

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: Suncraft RALCO RWS on patrol boats. *

South African National Defence Force The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The Chief of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister of ...

: Used in land, air and naval applications. *

: HTMS Narathiwat,

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, Patrol boats 228, 229, 230

References

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