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Denel Land Systems GI-2
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The Denel Land Systems GI-2 is an autocannon manufactured by Denel Land Systems (DLS) and used by the South African Army, Navy, Air Force, Royal Thai Navy and Indonesian Navy.
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History
The Denel GI-2 is based on the GIAT 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.[1]
Applications
The GI-2 cannon is used in the following applications:
Land
- On Denel LCT 20 compact turret
- Ratel-20
- Eland-20[2]
- Panhard AML H-20[3]
Air
- Denel Rooivalk
- Super Hind upgrade of Mil Mi-24 helicopters by Advanced Technologies & Engineering[4]
- IAR 330, a Romanian-built version of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter[5]
Naval
- Manually operated deck gun mounts
- Reutech Super Rogue remote weapons station (RWS)[6]
- Suncraft RALCO remote weapons station[7][8]
- Sigma-class design ships built for various clients by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
Users
Algerian Air Force: Used in the upgraded Super Hind attack helicopter.[9]
Azerbaijani Air Forces: Used in the upgraded Super Hind attack helicopter[10]
Benin Navy: Reutech Super Rogue RWS
Indonesian Navy: Diponegoro class corvette, Rigel class MPRV, Clurit class FAC & Pattimura class corvette.
Kenya Air Force: For IAR 330 helicopters.[5]
Nigerian Navy: Suncraft RALCO RWS on patrol boats.
South African National Defence Force: Used in land, air and naval applications.
Royal Thai Navy: HTMS Narathiwat, HTMS Pattani, Patrol boats 228, 229, 230[11]
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References
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