Shpitalny Sh-37

The Shpitalny Sh-37 was the first indigenous Soviet 37 mm (1.5 in) aircraft cannon, designed by Boris Shpitalniy at OKB-15. The gun saw limited production and was installed in few aircraft before being replaced by the competing Nudelman-Suranov NS-37 designed at OKB-16. It was installed on a military-trial basis on two short series of aircraft. Installed to fire through the hollow, gear-driven propeller shaft and fastened to the engine block of the Yak-7-37 it was known as MPSh-37, where "MP" stands for "motornaya pushka", similar to the German Motorkanone term for the same mount type. As installed in the underwing gun pods of the Il-2 it was known as ShFK-37, literally "Shpitalny fuselage-wing(-mounted) caliber 37mm".

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Sh 37; Sh-37
autocannon, Soviet Union, 
autocannon, BK 37, COW 37 mm gun, M10, M230 chain gun, M39 cannon, M4, MK 30, Oerlikon KDG, 

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