Talk:Oerlikon GDF

Another Skyguard

The entry "Skyguard" redirects to this page, but I have recently read news on a different military related system with the same name. See this link. Maybe we should change the redirect? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.12.117.11 (talk • contribs) .

Sounds reasonable. Though it's probably better to covert Skyguard into a disambig page. Has someone created an article about the Northrop Skyguard system ? Megapixie 01:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Done, and I've created a stub article off the disambig page for the Northrop system. Sigh. I wish someone in the Arms industry would show a little imagination when it comes to system names - like the good old Green Cheese missile. Megapixie 01:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki.html Watcha' guys think? 213.35.180.152 18:29, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Number of rounds on GDF-005

The entry on the number of rounds in reserve is wrong.

For the GDF-005 (as in Service with the Austrian Armed Forces) the distribution of round is as follows:

ready:
56 rounds ( 8 clips with 7 rounds each) per cannon = 2 x 56 = 112 rounds ready
reserve:
84 rounds (12 clips with 7 rounds each) per cannon = 2 x 84 = 168 rounds in reserve

Sum:
2 x 140 rounds = 280 rounds on the gun

Source: field manual for Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon Anti-aircraft gun system

The number or rounds kept in reserve could be varying with different models. But I consider 128 rounds in reserve to be wrong since the number of rounds must be divisible by 7 (the standard clip size) - the result being integer (the number of clips).

I will leave my statement open for discussion. If it doesn't meet with disagreement I will edit the incorrect entry accordingly. (Feulto (talk) 12:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC))

The problem was that the original numbers were for the GDF-002 (and were wrong) which carried less rounds. I've moved both sets of numbers to the specific description of the model in the variants section. Megapixie (talk) 14:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for inserting the changes it into the appropriate places (and being a newbie to wikipedia myself, saving me the trouble to do it ;). Since the Oerlikon 35mm entry is the only one featuring the 'Skyguard' fire control radar system I might add some information to this section (e.g. newer Skyguard versions are equipped with a laser range finder). But first I will have to give some classification issues a thought.(Feulto (talk) 19:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC))

References

Hi Wikipedians, just reviewed article and several main points need citations to verifiable sources, e.g.: "Users". Re-rated article for that reason. Please improve citations before uprating again. Regards,DPdH (talk) 22:31, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

How is there no discussion in the article of the velocity-measuring devices?

These are an extremely unique feature, which are pointed out in an image caption, but not addressed in the body of the article.

What are they? Why are they? What do they do? 216.74.247.250 (talk) 20:35, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by TheNuggeteer talk 12:39, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

( Comment or view )

( Article history links:

• Oerlikon GDF
• Prize of war

)

• ... that the RAF Police use radars taken from Argentine Forces as war prizes after the Falklands War to detect illegal low flying?

• Source: the Skyguard radar system is still in use by the RAF to monitor military low flying in the UK.[1]
• Mike Fonfe (13 March 2023). The Falklands Guns. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1526774422

• ALT1: ... that to catch pilots of RAF aircraft exceeding flight restrictions over residential areas, the RAF police still use Argentine radars captured in the Falklands War?

• Source: Currently four of these Skyguard fire control systems are being used to detect UK military aircraft exceeding flight restrictions over residential areas [2]
• Mike Fonfe (13 March 2023). The Falklands Guns. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1526774422

• Reviewed:
• Comment: Interesting. But might not meet the ridiculously tight rules of DYK

5x expanded by Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk) 15:25, 26 August 2024 (UTC).

• Unfortunately, Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins, you're correct – neither article is eligible for DYK. For rules, see WP:DYK; in particular, within the last week, an article must be newly created or five-times-expanded. Oerlikon GDF is currently 4900 prose characters, and Prize of war is 3059, so 5x expansions would be unlikely. You could get the article(s) to WP:Good article status and renominate within a week of that designation. If you do, be sure to include a bold link to each nominated article in each hook. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:28, 26 August 2024 (UTC)