Sperry-Browning is a company featured in Crimson Skies. They are a firearms manufacturer, most notably producing the .30-caliber machine gun the "Zephyr", however they also produce other low caliber machine guns as well as a few larger cannons.
Products[]
.30-caliber "Zephyr"[]
- "The Sperry-Browning .30-caliber "Zephyr" machine gun is a superior weapon with excellent balance, a high cycle rate, and no feed-jam problems.
Sperry-Browning is favored by Hughes Aviation and copied by the Lakota. Buy yours today!" - —Gun description[6]
The .30-caliber "Zephyr" is the weakest machine gun available from Sperry-Browning, however it makes up for this with high capacity and low lost. Each machine gun costs $240 and weighs just 280 lbs. The gun has a fire rate of 10/sec and a range of 1,000 ft., and with 1,400 rounds supplied with it, it can last in combat for a long while.[6]
.40-caliber "Gatekeeper"[]
The company also produces the .40-caliber "Gatekeeper" machine gun, which is notably used on the Whittley & Douglas M210 Raven, which mounts six on the wings.[4] The McDonnell S2B Kestrel also mounts two "Gatekeeper" guns.[2]
.50-caliber "Hurricane"[]
An intermediate caliber gun, the .50-caliber "Hurricane" cannon was notably mounted on the Raven which featured a pair mounted on inboard weapon bays, one per wing.[4]
.60-caliber[]
While less well known than the smaller Zephyr and Gatekeeper guns, Sperry-Browning also produced some larger cannons to be mounted on aircraft. A pair of their .60-caliber guns were mounted on the Bristol Type 140 Balmoral which greatly enhanced the firepower of the aging bomber design.[1]
.60-caliber "Crusader"[]
A different .60-caliber cannon to the one found on the Balmoral, the "Crusader" is found on the Grumman E-1C Avenger and replaces two of the .60-caliber "Zephyr" machine guns over earlier iterations of the Avenger.[3] Four "Crusader" cannons were also the standard fit on new Curtiss-Wright P2 Warhawks.[5]
.70-caliber[]
The largest gun produced by the company, the .70-caliber gun was notably mounted in a pair on the Bristol Balmoral to complement the twin .60-calibers which were also by Sperry-Browning.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mirror of Crimson Skies Official Site, Accessed 7/6/2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mirror of Crimson Skies Official Site, Accessed 7/6/2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mirror of Crimson Skies Official Site, Accessed 7/6/2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mirror of Crimson Skies Official Site, Accessed 7/6/2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mirror of Crimson Skies Official Site, Accessed 6/6/2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Aircraft designer, Crimson Skies
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