Grant Wantling and the M39 cannon, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
0360401-I3-10-005
1951
1959
Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Military weapons
Military research
Chicago (Ill.)
From the attached press release: "Fastest-firing single-barrel cannon, the M39 revolver-type weapon, is fed a ribbon of 20 mm ammunition by Grant Wantling, associate engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology. The cannon, currently used on jet warplanes, is the result of eight years intensive research by ARF, the government, and industrial concerns." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
036.04.01, Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999, Box I-3, Folder 10, University Archives and Special Collections, Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology.
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