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== Description ==
''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell about the history of the devekopment and combat using of the weaponry and also about it's features. Make a air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

== General info ==
''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''

=== Available shells ===
''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it iconcerns autocanons or machine guns, so write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''

=== Comparison with analogues ===
''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''

== Usage in the battles ==
''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''

=== Pros and cons ===
''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== Historical part ==
''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be big one, take it into a separate article and add a link to it by using the "main" template. In the end be sure to include references to sources.''

== Media ==
''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''

== Read also ==
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,''
* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
''ETC.''

== Sources ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum''
* ''page on the Wikipedia''
* ''page on aircraft or gorund forces encyclopedia''
* ''other literature''

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 == History ==
-The Vickers S is an aircraft-mounted cannon from the late 1930s with its origins to before that. The story begins in 1905 with the foundation of the company Coventry Ordnance Works. The company would developed a 1-pounder (37mm) cannon for use on aircraft during World War I, but it arrived only shortly before the armistice ended the war in 1918. After the war, the Air Ministry experimented with mounting the cannon on a variety of aircraft before COW was acquired by Vickers.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-Vickers would take the design and scale it up to a 2-pounder (40mm) using the same ammunition as the famous World War I-era [[2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)|2pdr QF Mk.IIc]] "pom poms". The Vickers S was first testing on their Wellington bombers as an anti-fighter weapon but it was rejected. In March of 1941, the Vickers S was tested again against Rolls-Royce R cannon on the Bristol [[Beaufighter Mk I (40-mm)]], while the Vickers design was suggested for future use in October, it was dropped from future Beaufighters for unknown reasons.
+Vickers would take the design and scale it up to a 2-pounder (40 mm) using the same ammunition as the famous World War I-era [[2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)|2pdr QF Mk.IIc]] "pom pom". The Vickers S was first tested on their Wellington bombers as an anti-fighter weapon but it was rejected. In March of 1941, the Vickers S was tested again against the Rolls-Royce R cannon on the Bristol [[Beaufighter Mk I (40-mm)]]; while the Vickers design was suggested for future use in October, it was dropped from future Beaufighters for unknown reasons.
-In the North African Theatre of World War II, the Desert Air Force saw in early operations that their existing weapons were not effective against German armor such as the [[Panzer III (Family)|Panzer III]] so in April of 1941, the Vickers S was tested against the Rolls-Royce Type BF and the American 37mm [[M4 (37 mm)|M4]] to arm ground attack aircraft. The Rolls-Royce BF was initially selected for being fed from drug magazines which was viewed as more reliable than the belt-feeding of the Vickers S, but the BF suffered malfunctions and ammunition explosion that resulted in the Vickers S being selected instead and mounted on the Hawker [[Hurricane (Family)|Hurricane]], which carried 15 rounds of ammunition in a conformal gun pod. However, the pods along with other modifications made to the Hurricane for desert use slowed it down by 40 mph so the cannon was dropped again in favor developing what became the [[RP-3]] rocket. However in April of 1942, it was accepted for service, though the Hurricane pilots required special training to use gun effectively as the recoil would throw the plane off course. It destroyed 200 vehicles in North Africa including 47 tanks. However the Hurricanes were found to be poorly armored for the ground attack role and the cannon was not effective against the [[Tiger I (Family)|Tiger I]] tank. In 1943, the [[Hurricane Mk IV]] arrived to address the issues of protection and mounted the Vickers S for the ground attack role. In 1944, these Hurricanes would be used in South-East Asia with the Vicker S loading a high explosive shell that in post-war studies was found to be twice as accurate to the armor-piercing shells. These studies would also find the Vickers S had an overall better accuracy than the RP-3 rockets against tanks (25% for Vickers S, 5% for RP-3).
+In the North African Theatre of World War II, the Desert Air Force saw in early operations that their existing weapons were not effective against German armour such as the [[Panzer III (Family)|Panzer III]], so in April of 1941, the Vickers S was tested against the Rolls-Royce Type BF and the American 37 mm [[M4 (37 mm)|M4]] to arm ground attack aircraft. The Rolls-Royce BF was initially selected for being fed from drum magazines which was viewed as more reliable than the belt-feeding of the Vickers S, but the BF suffered malfunctions and ammunition explosion that resulted in the Vickers S being selected instead and mounted on the Hawker [[Hurricane (Family)|Hurricane]], which carried 15 rounds of ammunition in a conformal gun pod. However, the pods along with other modifications made to the Hurricane for desert use slowed it down by 40 mph so the cannon was dropped again in favour developing what became the [[RP-3]] rocket. However, in April of 1942, it was accepted for service, though the Hurricane pilots required special training to use gun effectively as the recoil would throw the plane off course. The gun was used to destroyed 200 vehicles in North Africa including 47 tanks. However, the Hurricanes were found to be poorly armoured for the ground attack role and the cannon was not effective against the [[Tiger I (Family)|Tiger I]] tank. In 1943, the [[Hurricane Mk IV]] arrived to address the issues of protection and mounted the Vickers S for the ground attack role. In 1944, these Hurricanes would be used in South-East Asia with the Vickers S loading a high explosive shell that in post-war studies was found to be twice as accurate as the armour-piercing shells. These studies would also find the Vickers S had an overall better accuracy than the RP-3 rockets against tanks (25% for Vickers S, 5% for RP-3).
 == Media ==

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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The Vickers S is an aircraft-mounted cannon from the late 1930s with its origins to before that. The story begins in 1905 with the foundation of the company Coventry Ordnance Works. The company would developed a 1-pounder (37mm) cannon for use on aircraft during World War I, but it arrived only shortly before the armistice ended the war in 1918. After the war, the Air Ministry experimented with mounting the cannon on a variety of aircraft before COW was acquired by Vickers.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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-| Default || 70 || 65 || 57 || 50 || 42 || 30
+| Default || 53 || 52 || 46 || 40 || 35 || 30
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-| Armored targets || 70 || 65 || 57 || 50 || 42 || 30
+| Armored targets || 53 || 52 || 46 || 40 || 35 || 30
 |-
 | Air targets || 5 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4
 |-
 |}
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
 ! colspan="9" | Shell details
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 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 * {{Specs-Link|hurricane_mk4}} (Suspended)
 == General info ==
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 === Available ammunition ===
-<!--''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''-->
+<!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
-* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armor-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
+* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
-* '''Armored targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armor-piercing tracer}}
+* '''Armored targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
 * '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
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 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''
+''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
 == Usage in battles ==
-''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
 '''Pros:'''
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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''
+''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
 == See also ==
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 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''
+''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
-<!--''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.''-->
+<!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
-* [[Hurricane Mk IV]] (secondary)
+* {{Specs-Link|hurricane_mk4}} (Suspended)
 == General info ==
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 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
-* ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''
+* ''encyclopedia page on the weapon;''
 * ''other literature.''