Hawk 75 Royal Thai Air Force cannon pods

elbmc1969 said:

How many pages is the chapter on the Thai Hawks?

Does it have a conclusion on the caliber of the cannon (20mm or 23mm

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Chapter 2 (pg 22 to 33), where Dan Hagedorn is talking about the different models and options offered by Curtiss when they were doing their sale pitch into any markets they could find, was: in addition to the variety of wing armament options: "two 23mm Madsen cannon firing explosive projectiles, one under each wing, with 100 rpg or two 20mm Oerlikon guns firing explosives explosive projectiles, one under each wing, with 75rpg"

Chapter 3 "Those Siamese Hawk 75-N's (pg 34 to 41): 20mm Masden cannons

Sorry to hear you couldn't get onto the website...yes the publisher is in Norway 'European Airlines'. Perhaps do a general internest search on "Curtiss Design 75 Hawk P-36 and International Derivatives"

Yeah, that corresponds to the Curtiss marketing book I have.

If the cannon on the Hawk 75s in the Thai museum are authentic, its conclusive that they are 23mm Madsens. The Oerlikons are obviously different.

elbmc1969 said:

Any chance someone here is in Thailand, or at least can write fluently in Thai?

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Hi, I just came across this thread while searching info on Thai Hawk 75N. I'm from Thailand (but currently not in Thailand), so I'll be glad to help with reading or writing Thai.

A.G. Williams said:

The Madsen cannon were also advertised as being available with belt feeds, mainly for the aviation market.

AFAIK, the only users of the 23mm version were Chile, fitted to Breda Ba.65 bombers, although it is possible that a couple of Hawk 75s with 23mm guns were sold to China.

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Hi, sorry to resurrect an old thread, but which is the source of the 23 mm on Breda aircrat in Chile? The same info is on the page about Denmark guns of your book "Autocannon", but without the source. The Ba.65 was an underpowerd plane, with a very limited way to improve its armament; an article about the chilean Ba.65s on Aviation Historian N. 24 do not mention the 23 mm improvement.