Denel Land Systems GI-2

The Denel Land Systems GI-2 is an autocannon manufactured by Denel Land Systems (DLS) and used by the South African Army, Navy, Air Force, Royal Thai Navy and Indonesian Navy.

History
The Denel GI-2 is based on the GIAT Modèle F2 gun design, for which Denel has a production license.

Description
The 20 mm GI-2 is a mounted monotube gun, with two 150-cartridge boxes on each side of the piece. After each shot, the empty cartridge is ejected from beneath the weapon. A hydraulic rearming device is available for naval or land versions.

Applications
The GI-2 cannon is used in the following applications:

Land

 * On Denel LCT 20 compact turret
 * Ratel-20
 * Eland-20
 * Panhard AML H-20

Air

 * Denel Rooivalk
 * Super Hind upgrade of Mil Mi-24 helicopters by Advanced Technologies & Engineering
 * IAR 330, a Romanian-built version of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter

Naval

 * Manually operated deck gun mounts
 * Reutech Super Rogue remote weapons station (RWS)
 * Suncraft RALCO remote weapons station
 * Sigma-class design ships built for various clients by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding

Users

 * Algerian Air Force: Used in the upgraded Super Hind attack helicopter.
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani Air Forces: Used in the upgraded Super Hind attack helicopter
 * 🇧🇯 Benin Navy: Reutech Super Rogue RWS
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesian Navy: Diponegoro class corvette, Rigel class MPRV, Clurit class FAC & Pattimura class corvette.
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya Air Force: For IAR 330 helicopters.
 * Nigerian Navy: Suncraft RALCO RWS on patrol boats.
 * South African National Defence Force: Used in land, air and naval applications.
 * 🇹🇭 Royal Thai Navy: HTMS Narathiwat, HTMS Pattani, Patrol boats 228, 229, 230