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The GP-9 cannon container was developed based on experience from the Vietnam War for the MiG-21PFM fighter aircraft, which was to be retrofitted with cannon armament.The container was suspended under the fuselage (the central braking shield was locked in a fixed position when the container was suspended) and contained a GS-23 cannon with a supply of 250 rounds.


List of MiG-21PFM aircraft of the Czechoslovak Air Force adapted to carry the GP-9 container:


MiG-21PFM 7113 MiG-21PFM 7202 MiG-21PFM 7206 MiG-21PFM 7906 MiG-21PFM 7911 MiG-21PFM 7915
MiG-21PFM 7114 MiG-21PFM 7203 MiG-21PFM 7207 MiG-21PFM 7907 MiG-21PFM 7912 MiG-21PFM 8001
MiG-21PFM 7115 MiG-21PFM 7204 MiG-21PFM 7208 MiG-21PFM 7908 MiG-21PFM 7913 MiG-21PFM 8002
MiG-21PFM 7201 MiG-21PFM 7205 MiG-21PFM 7209 MiG-21PFM 7910 MiG-21PFM 7914




Sources:
Article "MiG-21/Ve znamení delty" by Radim Špalek published on www.valka.cz
Lorenc Miroslav,Rogl Stanislav: Cancelled wings. Olomouc Votobia 2000
4+ : MiG-21
Extract from database Our aircraft
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The Indian Air Force also used the GP-9 containers on its MiG-21FL aircraft. Its ranks were then engaged in the Bangladesh War in December 1971. The only verified shoot down of a Pakistani aircraft assisted by a GS-23 gun in a GP-9 container occurred on 12 December 1971 over the waters of the Gulf of Kutch. A pair of Pakistani Starfighters then attacked Jamnagar airfield, but a cash pair from 47 Squadron managed to take off in time. In the ensuing dogfight, the lead F-104A piloted by W/Cdr M.L. Middlecoat was shot down by a cannon (after both R-3S guns failed) (although he successfully ejected over the waters of the Gulf, he was eventually killed - presumably eaten by sharks). A second Pakistani Starfighter managed to escape.


Verified kills
Date
 Unit
 Pilot
 Area
 Victim
 Unit
 Pilot
December 12, 1971
47th Squadron
 F/Lt Bharat Bhushan Soni
 Gulf of Kutch
 F-104A Starfighter
9 Squadron
 W/Cdr Mervyn L. Middlecoat



Claimed kills - in all cases the maximum damage to a Pakistani aircraft was most likely
Date
 Unit
 Pilot
 Area
 Victim
 Unit
 Pilot
December 16, 1971
29 Squadron
F/Lt S. B. Shah
 Najacor
 Sabre Mk.6 ?
19th Squadron ?
 ?
 17 December 1971
 29th Squadron
 S/Ldr Iqbal Singh Bindra
 Uttarlai
 F-104A Starfighter
9 Squadron
 ?



Pakistani aircraft destroyed on the ground
Date
 Unit
 Pilot
 Area
 Victim
 Unit
December 4, 1971
28th Squadron
F/Lt B. K. Bishnoi
 Tezgaon airfield near Dhaka
 1x DHC-6 Twin Otter (matriculation AP-AWH), 3x Pilatus PC-3
 Pakistan International Airlines (DHC-6), private operator (PC-3)




Sources
1) Nordeen, L.: Air Warfare in the Missile Age, Washington D.C., 2002
2) Tufail, M. K.: Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Force, Lahore, 2005
3) Fricker, J.: Postmortem on an Air War, Air Enthusiast, 5/1972
4) www.bharat-rakshak.com
5) www.bharat-rakshak.com
6) www.bharat-rakshak.com
7) www.acig.org
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