View source for Breda Model 39 37/54 (37 mm)

== Description ==
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The '''37 mm Breda Model 39 37/54''' is an Italian aircraft cannon.

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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* {{Specs-Link|fc_20_bis}}

== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
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* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEF-T*|High-explosive fragmentation tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE*|Armour-piercing high-explosive (self-destroying)}}
* '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|HEF-T*|High-explosive fragmentation tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF-T*|High-explosive fragmentation tracer (self-destroying)}}
* '''Armored targets:''' {{Annotation|APHE*|Armour-piercing high-explosive (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE*|Armour-piercing high-explosive (self-destroying)}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="7" | Penetration statistics
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Belt
! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
|-
! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
|-
| Default || 53 || 51 || 42 || 33 || 26 || 21
|-
| Air targets || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3
|-
| Armored targets || 53 || 51 || 42 || 33 || 26 || 21
|-
|}

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== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''

* Rapid-firing cannon
* Access to APHE rounds
* Good amount of ammunition
* High chance of penetration when used against vehicles of it battle rating

'''Cons:'''

* Poor performance when stock

== History ==
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When the Regio Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) decided to change the [[F.C.20 Bis]] from a reconnaissance bomber to a ground attack aircraft, there was a need to put a cannon in the nose of the plane. To arm the F.C.20, the Regio Aeronautica mounted a variant of the [[37 mm/54 Breda Mod.39 (37 mm)|37 mm/54 Breda Mod.39]], the standard naval anti-aircraft weapon of the Regio Marina (Royal Italian Navy). However, they only barely reached squadron service before the Italian Armistice in 1943.

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{{Italy aircraft cannons}}

[[Category:Aircraft cannons]]