FN 60.30 (7.62 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Strikemaster Mk.88

General info

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Available ammunition

• Default: T · AP · AP

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
AP	13	12	7	3	2	0
T	5	4	2	1	0	0

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity(m/s)	Projectilemass (kg)	Fuse delay	Fuse sensitivity(mm)	Explosive mass(TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
						0%	50%	100%
AP	853	0.01	-	-	-	47°	56°	65°
T	835	0.01	-	-	-	47°	56°	65°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• High rate of fire (950 shots/minute)

Cons:

• The calibre is to small to inflict significant damage
• most of shots are pure AP

History

The FN MAG is a Belgian general-purpose machine gun that has become the standard for many militaries around the world. As a true general-purpose weapon, it can be used by infantry or mounted on vehicles and even aircraft. The FN 60.30 is the aircraft-mounted variant. This variant lacks the stock, bipod, pistol grip, carry handle, ejection port dust cover, and optical sight mount and is intended for use on fixed mounts for aircraft. It can be fed on either the left or right side on some subvariants and uses an electronically operated solenoid trigger. The FN MAG is used by over 90 countries and licensed variants of the MAG 60.30 exist. In the British Army, the L8A2 was modified to create the L20A1 for use on helicopters which also has a slotted flash suppressor. The Royal Navy also uses a variant of the L20A1 called the L44A1.

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See also

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Aircraft machine guns
USA
7.62 mm	Browning · M134 Minigun
12.7 mm	GAU-19 · M2 Browning · M3 Browning
Germany
7.62 mm	MG3
7.92 mm	MG 15 · MG 17 · MG 81
12.7 mm	FN M3P
13 mm	MG 131
USSR
7.62 mm	DA · GShG-7.62 · PKT · PV-1 · ShKAS
12.7 mm	A-12.7 · Berezin UB · TKB-481 · YaK-B
Britain
7.62 mm	FN 60.30 · L8A1
7.7 mm	Browning · Lewis · Vickers E · Vickers K
Japan
7.7 mm	Te-1 · Type 89 · Type 89 'special' · Type 92 · Type 97 navy
7.92 mm	Type 1 · Type 98
12.7 mm	Ho-103 · Ho-104
13 mm	Type 2
13.2 mm	Type 3
China
12.7 mm	QJK99-12.7-1
Italy
7.7 mm	Breda-SAFAT · Lewis
7.92 mm	FN Browning
12.7 mm	Breda-SAFAT · FN M3M · Scotti
France
7.5 mm	Darne 1933 · Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 · FN Browning · MAC 1934 · MAC 1934T · Mle 33 · Mle 1923
7.62 mm	PKA
7.92 mm	FN-Browning M.36 No.3 · FN-Browning M.36 No.4
Sweden
7.7 mm	FN-Browning M.36 No.3
8 mm	Ksp m/22 · Ksp m/22 Fh · Ksp m/22 Fv · Ksp m/22-37 R
12.7 mm	Akan m/39A · Akan m/40 · Akan m/45 · LKk/42
13.2 mm	Akan m/39 · Akan m/39A