M50 (20 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• M.D.450B Barougan
• M.D.450B Ouragan
• M.D.452 IIA

General info

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Available ammunition

• Default: HEF-I · HEF-I · P · T
• Universal: HEF-I · HEF-SAPI · AP · T
• Air targets: HEF-I · HEF-I · HEF-SAPI · HEF-SAPI
• Ground targets: AP · AP · AP · HEF-I · T
• Tracers: AP · T · HEF-I
• Stealth: HEF-I · HEF-I · HEF-SAPI · AP

Penetration statistics
Belt	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Default	17	15	11	7	5	2
Universal	26	23	17	14	8	6
Air targets	6	6	6	6	6	6
Ground targets	26	23	17	14	8	2
Tracers	26	23	17	14	8	2
Stealth	26	23	17	14	8	6

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Relatively accurate even at longer ranges
  • Air targets belt is full of HE shells (not contains Tracer or Practice rounds)
  • Acceptable damage

Cons:

• HE belt needed to do reliable damage to enemies
  • Ineffective default belt
  • Air targets belt has no tracers
    • Worse damage output than the Hispano Mk.V
    • Tends to spark

History

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Media

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See also

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• reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
• references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

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• encyclopedia page on the weapon;
• other literature.