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{{DISPLAYTITLE:20 mm akan m/47C}}
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The 20 mm akan m/47C is the Swedish designation for the british [[Hispano Mk.V (20 mm)|20 mm Hispano Mk V]]. Sweden bought surplus weapons and a license to produce the weapon after WW2. The Swedish configuration of the weapon offers more or less the same performance as the british Hispano Mk V guns but has different belts and a slightly lower fire rate.
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The 20 mm akan m/47C is an exported version of the British [[Hispano Mk.V (20 mm)|Hispano Mk.V]]. It offers the same performance as those guns, but is equipped with slightly better belts due to the removal of the HEF-SAPI round.
 
  
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
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* {{Specs-Link|saab_j29a}}
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* {{Specs-Link|saab_j29a|short}}
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* {{Specs-Link|saab_j29f}}
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* {{Specs-Link|saab_j29f|short}}
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* {{Specs-Link|saab_j29b}}
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* {{Specs-Link|saab_j29b|short}}
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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The 20 mm akan m/47C deals good damage but have a lower fire rate compared to a lot of other guns at the common br of its carriers. Its carriers however carries a lot of ammo for each gun, which together with its medium high fire rate, allows you to fire for a longer period of time without running out of ammo.
  
 
=== Available ammunition ===
 
=== Available ammunition ===
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This gun get access to 3 types of belts :
  
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* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEF-T|High-explosive fragmentation tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF-T|High-explosive fragmentation tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
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* Default (HEF-T/AP-T)
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* '''Ground targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF-T|High-explosive fragmentation tracer}}
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* Ground Target (AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF-T)
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* '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
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* Air target (HEF-T/HEF-T/HEF-T/AP-T)
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The differents types of ammo available in those belt are High-Explosive Fragmentation Tracer shell and Armor Piercing-Tracer shell.
  
 
=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
=== Comparison with analogues ===
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It have almost the same firepower as their equivalent, the british Hispanos Mk V guns.
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
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You play those guns like you play hispanos, but make sure that you take way more lead than the other ones.
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
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* Good damage
 
* Good damage
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* Lot of ammo
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* Lot of ammo for 20 mm
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'''Cons:'''
 
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* Low velocity
 
* Low velocity
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== 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;''
 
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== External links ==
 
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* ''topic on the official game forum;''
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 12 December 2020

Description

The 20 mm akan m/47C is the Swedish designation for the british 20 mm Hispano Mk V. Sweden bought surplus weapons and a license to produce the weapon after WW2. The Swedish configuration of the weapon offers more or less the same performance as the british Hispano Mk V guns but has different belts and a slightly lower fire rate.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

The 20 mm akan m/47C deals good damage but have a lower fire rate compared to a lot of other guns at the common br of its carriers. Its carriers however carries a lot of ammo for each gun, which together with its medium high fire rate, allows you to fire for a longer period of time without running out of ammo.

Available ammunition

This gun get access to 3 types of belts :

  • Default (HEF-T/AP-T)
  • Ground Target (AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF-T)
  • Air target (HEF-T/HEF-T/HEF-T/AP-T)

The differents types of ammo available in those belt are High-Explosive Fragmentation Tracer shell and Armor Piercing-Tracer shell.

Comparison with analogues

It have almost the same firepower as their equivalent, the british Hispanos Mk V guns.

Usage in battles

You play those guns like you play hispanos, but make sure that you take way more lead than the other ones.

Pros and cons

Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.

Pros:

  • Good damage
  • Lot of ammo for 20 mm

Cons:

  • Low velocity

History

Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.

Media

An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

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

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

  • topic on the official game forum;
  • encyclopedia page on the weapon;
  • other literature.


Sweden aircraft cannons
20 mm  Akan m/41A · Akan m/45 · Akan m/47B · Akan m/47C · Akan m/49 · Oerlikon FF
27 mm  Akan m/85
30 mm  Akan m/55 · Akan m/75
57 mm  Akan m/47
  Foreign:
20 mm  MG FF (Germany) · MG 151 (Germany)
23 mm  GSh-23L (USSR)
30 mm  2A42 (USSR) · M230E-1 (USA) · MK 108 (Germany)

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