Breda-SAFAT (12.7 mm)
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Description
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Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | |
| C.200 | C. 200 serie 3 · ▀C. 200 serie 3 · C. 200 serie 7 · ▀C. 200 serie 7 |
| C.202 | C. 202 · ▀C. 202 · C. 202EC |
| C.205 | C. 205N2 · C. 205 serie 1 · C. 205 serie 3 |
| CR.32 | CR.32 · CR.32 bis · CR.32 quater |
| CR.42 | CR.42 · ▀CR.42 · Marcolin's C.R.42 CN · ▀Marcolin's C.R.42 CN |
| G.50 | G.50 serie 2 · ▀G.50 serie 2 · G.50 AS serie 7 · ▀G.50 AS serie 7 |
| G.55 | G.55 sottoserie 0 · G.55 serie 1 |
| Re.2000 | Re.2000 G.A. · Re.2000 serie 1 |
| Re.2001 | Re.2001 CB · Re.2001 CN · Re.2001 serie 1 |
| Attackers | |
| Breda | Ba.65 (K.14) L · Breda 88 (P.XI) |
| P.108A |
P.108A serie 2 (Defensive) |
| SM.92 | SM.92 |
| Bombers | |
| P.108B |
P.108B serie 1 (Defensive) · P.108B serie 2 (Defensive) |
| S.M.79 | S.M.79 serie 1 · ▀S.M.79 serie 1 · S.M.79 B (Defensive) · ▀S.M.79 B (Defensive) · ▀S.M.79 serie 4 · S.M.79 serie 8 · ▀S.M.79 serie 8 · S.M.79 AS · ▀S.M.79 AS · ▀S.M.79 bis/N · S.M.79 bis/T.M · ▀S.M.79 bis/T.M |
| Z.1007 | Z.1007 bis serie 3 (Defensive) · Z.1007 bis serie 5 (Defensive) |
General info
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Available shells
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
This gun is the staple of Italian aircraft weapons from tier I through to tier IV. Nearly all aircraft- that is, all aircraft save for the foreign premiums, and the Ju-87 variants, have at least two of these guns. It is often equipped with other guns as well. While good at lower BRs and tiers, starting at tier III/BR 3.7, these guns begin to lose their effectiveness and destructive power. Fortunately, usually italian planes starting from that BR are equipped with MG151/20s as either wing-mounted or centre-mounted Motorkanone to provide sufficient damage output.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- IAI (explosive) bullets
- Early-game API-T Tracer belts
- Air Targets belts
- Comes on planes with absolutely stunning performance, with playstyles comparable to tier III spitfires.
- Usually centre-mounted on the engine cowling, just like MG131s.
- Shreds through aircraft parts and modules if you aim precisely.
- Relatively accurate.
- Good early-game damage, especially in reserves, where belts of air targets and tracer simply shred through other biplanes, soft ground targets and reserves...
Cons:
- But anemic performance upwards of tier III.
- Low rate of fire compared to contemporary .50-caliber guns (700 rounds per minute, as opposed to 750 rounds per minute on early M2s, 768 on late-game M2s, 798 on Berezins and 900 on MG131s and Ho-103s)
- Low muzzle velocity compared to other guns.
- Damage becomes punctual beginning at higher tiers.
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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- topic on the official game forum;
- encyclopedia page on the weapon;
- other literature.
| 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 |
