Berezin UB (12.7 mm)
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Description
There are 4 named variants of the Berezin. The 'standard' UB gun which is nose mounted and not synchronized. The UBK(or UBC depending on the translation) which is identical to the standard gun but mounted in the wings. The UBS which is synchronized to fire through a propeller and thus has a lower rate of fire. The UBT is for turret use.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with UB or UBK | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | ▂Hurricane Mk IIB · I-180S · MiG-3-15 (BK) |
| Twin-engine fighters | Pe-3 (e) · Pe-3 · Pe-3bis |
| Bombers | Pe-2-31 · Pe-2-83 · Pe-2-110 · Pe-2-205 · Pe-2-359 |
| Vehicles equipped with UBS | |
|---|---|
| LaGG-3 | LaGG-3-4 · LaGG-3-8 · LaGG-3-11 · LaGG-3-23 · LaGG-3-34 · LaGG-3-35 · LaGG-3-66 · I-301 |
| MiG-3 | MiG-3-15 · MiG-3-15 (BK) |
| Yak-1/3/7 | Yak-1B · ▀Yak-1B · Yak-3 · ▄Yak-3 · Yak-7B |
| Yak-9 | Yak-9 · Yak-9B · Yak-9K · Golovachev's Yak-9M · Yak-9T · Challe's ▄Yak-9T · Yak-9U |
| Vehicles equipped with UBT | |
|---|---|
| Twin-engine fighters | Pe-3bis |
| Attackers | |
| IL-2 | IL-2M type 3 (Defensive) · IL-2M "Avenger" (Defensive) · IL-2-37 (Defensive) · IL-2M (1943) (Defensive) |
| IL-10 | IL-10 (Defensive) |
| Su-6 | Su-6 (AM-42) (Defensive) · Su-6 (M-71F) (Defensive) |
| Bombers | |
| Pe-2 | Pe-2-31 · Pe-2-83 · Pe-2-110 · Pe-2-205 · Pe-2-359 |
| Tu-2 | Tu-2S (Defensive) · Tu-2 (Defensive) · Tu-2S-44 (Defensive) · Tu-2S-59 (Defensive) |
| Yer-2 | Yer-2 (ACh-30B) (e) (Defensive) · Yer-2 (ACh-30B) (l) (Defensive) · Yer-2 (M-105) TAT (Defensive) · Yer-2 (M-105R) LU (Defensive) · Yer-2 (M-105R) TAT (Defensive) |
| Other | ▂Hampden TB Mk I (Defensive) · IL-4 (Defensive) · Pe-8 (Defensive) |
General info
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Available ammunition
- The Berezin UB has a total of 6 different belts to choose from
- Default (T/AP/AP/IAI) - The default belt, while usable, contains plain AP and tracer rounds, resulting in 3 out of 4 rounds fired being subpar, though with slightly better ballistics than other belts.
- Universal (AP-I/API-T/IAI/IAI) - Half the belt consists of IAI making it good for damaging the control surfaces of aircraft, as well as a mix of AP-I and API-T to target modules.
- Air targets (API-T/AP-I/AP-I/IAI) - 1 IAI round allows for decent control surface damage while the 2 AP-I rounds mean high fire chance making this one of the better choices for destroying aircraft.
- Ground targets (AP-I(c)/AP-I/AP-I/API-T/IAI) - The AP-I(c) is a cement-core round increasing the rounds penetration, making this belt ideal for ground targets.
- Tracers (API-T) - As the belt is composed entirely of tracers, this allows pilots to learn to aim better, however, API-T rounds tend to have the worst performance of all AP and incendiary rounds.
- Stealth (AP-I/AP-I/IAI) - As with all stealth belts, this belt makes for excellent surprise attacks and as this belt is the same as the Air targets belt with the API-T round removed, it is excellent for destroying aircraft.
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
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Media
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See also
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External links
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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 |
