Akan m/45 (12.7 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• J26

General info

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Available ammunition

• Default: T · AP · AP · I
• Universal: AP-I · AP-I · T · I · I
• Ground targets: T · I · AP · AP
• Tracers: T · T · T
• Stealth: AP-I · I · AP-I · I

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

The ballistic characteristics of this machine gun are significantly different to other examples in the Swedish arsenal, so a bit of practice may be required to get used to the gun if the user is not already used to other .50 cal machine guns.

Pros and cons

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Cons:

History

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Media

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See also

• M2 Browning (12.7 mm)

External links

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• encyclopedia page on the weapon;
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