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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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Those guns deals good damage, but are relatively slow compared to other guns at this br. You get also a lot of munition in each gun, making the possibility to fire more often.
  
 
=== Available ammunition ===
 
=== Available ammunition ===
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This gun get access to 3 types of belts :
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* Default (HEF-T/AP-T)
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* Ground Target (AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF-T)
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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.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:50, 11 December 2020

Description

The Akan m/47C are an exported version of the british Hispanos Mk V. It offers the same performance as those guns.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Those guns deals good damage, but are relatively slow compared to other guns at this br. You get also a lot of munition in each gun, making the possibility to fire more often.

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 20mm

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

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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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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)