Type 60 (B) (12.7 mm)
Contents
Description
_(12.7_mm).png)
The Type 60 Spotting Rifle is a Japanese license production of the M8C (12.7 mm) semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Howa Industries, fitted to the predominantly to the Type 60 (106 mm) Recoilless Rifle. Being only designed as a spotting rifle the weapon has low rate of fire, very low penetration, low velocity and a small magazine capacity.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
The M8C (Type 60 SR) was designed specifically as a spotting gun for cannons and is most commonly seen on the M40 recoilless rifle. For the M48A2 Spotter-Tracer (S) bullets in a 12.7x77mm case to match the ballistics of the cannon round, a smaller case with less power was produced, resulting in a 22mm shorter round than the well known .50 BMG (12.7x99mm). A semi-automatic it was meant fire 1 round per pull for the gunner to easily see were the round flies and lands, adjust aim and let loose the 106mm round.
Available shells
The Type 60 SR (M8C) only has access to one ammo belt consisting entirely of M48A2 Spotter-Tracer (S) bullets. As these bullets are designed to be visible on impact, for use in ranging the main gun, rather than to penetrate armour they have extremely poor ballistic performance, with a maximum penetration of 2 mm.
Note: On the in game interface, penetration is erroneously listed as 3 mm at all ranges and angles.
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Penetration in mm @ 90° | ||||||
| 10m | 100m | 500m | 1,000m | 1,450m | 1,500m | ||
| S | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Velocity
in m/s |
Projectile
Mass in kg |
Fuse delay
in m: |
Fuse sensitivity
in mm: |
Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent): | Normalization At 30°
from horizontal: |
Ricochet: | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| S | 532 | 0.0113 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ??° | ??° | ??° | ??° |
Comparison with analogues
Unlike most other tank-mounted machine guns, which are designed primary for anti-infantry, anti-aircraft, or general purpose use; the Type 60 spotting rifle (M8C) is specifically designed as a "spotting rifle". The bullets follow the same trajectory as the rounds from the Type 60 recoilless rifle (M40 recoilless rifle) the weapon is affixed to. The rounds are designed to be visible during flight and upon impact, instead of penetrating armour, and so the the rounds have much worse ballistic performance than other .50 cal rounds. Even compared to another ranging weapon, the L21A1 (12.7 mm), the ballistic performance is extremely poor, with the Type 60 SR (M8C) having a maximum penetration of 2 mm (compared to 7 mm) and a lower muzzle velocity of 532 m/s (compared to 793 m/s). The Type 60 SR (M8C) does however get a larger magazine than the L21A1, at 5 rounds.
Usage in battles
The Type 60 spotting rifle should be used only for ranging the recoilless rifle it is fixed to. The rounds from the Type 60 SR follow about the same trajectory as the rounds from the recoilless rifle, so the Type 60 SR can be used to correctly aim the main gun before firing. The extremely poor penetration means that it cannot penetrate any armour, although you may be able to knock out exposed crew members (which are fairly rare at the BRs this weapon is found at).
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Visible indication of ranging without use of a rangefinder
Cons:
- Not to be used as a regular MG
- Extremely bad penetration makes the weapon near useless for engaging enemy tanks
- Very low rate of fire
- Bad performance even compared to other ranging guns (L21A1)
- Due the nature of being a game, enemy vehicles will be able to easily notice hits of the rounds
History
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle 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>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.
Media
An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.
See also
Related development
Related equipment
- Type 60 (106 mm)
- M40A1C (106 mm)
- Cannone da 106 s.r.M40A1 (106 mm) - (Italian M40A1)
External links
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
- topic on the official game forum;
- encyclopedia page on weapon;
- other literature.
| Tank machine guns | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 7.62 mm | M37 · M60D · M73 · M240 · M1919A4 |
| 12.7 mm | FN M3P · M2HB · M80 · M85 |
| Germany | |
| 5.56 mm | MG4 |
| 7.62 mm | C6 · MG3A1 |
| 7.92 mm | MG13 Dreyse · MG34 · MG37(t) · MG42 |
| 12.7 mm | S.MG.50 |
| USSR | |
| 7.62 mm | DT · PKMB · PKT · PKTM · RP-46 · SGMT |
| 12.7 mm | DK · DShK · 6P49 · NSVT |
| 14.5 mm | KPVT |
| Britain | |
| 7.62 mm | Browning MG4 · L3A1 · L8A1 · L8A2 · L37A1 · L37A2 · L94A1 |
| 7.7 mm | Vickers |
| 7.92 mm | BESA |
| 12.7 mm | L21A1 |
| Japan | |
| 6.5 mm | Type 91 |
| 7.62 mm | Type 74 |
| 7.7 mm | Type 97 |
| 12.7 mm | Type 60 (B) |
| China | |
| 5.8 mm | QJT |
| 7.62 mm | Type 55 · Type 59 · Type 86 |
| 12.7 mm | QJC88A · Type 54 |
| 14.5 mm | QJG02 |
| Italy | |
| 7.62 mm | Beretta MG42/59 · FN MAG 60-40 |
| 8 mm | 34/40M · Breda Mod. 38 |
| 13.2 mm | Breda Model 31 |
| France | |
| 7.5 mm | AAT-52 · MAC 31 |
| 7.62 mm | A-A-F1N |
| 8 mm | Hotchkiss Mle 1914 |
| Sweden | |
| 6.5 mm | ksp m/14-29 |
| 7.62 mm | ksp 39 C · ksp 58 · ksp 94 |
| 8 mm | ksp m/36 · ksp m/39B |
| 12.7 mm | ksp 88 |
