The Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm is a 13.2mm heavy machine gun for aircraft use, designed in 1938 by Fabrique Nationale of Herstal, Belgium as a private export venture in the years before the Second World War. Germany's 1940 invasion of Belgium cut off further export sales, but Sweden and Romania had already received Belgian-built examples, and Finland later produced an unlicensed version with Swedish assistance. It served with Sweden's air force in front-line use from 1939 to 1957 and remained in practice use there until 2007. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Service Status Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category) Weapon Classaircraft heavy machine gun 1 Connections
Operated By
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Used In
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Business Atlas: FN Herstal, manufactured by there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm
service-status
service = 1939-1957 (Frontline with Swedish Air Force); 1951-2007: practice
caliber:132x99mm-hotchkiss
cartridge = 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss; 12.7×99mm Browning
- Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
Operated By: Finnish Defence Forces, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: SwedenRomaniaFinland
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