Afanasev A-12.7
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afanasev-a-12-7-308-15384442
title:
Afanasev A-12.7
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The Afanasev A-12.7 is a heavy machine gun developed by Nikolay M. Afanasev in 1949 and adopted for service in 1953. This gun was supposed to have a considerably higher rate of fire than its predecessor, the Berezin UB aircraft machine gun. Due to excessive barrel wear however, it was eventually limited by an electrical trigger to a rate comparable to the Berezin UB. Initially intended to be mounted in the defensive turrets of the Tu-4 bomber, the A-12.7 was ultimately installed only in trainer
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Single-barrel aircraft machine gun
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afanasev_A-12.7
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2024-03-11T18:02:26Z
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