Browning (13.2 mm)
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Description
The 13.2 mm Browning was a US-designed Browning machine gun adopted by the French navy during the modernisations of their vessels in the 1940s.
The gun has a very large magazine and a very high rate of fire, though, as it was only used as a tertiary anti-aircraft gun, it is impossible to see details such as the bullet types or their characteristics.
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General info
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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History
13.2 mm was an unusual calibre for Browning machine guns, as the majority of them used either 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm (.50 BMG). They were adopted by the French navy, particularly during the modernisations in the 1940s with the aid of the Allies. The gun itself had a mass of 31 kg on a 178 kg naval single-mount, which was designated CAS - Contre-Avions Simple, or Anti-aircraft single in English, often leading this gun to be called the 13.2mm Browning CAS. The mount allowed it to reach +79°/-10° vertical firing angles. Either AP or HE Tracer 13.2 x 135 mm bullets were used, with a muzzle velocity of 800 m/s and an effective maximum range of up to 2,000 m. The thick barrel of the gun, quite different from other Browning machine guns, resulted from the use of water cooling, cycling 9 litres of water to sustain a rate of fire of up to 650 rounds per minute.
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See also
- 13.2 mm Hotchkiss Model 1929 (domestic French equivalent)
External links
- French Destroyers: Torpilleurs D'escadre and Contre-Torpilleurs, 1922-1956 by John Jordan and Jean Moulin (Chapter 9 > Main Armament > Light AA Guns and Anti-Aircraft Weapons)
| Naval machine guns | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 7.62 mm | M73 |
| 12.7 mm | AN-M2 |
| Germany | |
| 7.62 mm | MG-3 |
| 7.92 mm | MG08 pattern 1908 · MG15 · MG34 |
| 13.2 mm | Hotchkiss |
| 15 mm | MG M38(t) |
| USSR | |
| 7.62 mm | Maxim |
| 12.7 mm | DShK |
| 14.5 mm | KPV |
| Britain | |
| 7.62 mm | FN MAG |
| 7.7 mm | Lewis 1916 · Vickers GO No.5 |
| 12.7 mm | Vickers Mk.V |
| Japan | |
| 6.5 mm | Maxim · Type 38 pattern 1907 |
| 7.7 mm | Type 89 · Type 92 |
| 13.2 mm | Type 93 |
| Italy | |
| 6.5 mm | Breda Mod.30 · Fiat Model 26 |
| 12.7 mm | Breda-SAFAT |
| 13.2 mm | Breda Model 31 |
| France | |
| 7.7 mm | Darne M1922 |
| 7.92 mm | Hotchkiss pattern 1914 |
| 13.2 mm | Browning · Model 1929 Hotchkiss |
