Akan m/40 (12.7 mm) - Revision history

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== Description ==
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

* {{Specs-Link|fiat_cr42_j11|short}}

== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
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== History ==
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== Media ==
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== See also ==
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* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==
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{{Aircraft machine guns}}

[[Category:Aircraft machine guns]]

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 == History ==
-The Akan m/40 is the Swedish designation for the [[Breda-SAFAT da 12.7 mm (12.7 mm)|Breda-SAFAT da 12.7 mm]]
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-Sweden faced an emergency when World War II began on September 3rd, 1939. The small neutral country did not have the domestic industry to meet the demands of their air force, but with a global war, most of the other countries were focusing on their own domestic military and not willing to export fighters to Sweden either. Italy was one of the only countries who agreed to deliver aircraft to Sweden ultimately delivered 72 [[CR.42 (Family)|CR.42bis Falco]] and 60 [[Re.2000 (Family)|Re.2000]] which were designated the [[J11]] and J12 respectively (later the Re.2000 would be re-designated the [[J20]]). These weapons while having minor modifications for the Swedish Air Force, retain the 12.7mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns which became the Akan m/40 as the deliveries for these aircraft began in 1940. By 1945, the Italian fighters would be retired and so too would the machine guns that armed them.
+Sweden faced an emergency when World War II began on September 3rd, 1939. The small neutral country did not have the domestic industry to meet the demands of their air force, but with a global war, most of the other countries were focusing on their own domestic military and not willing to export fighters to Sweden either. Italy was one of the only countries who agreed to deliver aircraft to Sweden, ultimately delivered 72 [[CR.42 (Family)|CR.42bis Falco]] and 60 [[Re.2000 (Family)|Re.2000]] which were designated the [[J11]] and J12 respectively (later the Re.2000 would be re-designated the [[J20]]). These aircraft, while having minor modifications for the Swedish Air Force, retained the 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns which became the Akan m/40 as the deliveries for these aircraft began in 1940. By 1945, the Italian fighters would be retired and so too would the machine guns that armed them.
 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
 == See also ==

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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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-* {{Specs-Link|fiat_cr42_j11|short}}
+* {{Specs-Link|fiat_cr42_j11}}
 == General info ==