MG FF (20 mm) - Revision history

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‎Available ammunition: Updated

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U38088265: /* Available ammunition */ Updated

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U44629479: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added Ar 196 A-5 (Sweden)

2022-09-22T08:57:00Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added Ar 196 A-5 (Sweden)

U38088265: /* Available ammunition */ Updated

2022-09-17T10:06:52Z

‎Available ammunition: Updated

U137319744: /* History */ Added history for the cannon

2022-09-17T03:34:51Z

‎History: Added history for the cannon

U38088265 at 11:32, 24 June 2022

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 * '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|FI-T*|Fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|FI-T*|Fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT*|Incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
 * '''Tracers:''' {{Annotation|IT*|Incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT*|Incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|FI-T*|Fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|FI-T*|Fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
-* '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}
+* '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}
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+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|IT*, APHE, FI-T*, AP-I}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 == Description ==
-The MG FF is a German 20mm autocannon found on a number of early war German fighters. Based off the Swiss Oerlikon FF autocannon of the 1920s, this cannon offers a massive boost in firepower to those equipped with this cannon, but the lack of minengeschoß ammunition compared to the later MG FF/M makes this cannon relatively lacking in firepower compared to higher BR fighters. Nonetheless, a few shells will easily disassemble any fighter at the expected BR, and if used and conserved well the 60 cannon rounds per gun can rack up kills with ease.
+<!--''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''-->
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

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 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
+The MG FF is a German 20mm autocannon found on a number of early war German fighters. Based off the Swiss Oerlikon FF autocannon of the 1920s, this cannon offers a massive boost in firepower to those equipped with this cannon, but the lack of minengeschoß ammunition compared to the later MG FF/M makes this cannon relatively lacking in firepower compared to higher BR fighters. Nonetheless, a few shells will easily disassemble any fighter at the expected BR, and if used and conserved well the 60 cannon rounds per gun can rack up kills with ease.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

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 | Tracers || 16 || 12 || 7 || 6 || 6 || 6
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-| Stealth || 20 || 19 || 15 || 10 || 6 || 4
+| Stealth || 20 || 18 || 15 || 10 || 3 || 3
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 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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 | Tracers || 16 || 12 || 7 || 6 || 6 || 6
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-| Stealth || 20 || 19 || 15 || 10 || 6 || 6
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 * Sluggish rate of fire
 * Low muzzle velocity
-* Lacks the minegeschoss shell of the FF/M
+* Lacks the minengeschoss shell of the FF/M
 * Less effective armour-piercing ammunition
 == History ==
-The story of the MG FF starts in World War I with the Becker M2, an early 20mm aircraft mounted auto-cannon. Using an advanced primer ignition blowback action and fed from 15 round curved box magazines, the Becker had difficulties serving as aircraft armament as the blowback action meant the gun could not synchronized to fire through the propeller without damaging it. As a result, the Becker M2 only saw combat on Zeppelins during the war and only used on aircraft for testing.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-After the war, the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany from developing aircraft cannons and similar weapons so the rights were sold to the Swiss company SEMAG in 1919 and then transferred again to Oerlikon in 1924. Oerlikon began developing multiple cannon types based on the Becker action and worked to increase the muzzle velocity so it could serve in anti-tank and anti-aircraft roles. In 1935, Oerlikon introduced their latest variant of their 20mm cannon, the [[Oerlikon FF (20 mm)|FF]] which could be mounted inside or on the wings of fighter aircraft. In the global rearmament that precipitated World War II, licenses for the Oerlikon FF were taken out by multiple nations including Germany.
+After the war, the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany from developing aircraft cannons and similar weapons so the rights were sold to the Swiss company SEMAG in 1919 and then transferred again to Oerlikon in 1924. Oerlikon began developing multiple cannon types based on the Becker action and worked to increase the muzzle velocity so it could serve in anti-tank and anti-aircraft roles. In 1935, Oerlikon introduced the latest variant of their 20 mm cannon, the [[Oerlikon FF (20 mm)|FF]] which could be mounted inside or on the wings of fighter aircraft. In the global rearmament that precipitated World War II, licenses for the Oerlikon FF were taken out by multiple nations including Germany.
-In Germany, the Irakia firm began manufacturing the cannon as the MG FF for German fighters and bombers. Compared to the contemporary [[Hispano 404 (20 mm)|Hispano 404]] the MG FF suffered from a low fire rate and muzzle velocity. Another limiting factor of the design was the 60 round drums which were difficult to mount in the wings of Germany's main fighters the [[Bf 109 (Family)|Bf 109]] and [[Fw 190 (Family)|Fw 190]]. Starting in 1941, the MG FF began to phased out of the lighter, belt-fed [[MG 151 (20 mm)|MG 151]] but it would find a new lease on life in 1943 as part of the [[Schräge Musik]] mounting in German night fighters due to large stockpile and the fact muzzle velocity would not be concern in the new role.
+In Germany, the Ikaria firm began manufacturing the cannon as the MG FF for German fighters and bombers. Compared to the contemporary [[Hispano 404 (20 mm)|Hispano 404]], the MG FF suffered from a low fire rate and muzzle velocity. Another limiting factor of the design was the 60-round drums which were difficult to mount in the wings of Germany's main fighters the [[Bf 109 (Family)|Bf 109]] and [[Fw 190 (Family)|Fw 190]]. Starting in 1941, the MG FF began to be phased out by the lighter, belt-fed [[MG 151 (20 mm)|MG 151]], but it would find a new lease of life in 1943 as part of the [[Schräge Musik]] mounting in German night fighters due to large stockpile and the fact muzzle velocity would not be a concern in the new role.
 == Media ==
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 {{Japan aircraft cannons}}
 {{Italy aircraft cannons}}
 [[Category:Aircraft cannons]]

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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The story of the MG FF starts in World War I with the Becker M2, an early 20mm aircraft mounted auto-cannon. Using an advanced primer ignition blowback action and fed from 15 round curved box magazines, the Becker had difficulties serving as aircraft armament as the blowback action meant the gun could not synchronized to fire through the propeller without damaging it. As a result, the Becker M2 only saw combat on Zeppelins during the war and only used on aircraft for testing.
 == Media ==
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 == External links ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 == Description ==
 ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
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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:''
+<!-- ''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.''
+* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' -->
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