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

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== 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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'''Cons:'''
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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 If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/ History" (example: 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>.''

== Media ==
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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.''

== External links ==
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 == History ==
-After World War II, the Soviet Air Force worked to produce a faster-firing machine than their existing [[Berezin UB (12.7 mm)|Berezin UB]]. Since reducing the cycle time would cause unacceptable levels of wear on the components and reduce the service life, Nikolay M. Afanasev decided to add an acceleration lever to a prototype design. The lever converted the energy from the short action of the slide into a long action for chambering and extraction. This weapon was tested under the designation TKB-481. Slated to be the defensive armament for the [[Tu-4|Tu-4 "Bull"]], the Soviet Air Force soon decided that machine guns were obsolete for bomber defensive armaments, and the mounting of the [[NS-23 (23 mm)|NS-23]] cannon. However, development continued with the TKB-481, which could fire at a rate of 1,400 rounds per minute. The focus of the program switched to helicopters such as the Yak-24 “Horse” which mounted this machine in a flexible mount. The issue of barrel wear persisted until the design was finally refined into the [[A-12.7 (12.7 mm)|A-12.7]] machine gun adopted in 1953.
+After World War II, the Soviet Air Force worked to produce a faster-firing machine than their existing [[Berezin UB (12.7 mm)|Berezin UB]]. Since reducing the cycle time would cause unacceptable levels of wear on the components and reduce the service life, Nikolay M. Afanasev decided to add an acceleration lever to a prototype design. The lever converted the energy from the short action of the slide into a long action for chambering and extraction. This weapon was tested under the designation TKB-481. Slated to be the defensive armament for the [[Tu-4|Tu-4 "Bull"]], the Soviet Air Force soon decided that machine guns were obsolete for bomber defensive armaments and the mounting of the [[NS-23 (23 mm)|NS-23]] cannon. However, development continued with the TKB-481, which could fire at a rate of 1,400 rounds per minute. The focus of the program switched to helicopters such as the Yak-24 “Horse” which mounted this machine in a flexible mount. The issue of barrel wear persisted until the design was finally refined into the [[A-12.7 (12.7 mm)|A-12.7]] machine gun adopted in 1953.
 == Media ==

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 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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 '''Pros:'''
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 '''Cons:'''
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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>.''
+After World War II, the Soviet Air Force worked to produce a faster-firing machine than their existing [[Berezin UB (12.7 mm)|Berezin UB]]. Since reducing the cycle time would cause unacceptable levels of wear on the components and reduce the service life, Nikolay M. Afanasev decided to add an acceleration lever to a prototype design. The lever converted the energy from the short action of the slide into a long action for chambering and extraction. This weapon was tested under the designation TKB-481. Slated to be the defensive armament for the [[Tu-4|Tu-4 "Bull"]], the Soviet Air Force soon decided that machine guns were obsolete for bomber defensive armaments, and the mounting of the [[NS-23 (23 mm)|NS-23]] cannon. However, development continued with the TKB-481, which could fire at a rate of 1,400 rounds per minute. The focus of the program switched to helicopters such as the Yak-24 “Horse” which mounted this machine in a flexible mount. The issue of barrel wear persisted until the design was finally refined into the [[A-12.7 (12.7 mm)|A-12.7]] machine gun adopted in 1953.
 == Media ==
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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:''
+*[[A-12.7 (12.7 mm)]]: Production variant with a reduced rate of fire
-* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''