Breda SAFAT 12,7mm guns - A real life account of their real power

[IvanK]

Originally Posted by VMF-214_HaVoK

I still feel the Italian .50 cal is the most undermodeled round in the game. If anything it should at the least be as effective as the US or Russian equivalent.

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With respect no it shouldnt. The Russian Berrzin 12.7mm was perhaps the best 12.7mm Gun made and deployed in WWII. Have a look at the chart in my previous post and compare the Gun power column. 12.7UB gun power of 78, M2... 58 whilst the SAFAT comes in at 36. (though the 12.7Ub value is for a sync installtion)

This is a relative index comparing the total gun system ammo the lot. Sure an invidual round might have some cosmic HE compound in it but that needs to be seen in terms of rate of fire,Impact velocity etc. The Gun power index does that. Again if you research the book and or website you will see the data indicates the Breda SAFAT 12.7mm to be a realtively underpowered gun/ammo combination.

What we see in IL2 (imo) is at least in relative terms borne out by the available data.