Britain BESA Machine Gun 15mm

Showing the details of the shells used(where known)   Tweet Weapon Details BESA Machine Gun 15mm (Machine Gun) History Developed by BSA from the Czechoslovak ZB vz.60 heavy machine gun which used 15mm ammunition. This 15mm gun was used in the armoured divisions as their supply lines were separated from the infantry who used .303 bullets. Once the British started capturing German ammunition this could be immediately used in these tank machine guns. Manufactured 1940 - 1949 Calibre 15mm Length L/80 Rate of Fire 450 rpm   Cartridge S.A. Ball 15mm Mark Iz (AP Standard Small Arms) 15mm 0.07Kg 883M/Sec Quoted Penetration 27mm @ 100mtr/0° Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.12 0.26 0.62 2 Penetration(mm@30°) 25 20 16 8 Penetration(mm@0°) 29 24 19 10 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 98 69 Vehicles in our database using this gun Vehicle Name Common Name       Guy Armoured Car MK IA     Humber Armoured Car Mk I / Mk II /Mk III

Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.

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