Mle51 T1 (40 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

AMX-13 DCA 40

General info

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Available ammunition

Default: AP-T · HEFI-T*
40 mm HE-T: HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · AP-T
40 mm AP-T: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEFI-T*

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
Ammunition	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
HEFI-T*	12	11	10	8	6	5
AP-T	94	90	77	62	50	41

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	0%	50%	100%
HEFI-T*	1,005	0.96	0.1	0.1	145	79°	80°	81°
AP-T	1,025	0.93	-	-	-	47°	60°	65°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

The Mle.51 T1 is a French-licensed version of the Bofors L/70 anti-aircraft gun. The AMX-13 DCA 40 project the Bofors gun was mounted on came about in the 1950s to replace the World War II-era M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage with newer more modern self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle. The firing at a rate of 240 rounds per minute using a specially designed SAMM S 980 turret. In 1957, the turret was cancelled with the gun production ending the following year as experience from other nations showed single-barrelled anti-aircraft guns were not viable.

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France anti-aircraft guns
13.2 mm	Hotchkiss Mle 1930
20 mm	GIAT M693/mod F2 · Oerlikon KAD ^(Swiss)
30 mm	HSS 831A
40 mm	Bofors L/60 · Mle. 1951 T1 (Bofors L/70)