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Old 06-27-2018, 04:36 PM   #11
johndallman
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Default Re: The 20mm LAG, today

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Originally Posted by warellis View Post
Is the LAG an airburst weapon?
Depends on what you load it with. It takes the 20mm projectiles that originated with the MG151/20, most of which are explosive and/or incendiary. South Africa produced the MG151/20 as an aircraft weapon post-WWII, and so the projectiles are available there -- the South African arms industry has some odd things in use.

So the LAG doesn't have the fancy airbust-at-laser-measured-distance functions of the OICW, but it has projectiles that will detonate shortly after going through a shett of glass, wood or thin metal,
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