Romania The few weapons that were sold to Romania were at first used on their
SM.79 bombers but later saw use on their own indigenous
IAR 80B fighter plane. In Romania the weapons saw combat and were considered equal to the 20 mm weapons used in the Romanian air force such as the
MG 151/20.
Sweden Sweden gained interest in the 13.2 mm FN Browning in 1938 and ordered it from FN in 1939, as well as a license to produce the weapon in Sweden. The last frontline
military aircraft to use the 12.7 mm akan m/39s was the
SAAB T 18B coastal attacker aircraft which left service in 1959. From the early 1950s onward however, the 12 mm akan m/39 started being used as a training weapon for jet fighters, such as the
de Havilland J 28 Vampire and the
SAAB J 29 Tunnan, where it could be mounted in place of the main cannon armament by the use of a small add-on. This use continued all the way to the early 2000s when its last training carrier, the
Saab 37 Viggen, left service in 2007.
Finland Finland never formally got the chance to buy the Belgian design before the invasion of Belgium, however through their connections with Sweden they managed to get hold of the manufacturing blueprints for the weapon which allowed them to produce it in Finland. Since Finland already was producing
12.7×99mm Browning ammunition it was decided to produce the weapon chambered for that cartridge. and
Brewster B-239 Buffalo planes, but also to the indigenous Finnish
VL Myrsky fighter aircraft. The weapon was also planned to be used on the
VL Humu and
VL Pyörremyrsky fighter aircraft if they were to enter production. It was occasionally fitted as a field modification, such as on Finnish
Arado 196s, to increase firepower. After WWII the Finnish would use the 12,70 LKk/42 as training weaponry in aircraft such as the
Saab 35 Draken and
BAE Hawk. == Variants ==