Very short explanation:
The modification’s goes Stock mixed belt → “HE” belt → “AP” / SAP belt, so progressing through the line changes how the gun performs against tanks and aircraft.
Sweden only has Frankenbelts™
All nations get these “Pure” HE/AP autocannon belts, including similar-performing guns like the US/German/Soviet 37mm (even Soviet 25mm AA guns.) Sweden doesn’t. Swedish 40mm vehicles are stuck with mixed, mislabeled belts that ruin AA consistency and limit usability. Vehicles like the Lvkv 42 suffer especially due to limited ammo, making these bad belts a major handicap.
Why is Sweden the only exception to this? Its not like specifically 40mm Swedish HE and AP rounds are superior, And you can just adjust the SAP-HE belt if its too strong. But why this-?
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Adjusted it so its not a rant, ehem.
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Oh hi, Normally people dont drop in this fast on anything regarding the Swedish 40mm guns lol
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I am sick so I have nothing to do but read the forum…
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Ah i see lol- Well welcome to karnitin75 is mad about the Swedish bofors, Part: 10 000
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Oh yeah, if we talk about the karnitin75 is mad about [insert anything Swedish] then it’s part 6,000,000
So true o7, What can i say im a girl with a many connections to see stuff around sweden lol
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Interesting, so it looks like the Lvkv 42 in game is using the wrong ammunition as the belts it were given was for the older L/60 and not the equipped L/70 gun. And the Lvkv 42 doesn’t even use belts but hoppers so the crew can load a specific order of belts based on their mission. So I don’t see a problem with them getting a more ap felt hopper if they were facing ground targets. Problem is this is a 4.7 vehicle from a small nation playerbase. It will be hard to gain traction for Gaijin to fix this since they stated they’re shifting priority from wwii to modern era vehicles. Seems like the Lvkv 42 is a case of Gaijin not doing enough research.
I’m against autocannons having armor piercing rounds as I think SPAA should purely be given HE rounds. But Gaijin is very inconsistent with SPAA as we saw the falcon getting ap belts removed but Gepards and the likes get to keep theirs. If it’s a historicaly accuracy issue, then yeah those belts should be fixed.
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Considering i made a Bug report on the Outrageously big muzzle flash on all 40mm Guns and they have yet to fix that even when its modern vehicles i dont think they pay much attention to fixing any issues adressing the 40mm as a whole
Sadly i think they have just abandonded the 40mm Bofors for new ventures
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