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Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle being used in an anti-aircraft role, Continuation War, WW2, 1942 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I imagine it was most used against close air support, not high-altitude bombing. Seeing what to bomb in the dense woods would require flying pretty low and slow, which makes you a great target for a big semi-auto gun like this.

Another good motivator is that a bigass rifle is really flexible (sort of). You can shoot at vehicles, bunkers, snipers, harass tanks, and apparently also planes.

A twin-mounted full-auto variant was kept in service till the late 70s, mostly for anti-helicopter purposes, so it's probably a pretty decent piece of kit.