In War Thunder, the M247 Sergeant York will be a new rank VI SPAA vehicle for the American ground forces tree. Although some keen-eyed players might have already recognized the familiar look of the 40mm Bofors cannon protruding through the front of the turret, don’t draw any conclusions just yet. Indeed, those are 40mm Bofors barrels sticking out of the turret front, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. As a matter of fact, these two 40mm Bofors L/70 cannons feature a combined rate of fire of up to 600 rounds/min - 2.5 times faster than those installed on the M19 or M42 Duster! If an extremely good rate of fire wasn’t enough of a deterrent for enemy aircraft, then the sudden appearance of what would seem to be a million small flak clouds generated by proximity-fused high-explosive shells fired by the M247 is guaranteed to discourage any pilot from following through with his attack run.

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