A coaxial mount is when the gun is mounted beside the main armament. Coaxial weapons are usually aimed by use of the main gun control. It is usually used to engage infantry or other "soft" targets when the main gun collateral damage would be excessive, or to conserve main gun ammunition.

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Battlefield 1942Edit

Coaxial machine guns are mounted on both the medium and heavy tanks. They are most likely an MG34 and an M1919, and are very effective against infantry and light vehicles, although with limited ammo (400 rounds) and a relatively short heat up time.

Battlefield 2Edit

The M240C, PKT, MG3A1 and W-85 all make an appearance as the coaxial-mounted secondary weapons of the M1A2 Abrams, T-90, Leopard 2A6, and Type 98, respectively. They perform similar to their counterparts in Battlefield 1942, however, they feature almost no fire spread, don't overheat as quickly and have an unlimited ammunition supply.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2Edit

Both the M240C and PKT appears as a coaxial variation, they can be used by M1A2 Abrams and T-90. Both versions of the coaxial machine gun, added via the Alternate Weapon Package, do a damage of 12.5 at close range to 11.2 at long range. They are very accurate, can kill in very few rounds, and have a rate of fire of 750 rounds per minute although they do have an overheat time. Like the Battlefield 2 coaxial machine gun, it has unlimited ammo.

Battlefield 1943Edit

Much like Battlefield 1942, the coaxial machine guns mounted on the tanks for both factions are most likely either an MG34 or an M1919. IJN tanks would have a similar kind of coaxial machine gun for balancing reasons. The coaxial machine gun is very effective against infantry, aircraft and jeeps. The coaxial machine gun is also surprisingly very accurate for a machine gun and can easily obtain headshots at medium range.

Battlefield Play4FreeEdit

Both the M240C and PKT appears as a coaxial variation, they can be used by M1A2 Abrams and T-90, if the player chooses the Tank Coaxial Machinegun Trainingoption. They do a significant amount of damage, and have a decently short reload time (which is reduced with subsequent upgrading of the training), although they suffer from a low magazine capacity and low rate of fire.

Battlefield 3Edit

Coaxial LMG
IR Smoke (MBT and TD), Belt Speed (IFV) ← → Auto Loader (MBT and TD), Thermal Optics (IFV)
Unlocked at	• 2100 MBT score • 8300 IFV score • 800 TD score
Special Feature	• Anti-infantry secondary weapon • Independent from main weapon
Vehicle type	• Main Battle Tank • Infantry Fighting Vehicle • Tank Destroyer
Customization slot	Vehicle weapon

"A light machinegun mounted coaxially to your main weapon." — Battlelog Description Coaxial LMG is a specialization that provides an MBT, IFV and Tank Destroyer driver with an anti-infantry secondary weapon. Depending on the vehicle, either the M240C or PKT light machine gun is mounted in-line with the vehicle's main weapon. They can be used by M1 Abrams and T-90 MBTs, the LAV-25 and BMP-2M IFVs as well as the M1128 Mobile Gun System and the 2S25 Sprut Tank Destroyers.

Its high volume of fire provides excellent suppression against infantry, at the cost of the occasional overheat.

Battlefield 3 Tank Guide - Coaxial LMG(07:06)
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