Ah, the good old Norsutykki (Elephant cannon)...or more traditionally Norsupyssy (Elephant gun)...

Well the gun was originally developed for an anti-tank rifle, which was able to penetrate the armor of several soviet tanks...but later when the soviets improved their tanks armor the usage of the L-39 was shifted to light armored targets, against enemy snipers and even aircraft. With different type of ammunition e.g. explosive bullet, fragmentation grenade, anti-tank bullet, anti-tank grenade and phosphor-bullet (spelling?? the one that flashes really bright and sets everything on fire) the usage was pretty large and the weapon proved to be very effective and versatile...only problem was that it weighted a ton and was kinda difficult to manuvere in the heat of battle...

So yes, this would be better suited to desert use, unless the Jungle viper is stationed really high and decides just to shoot trough the cover where the joes are hiding behind.

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