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MG-15

Turret Machine Gun

7.92 mm

MG-15

The 7,92-mm turret MG-15 machine gun have been created by firm "Reynemetall". Automatics of 7,92-mm of MG-15 machine gun worked due to energy of recoil of a trunk. A feed of a machine gun came true from drum-type shop in capacity of 75 cartridges.


Weight of a machine gun without shop of 6.9 kg, with shop - 11.05 kg.

General length of a machine gun of 1,080 mm. Rate of shooting of 1100 shots/minutes. Initial speed of a bullet of 755 km/s at its weight of 12.8 g.

Bibliography

  • History of aircraft weapons / A.B. Shirokorad /