The MG 131 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 131, or "machine gun 131") was a German 13 mm caliber machine gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig...
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Starting in late 1940 the MG 15 was replaced by the belt-fed Mauser 7.92 mm MG 81, MG 81Z (twin-MG 81), MG 131 13 mm machine guns, or MG 151/20 20 mm cannons...
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gun MG 131 machine gun, World War II 13 mm German aircraft-mounted gun DShK, NSV, and Kord, Soviet/Russian 12.7 mm machine guns. 13 mm TuF variant MG 18...
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with a single (later twinned) MG 131, and a single tail mounted MG 131. He 177A-1/R1 Equipped with a pair of aft firing MG 81Z machine guns in the rear...
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increased defensive armament of MG 131 machine guns, twin MG 81Zs, and an MG FF cannon. He 111 H-16/R1 As H-16, but with MG 131 in power-operated dorsal turret...
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Many MG 17s were later modified for infantry use, as the Luftwaffe replaced them with the heavier-calibre MG 131, which replaced both the MG 15 in bomber...
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15 mm MG 151, single MG 131 machine gun in dorsal turret, an MG 131 gun flexibly mounted at the rear of its ventral Bola gondola and three MG-15 machine...
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Japanese Navy during World War II. It was a license-built copy of the German MG 131 machine gun. Aichi B7A Aichi E16A Mitsubishi A6M5c[citation needed] Mitsubishi...
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The Maschinengewehr (MG) 151 is a belt-fed autocannon for aircraft use, developed in Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1940 and produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser...
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Drehringseitenlafette FDSL 131/1B turrets mounted on each side of the aircraft, each still armed with a 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun, retaining the...
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HDL 151 dorsal turrets armed with 20 mm MG 151 cannons, with a further 20 mm MG 151 and a 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun fitted in a typically German...
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(0.512 in) MG 131 machine guns with 500 rpg; 2 (as a twinned MG 131Z) in each manually aimed beam/waist position 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 autocannon...
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consisting of five 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon. Green (1970) wrote that the armament was four 20 mm MG 151/20s and three 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns. At a...
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V6 Armed prototypes equipped with ejection seats and an FHL 131/Z turret with two MG 131 machine guns. Ju 287 A-1 Production version with six BMW 003s...
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51 in) synchronized MG 131 machine guns 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) MG 151/20 E cannons, synchronized in the wing roots 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) MG 151/20 E cannons in...
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power-operated turret on the extreme top of the cockpit mounting a 13 mm (0.512 in) MG 131 machine gun. By 1942, it was becoming clear that Junkers' candidate for...
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13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns in the wing roots. The V6 was the first version to be converted to use the Jumo 213 engine and had 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon...
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Armament Guns: 2 × 13 mm (.51 in) synchronized MG 131 machine guns with 300 rpg 1 × 20 mm (.78 in) MG 151/20 cannon as centerline Motorkanone with 200...
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A final hidden danger lay in the gun synchronizer for the cowl-mounted MG 131 machine guns, which did not function as envisaged, leading to some Israeli...
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the MG ZS is the second SUV to be produced under the MG marque after the MG GS. It is positioned below the larger HS, and above the smaller MG 3 hatchback...
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900 nmi) Armament Guns: 6 × MG 151/20 in three twin turrets Four MG 131 machine guns mounted in tail turret. 2 × MG 131 machine guns in two remote-controlled...
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of bulges in the cowling when the 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 were replaced with 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns (G-5 onwards) due to the latter's much...
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single remote-control turret in the tail containing two 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns, aimed via a periscope in the cockpit, mounted one-above-the-other...
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with two fixed forward firing 15 mm (0.591 in) MG 151 cannon and two rear firing 13 mm (0.512 in) MG 131 machine guns, carrying 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) of...
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was intermediate in length (88 mm) between the WWII German 13 mm calibre MG 131's ‘short’ 64 mm cartridge, and the ‘long’ 99 mm cartridge of the M2 Browning...
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13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns. Each of these was fitted into half-teardrop-shaped Ferngerichtete Drehringseitenlafette FDSL 131/1B turrets mounted...
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Heckler & Koch HK21 Kalashnikov rifle Maxim gun Mendoza HM-3 MG 08 MG 13 MG 17 machine gun MG 131 machine gun M2 Browning machine gun M16 rifle M1895 Colt–Browning...
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(2020-08-12). "Panzerkampfwagen II als Sfl. mit 7.5 cm PaK 40 'Marder II' (Sd.Kfz.131) in Hungarian Service". Tank Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Pantelic...
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5 in) MG 131 machine gun, which allowed space for the installation of a Lotfe 7D bombsight. Fw 200 C-3/U3 Fitted with two additional 13 mm MG 131s. Fw...
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A-1: two 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon, two 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns, and two remotely controlled, rearward-firing 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns...
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