Disambiguation evidence for MG 81 machine gun via surface form

"MG 81"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "MG 81".

Predicate Object
ammunition 7.92×57mm Mauser
bore rifled barrel
caliber 7.92×57mm Mauser
cartridge 7.92×57mm Mauser
category Aircraft guns
category Luftwaffe weapons
category World War II German machine guns
conflict European theatre of World War II
conflict air war over Europe
countryOfOrigin Germany
designedFor aircraft armament
designedFor use in fixed wing installations
designedFor use in flexible gun positions
designedIn 1930s
era World War II era
feedSystem belt-fed
firingMode fully automatic
firingPrinciple automatic recoil operation
instanceOf aircraft machine gun
instanceOf firearm
instanceOf machine gun
militaryBranch German Air Force
mountingType fixed aircraft mount
mountingType flexible aircraft mount
munitionType rimless bottleneck rifle cartridge
notableFeature very high cyclic rate of fire for its time
operator Luftwaffe air gunners
originPeriod Interwar period
primaryRole defensive aircraft armament
primaryRole offensive aircraft armament
projectileType 7.92 mm bullet
rateOfFire high rate of fire
serviceEntry early 1940s
type gas-operated machine gun
usedAs aircraft defensive gun
usedAs aircraft offensive gun
usedBy Axis powers (limited, via Germany)
usedBy Luftwaffe
usedBy Nazi Germany
usedDuring 1939–1945
usedInConflict World War II
usedOn German bombers
usedOn German ground-attack aircraft
usedOn German reconnaissance aircraft
usedOn German transport aircraft
user German aircrew