MG 131 machine gun
E93225
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
Aliases (1)
- MG 3 ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft machine gun
→
autocannon substitute → heavy machine gun → |
| ammunitionType |
armor-piercing
→
armor-piercing incendiary → high-explosive incendiary → tracer → |
| caliber |
13 mm
→
13×64mmB → |
| conflictBelligerent |
Nazi Germany
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| coolingSystem |
air-cooled
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| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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| designedBy |
Rheinmetall-Borsig
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| designedFor |
aircraft armament
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| feedSystem |
belt-fed
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| introduced |
early 1940s
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| mountingType |
fixed aircraft mount
→
flexible aircraft mount → |
| muzzleVelocity |
approximately 750 m/s
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| notableFeature |
compact design for its caliber
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electrically fired in many installations → synchronized firing through propeller arc in some fighters → |
| operation |
recoil-operated
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| primaryRole |
defensive armament
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offensive armament → |
| rateOfFire |
about 900 rounds per minute
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| replaced |
MG 15 machine gun in many defensive positions
→
MG 17 machine gun in many fixed mounts → |
| serviceEntry |
1940
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| usedBy |
Luftwaffe
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| usedInConflict |
World War II
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| usedOnAircraft |
Arado Ar 234
→
Blohm & Voss BV 222 → Blohm & Voss BV 238 → Dornier Do 217 → Dornier Do 217N → Focke-Wulf Fw 190 → Focke-Wulf Ta 154 → Heinkel He 111 → Heinkel He 177 → Heinkel He 219 → Junkers Ju 188 → Junkers Ju 290 → Junkers Ju 388 → Junkers Ju 88 → Messerschmitt Bf 109 → Messerschmitt Bf 110 → Messerschmitt Me 210 → Messerschmitt Me 262 → Messerschmitt Me 410 → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Heinkel He 177
→
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armament |
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MG 42
("MG 3")
→
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influenced |