In Service: 1938 to 1945
Manufacturer: Mauser
Number built:
Type: Maschinengewehr 81
Calibre: 7.92 mm
Length: 890 mm
Weight: 6.35 kg
Rate of fire: 1,500 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 755 m/s
Effective range: m
Variants:
7.92 mm
MG 34
7.92 mm MG 81
7.92 mm MG 81Z
Other: Armaments
Articles:
The 7.92 mm MG 81 (Maschinengewehr 81) was a machine gun designed
and produced by
Mauser
Werke AG in 1938. The 7.92 mm MG 81, was basically a modified
7.92 mm
MG 34. That was adapted for the Luftwaffe. The 7.92 mm
MG 81 was air cooled, belt fed, recoil operated (gas assisted)
this weapon is light and easy to manufacture and replaced
the
7.92 mm MG 15 and
7.92
mm MG 17.
The 7.92 mm MG 81 (Maschinengewehr 81) machine cannon was
installed in the following Luftwaffe aircraft
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
Flying Guns World War II.
ISBN-10: 1840372273
German Aircraft Guns WW I WW II.
ISBN-10: 091196410X
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