In Service: 1942 to 1945
Manufacturer: Mauser
Number built:
Type: Maschinengewehr
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 81Z (Maschinengewehr 81 zwilling) was a machine
gun designed and produced by
Mauser
Werke AG in 1938. The 7.92 mm MG 81Z, was basically a
modified
7.92
mm MG 34. That was adapted for the Luftwaffe. In 1942,
a twin Mount was designed for the
7.92
mm MG 81, which allowed two weapons to be mounted on a
single Mount this was known as 7.92 mm MG 81Z, that 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 81Z (Maschinengewehr 81 zwilling) 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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