| Caption | MG 13 light machine gun on display at a museum, 29 Jul 2006 ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseWikipedia user Darkone | |||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
| Added Date | 3 Feb 2011 | |||||||
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"George Patton, 31 May 1944
15 Oct 2012 09:15:10 PM
MG13 ADOPTED BY THE GERMAN ARMY IN 1931 PRODUCTION CONTINUED INTO 1938 WEAPON WAS CHAMBERED FOR THE 7.92x57mm ROUND CLASSIFIED AS A LIGHT MACHINE GUN.
WEAPON WAS AIR COOLED, RECOIL OEPRATED, RATE OF FIRE 600 ROUNDS PER MINUTE FEED SYSTEM 25 ROUND BOX MAGAZINE AND 75 ROUND DRUM MAGAZINE
SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO THE MG34, IT WAS LATER USED BY SECOND-LINE GERMAN UNITS.