World War II Database

1.  Bill says:
16 Oct 2012 09:40:22 AM

THE MG13 WAS MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY BY RM&M
ADOPTED BY THE GERMAN ARMY IN 1930 AND LATER WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY THE MG34.TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE CLICK ON PHOTOGRAPHS

THE MG13 WAS CONSTRUCTED BY REBUILDING THE OLD DREYSE GUN LEFT OVER FROM WWI.
IT HAD A FOLDING MENTAL STOCK, FOLDING BIPOD AND CARRYING HANDLE. AFTER BEING REPLACED BY THE IMPROVED MG34, SOME OF THE WEAPONS WERE RETURNED TO THE ARMORY, OTHERS WERE ISSUED TO SECOND-LINE GERMAN UNITS, THE REST WERE SOLD TO PORTUGAL AS THE M38, AND KEPT IN SERVICE INTO THE 1950s, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

FORGOTTEN WARRIOR:

RM&M ALSO PRODUCED THE DREYSE M1907,9mm
SEMI-AUTO PISTOL, THAT SAW SERVICE FROM 1907 TO 1945, THIS WEAPON WAS ISSUED TO SECOND-LINE GERMAN UNITS AND TO VOLKSSTURM UNITS MANY WERE BROUGHT BACK BY GIs AT THE END OF WWII IN EUROPE.

SO WHAT DOES RM&M MEAN: GOTTA LOVE THESE GERMAN COMPOUND WORDS.
RHEINISCHE METALLWAREN & MASCHINENFABRIKEN

2. Roman says:
10 Jun 2014 05:49:31 AM

I respect you bill I'm glad u served

3. Black River Militaria says:
19 Mar 2015 01:32:06 PM

A correction to Bill's note above that states the Mb13 was constructed from the Dreyse MMGs. This is a persistent myth. The MG13 was designed as an aircooled copy of the watercooled Dreyse 12/18, and the bolts are interchangeable, ,but that is the extent of the similarity. Mg13s were manufactured specifically as air cooled LMGs. I know this simply because I own live, transfeable examples of both guns, as well as having researched the history of each.

Bob Naess

4. HansDasPanzerIV says:
25 Jul 2022 08:14:48 AM

Do any of you guys know if Festung Dunkirk in 1945 would have the MG-13, being composed of 5 static infantry divisions of which the MG-13 would be supplied to?