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== Description ==
 
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The '''MG13 Dreyse''' is a German light machine gun chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser. It was developed by converting the Dreyse Model 1918 heavy water-cooled machine gun into an air-cooled version and was re-desginated as the MG13 Dreyse, later replaced by the [[MG34 (7.92 mm)|MG34]] and the [[MG42 (7.92 mm)|MG42]]. In the game, the weapon is only present as a coaxial machine gun on the German Nb.Fz, and the Chinese Sd.Kfz.222.
  
 
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* {{Specs-Link|cn_sdkfz_222_early}}
  
 
== General info ==
 
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The MG13 is an air-cooled German light machine gun designed in 1928 as a modified Dreyse Model 1918. It's chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser and fires at a rate of 600 rounds per minute with a velocity of 905 meters per second on both belts (AP-T & AP-I). It can be loaded with either a 25-round box magazine, a 75-round saddle drum, or a 5-round stripper clip.
  
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Since it is a secondary coaxial machine gun, it has no optional belts and comes with an armor-piercing incendiary belt (AP-I) and an armor-piercing tracer belt (AP-T).
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* AP-T has a penetration value of 9mm at 0m/0° at 905 m/s
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* AP-I has a penetration value of 8mm at 0m/0° at 905 m/s
  
 
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The MG13 has a relatively low fire rate but a big ammo capacity, with 1980 rounds each on both MG13s in the Nb.Fz. and 900 rounds in the Sd.Kfz.222. Due to its small caliber, it can't penetrate vehicles with more than 9 mm of armor, but it works against open-top vehicles where the crew members are exposed with no armor.
  
 
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The MG13 Dreyse is a modified Dreysr Model 1918 to be an air-cooled version instead of water-cooled. It entered service in 1930 as a light machine gun until 1935, when it was later replaced with the MG34 and MG42. It fires 7.92x57mm Mauser ammunition at a rate of 600 rounds per minute. One of its unique features was the double-crescent trigger, which provided select-fire capability without the need for a fire mode selector. Pressing the upper part of the trigger produced semi-automatic, and pressing the lower part of the trigger produced full-auto.
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Aside from use within the German military, the MG13 was also sold to Spain, where they kept the designation MG13, and was also sold to Portugal, which used the MG13 in the late 1940s as the Metralhadora 7,92mm m/1938 Dreyse. The Chinese Nationalist Government imported MG13s with the Panzer I AusF. A tanks from Germany in 1936. It was used against the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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As World War II turned against the German, MG13s that were in storage was used to equip second-line units as easy to reload and handle machine guns.
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After World War II, Portugal continued to use the machine gun and it saw fighting in the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974).
  
 
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File:MG13 Sd.Kfz222.png|<small>MG13 on the Chinese Sd.Kfz.222.</small>
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{{Youtube-gallery|RPuxu1fG5sw|''Portugal's MG-13: the M938 Light Machine Gun'' - ''Forgotten Weapons''}}
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 7 October 2023

Description

The MG13 Dreyse (7.92 mm) on Nb.Fz.


The MG13 Dreyse is a German light machine gun chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser. It was developed by converting the Dreyse Model 1918 heavy water-cooled machine gun into an air-cooled version and was re-desginated as the MG13 Dreyse, later replaced by the MG34 and the MG42. In the game, the weapon is only present as a coaxial machine gun on the German Nb.Fz, and the Chinese Sd.Kfz.222.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

The MG13 is an air-cooled German light machine gun designed in 1928 as a modified Dreyse Model 1918. It's chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser and fires at a rate of 600 rounds per minute with a velocity of 905 meters per second on both belts (AP-T & AP-I). It can be loaded with either a 25-round box magazine, a 75-round saddle drum, or a 5-round stripper clip.

Available ammunition

Since it is a secondary coaxial machine gun, it has no optional belts and comes with an armor-piercing incendiary belt (AP-I) and an armor-piercing tracer belt (AP-T).

  • AP-T has a penetration value of 9mm at 0m/0° at 905 m/s
  • AP-I has a penetration value of 8mm at 0m/0° at 905 m/s

Comparison with analogues

Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.

Usage in battles

The MG13 has a relatively low fire rate but a big ammo capacity, with 1980 rounds each on both MG13s in the Nb.Fz. and 900 rounds in the Sd.Kfz.222. Due to its small caliber, it can't penetrate vehicles with more than 9 mm of armor, but it works against open-top vehicles where the crew members are exposed with no armor.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • High ammo capacity

Cons:

  • Low penetration even against light armored vehicles
  • Mediocre fire rate

History

The MG13 Dreyse is a modified Dreysr Model 1918 to be an air-cooled version instead of water-cooled. It entered service in 1930 as a light machine gun until 1935, when it was later replaced with the MG34 and MG42. It fires 7.92x57mm Mauser ammunition at a rate of 600 rounds per minute. One of its unique features was the double-crescent trigger, which provided select-fire capability without the need for a fire mode selector. Pressing the upper part of the trigger produced semi-automatic, and pressing the lower part of the trigger produced full-auto.

Aside from use within the German military, the MG13 was also sold to Spain, where they kept the designation MG13, and was also sold to Portugal, which used the MG13 in the late 1940s as the Metralhadora 7,92mm m/1938 Dreyse. The Chinese Nationalist Government imported MG13s with the Panzer I AusF. A tanks from Germany in 1936. It was used against the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

As World War II turned against the German, MG13s that were in storage was used to equip second-line units as easy to reload and handle machine guns.

After World War II, Portugal continued to use the machine gun and it saw fighting in the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974).

Media

Images

  • MG13 on the Chinese Sd.Kfz.222.

  • MG13 on the German premium Nb.Fz.

Videos
Portugal's MG-13: the M938 Light Machine Gun - Forgotten Weapons


See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links


Tank machine guns
USA 
7.62 mm  M37 · M60D · M73 · M240 · M1919A4 · Mk.52
12.7 mm  FN M3P · M2HB · M80 · M85
Germany 
5.56 mm  MG4
7.62 mm  C6 · MG3A1
7.92 mm  MG13 Dreyse · MG34 · MG37(t) · MG42
12.7 mm  S.MG.50
USSR 
7.62 mm  DT · PKMB · PKT · PKTM · RP-46 · SGMT
12.7 mm  DK · DShK · 6P49 · NSVT
14.5 mm  KPVT
Britain 
7.62 mm  Browning MG4 · L3A1 · L8A1 · L8A2 · L37A1 · L37A2 · L94A1
7.7 mm  Vickers
7.92 mm  BESA
12.7 mm  L21A1
Japan 
6.5 mm  Type 91
7.62 mm  Type 74
7.7 mm  Type 97
12.7 mm  Type 60 (B)
China 
5.8 mm  QJT
7.62 mm  Type 55 · Type 59 · Type 86
12.7 mm  QJC88A · Type 54
14.5 mm  QJG02
Italy 
7.62 mm  Beretta MG42/59 · FN MAG 60-40
8 mm  34/40M · Breda Mod. 38
13.2 mm  Breda Model 31
France 
7.5 mm  AAT-52 · MAC 31
7.62 mm  A-A-F1N
8 mm  Hotchkiss Mle 1914
Sweden 
6.5 mm  ksp m/14-29
7.62 mm  ksp 39 C · ksp 58 · ksp 94
8 mm  ksp m/36 · ksp m/39B
12.7 mm  ksp 88

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