MG13 Dreyse (7.92 mm)

Description

The MG13 Dreyser is a german light machine gun chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser. It was developed by converting the Dreyser Model 1918 heavy water-cooled machine gun into an air-cooled version and was re-desginated as the MG13 Dreyser, later replaced by the MG 34 and the MG 42. In the game, the weapon is only present as a coaxial machine gun on the German Nb.Fz, and the Chinese Sd.Kfz.222.

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

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Nb.Fz.
• ␗Sd.Kfz.222

General info

The MG13 is an air-cooled German light machine gun designed in 1928 as a modified Dreyser 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.

In-game, it's found as a coaxial machine gun on the Nb.Fz. in the German Techtree and on the Sd.Kfz.222. in the Chinese techtree.

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

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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 9mm of armor. But it works against open-top vehicles where the crew members are exposed with no armor.

Pros and cons

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Pros:

• high ammo capacity

Cons:

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

History

The MG13 Dreyser is a modified Dreyser 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.

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 Dreyser

The MG13s that were placed into storage saw use later in World War II by the second-line German units because they were easy to reload and handle.

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.

Portugal used it in the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974) under the designation m/1938.

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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