MG13 Dreyse (7.92 mm)
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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 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
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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 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
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MG13 on the Chinese Sd.Kfz.222.
MG13 on the German premium Nb.Fz.
- Videos
See also
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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 |
