MG 131 (13 mm)
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Description
The MG 131 (German: Maschinengewehr 131, or Machine gun 131) is a 13 mm German machine gun. This machine gun was developed for the Luftwaffe in 1938 and was in full production by Rheinmetall-Borsig from 1940 to 1945. This machine gun was one of the smallest machine guns produced by any nation in this caliber and due to its lighter weight and fast rate of fire, it replaced many 7.92 mm machine guns already installed in German fighters. This 13 mm machine gun provided the punch against armoured Allied aircraft (bombers especially) which the 7.92 mm machine guns had virtually no effect against.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | |
| Bf 109 | Bf 109 G-6 · Bf 109 G-10 · Bf 109 G-14 · ▄Bf 109 G-14/AS · Bf 109 K-4 |
| Fw 190 | Fw 190 A-8 · ▃Fw 190 A-8 · NC.900 · Fw 190 D-9 · ▂Fw 190 D-9 · Fw 190 F-8 |
| Twin-engine fighters | |
| Do 217 | Do 217 J-1 (Defensive) · Do 217 J-2 (Defensive) · Do 217 N-1 (Defensive) |
| Ju-388 | Ju 388 J (Defensive) |
| Me 410A | Me 410 A-1 (Defensive) · Me 410 A-1/U2 (Defensive) · Me 410 A-1/U4 (Defensive) |
| Me 410B | Me 410 B-1 · Me 410 B-1/U2 · Me 410 B-2/U4 (Defensive) · Me 410 B-6/R3 (Defensive) |
| Bombers | |
| BV 238 | BV 238 (Defensive) |
| Do 217 | Do 217 E-2 (Defensive) · Do 217 E-4 (Defensive) · Do 217 K-1 (Defensive) · Do 217 M-1 (Defensive) |
| He 111 | He 111 H-16 (Defensive) |
| He 177 | He 177 A-5 (Defensive) |
| Ju 188 | Ju 188 A-2 (Defensive) |
| Ju 288 | Ju 288 C (Defensive) |
| Me 264 | Me 264 (Defensive) |
General info
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Available ammunition
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
this weapon is always deploy alongside heavier guns such as MK108 and MG151, the overall tactic is to treat this weapon as a supplement of your heavy cannon.
there are 3 common tactic
- use the tracer to make your opponent overreact such as firing at fleeing enemy, force them to evade thus lost speed as a result
- use it as a additional damage dealer or trajectory indicator, work best in combination with MG151 but fails badly with 30mm cannon
- as a backup gun to finish off wounded enemy, conserving cannon round for better use
separate key blinding between weapons is recommended
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Very nice sound effect
- Can sometimes set fires
- Can spook the enemy and cause them to make mistake while conserving cannon ammo for the real punch
- low muzzle velocity can be a good thing in this case cuz it matches the bullet trajectory of MG151(both at around 750m/s)
Cons:
- Low damage output compare to HMG of other nation
- Your best damage dealing option is the HEI-t belt which is a tracer belt with HE property, the resulting light show can be annoying
- low muzzle velocity for a HMG which make leading small target difficult
History
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Media
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See also
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| Aircraft machine guns | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 7.62 mm | Browning · M134 Minigun |
| 12.7 mm | GAU-19 · M2 Browning · M3 Browning |
| Germany | |
| 7.62 mm | MG3 |
| 7.92 mm | MG 15 · MG 17 · MG 81 |
| 12.7 mm | FN M3P |
| 13 mm | MG 131 |
| USSR | |
| 7.62 mm | DA · GShG-7.62 · PKT · PV-1 · ShKAS |
| 12.7 mm | A-12.7 · Berezin UB · TKB-481 · YaK-B |
| Britain | |
| 7.62 mm | FN 60.30 · L8A1 |
| 7.7 mm | Browning · Lewis · Vickers E · Vickers K |
| Japan | |
| 7.7 mm | Te-1 · Type 89 · Type 89 'special' · Type 92 · Type 97 navy |
| 7.92 mm | Type 1 · Type 98 |
| 12.7 mm | Ho-103 · Ho-104 |
| 13 mm | Type 2 |
| 13.2 mm | Type 3 |
| China | |
| 12.7 mm | QJK99-12.7-1 |
| Italy | |
| 7.7 mm | Breda-SAFAT · Lewis |
| 7.92 mm | FN Browning |
| 12.7 mm | Breda-SAFAT · FN M3M · Scotti |
| France | |
| 7.5 mm | Darne 1933 · Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 · FN Browning · MAC 1934 · MAC 1934T · Mle 33 · Mle 1923 |
| 7.62 mm | PKA |
| 7.92 mm | FN-Browning M.36 No.3 · FN-Browning M.36 No.4 |
| Sweden | |
| 7.7 mm | FN-Browning M.36 No.3 |
| 8 mm | Ksp m/22 · Ksp m/22 Fh · Ksp m/22 Fv · Ksp m/22-37 R |
| 12.7 mm | Akan m/39A · Akan m/40 · Akan m/45 · LKk/42 |
| 13.2 mm | Akan m/39 · Akan m/39A |
