MG 17 (7.92 mm)
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Description
The 7.92 mm MG 17 is a German aircraft machine gun. It sees use in-game primarily as the offensive aircraft armament of German planes, though it sees rare usage as a defensive armament as well.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
It was named MG 17 to fool the allies into believing it was a late-war design, thus not being in violation of the Treaty of Versailles that prohibited the development of machine guns by Germany.
Available ammunition
Starter belt for either role:
- Default: AP-T · Ball · Ball · AP-I · AI
Offensive belts:
- Universal: AP-T · AP · AI · AP-I
- Tracers: AP-T
- Stealth: AI · AP · AP · AP · AI
Defensive belts:
- Armoured targets: AP · AP · AP · AP-T
- AP-T: AP-I · AP-T · AP-I · AP-T
| Penetration statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | |
| Ball | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AP-I | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| AP-T | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| AI | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| AP | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Shell details | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||
| Ball | 855 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47° | 56° | 65° |
| AP-I | 905 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47° | 56° | 65° |
| AP-T | 905 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47° | 56° | 65° |
| AI | 855 | 0.01 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47° | 56° | 65° |
| AP | 865 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47° | 56° | 65° |
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
In the game, this machine gun works as all of the other rifle-calibre machine guns allowing for easier learning of ballistics.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- High muzzle velocity
Cons:
- Low damage output
- Easily jams
History
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Media
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See also
External links
- [Forgotten Weapons] MG-17 German Aircraft Machine Gun
- [Warbirds Resource Group] Rhienmetall Borsig MG 17
| 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 |
