MG 17 (7.92 mm)
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Description
Named MG 17 to fool the allies to believing it was a late-war design thus not being in violation of the Treaty of Versailles that prohibited the development of machine guns.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.
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 | |
| AI | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| AP | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| AP-I | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| AP-T | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ball | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Normalisation at 30° from horizontal |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| AI | 870 | 0.0109 | N/A | 3.0 | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| AP | 855 | 0.0115 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| AP-I | 880 | 0.0102 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| AP-T | 905 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| Ball | 855 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
Comparison with analogues
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
- Common round with other machine guns
- Respectable fire rate
Cons:
- Less damaging compared to Russian counterparts
- Easily jams
History
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Media
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See also
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External links
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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 |
