MG 81 (7.92 mm)
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Description
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Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Twin-engine fighters | Bf 110 G-2 (Defensive) · ◐Bf 110 G-4 (Defensive) · Ju 88 C-6 (Defensive) |
| Attackers | Ju 87 G-1 (Defensive) · Ju 87 G-2 (Defensive) |
| Bombers | |
| Do 217 | 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 87 | Ju 87 D-3 (Defensive) · ▄Ju 87 D-3 (Defensive) · Ju 87 D-5 (Suspended) |
| Ju 88 | Ju 88 A-4 |
| Ju 188 | Ju 188 A-2 (Defensive) |
General info
Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.
Available ammunition
- Default: AP-T · Ball · Ball · AP-I · AI
- The default round that all players start with. With a mix of AP-T, AP-I and AI rounds along regular bullets, its efficiency is severely limited as it does not focus on any role but rather tries to fulfill all of them in the same belt. It keeps damaging planes until 1,500 m distance.
- Armoured targets: AP · AP · AP · AP-T
- This belt is for armoured targets due to the high content of armour-piercing rounds. Its damage potential drops severely beyond 500 m distance.
- AP-T: AP-I · AP-T · AP-I · AP-T
- This belt combines the benefits of armour-piercing rounds with incendiary rounds. Its damage potential drops severely beyond 1,000 m distance.
| Penetration statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belts | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | |
| Default | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Armoured targets | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| AP-T | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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Pros:
Cons:
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
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External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- encyclopedia page on the weapon;
- other literature.
| 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 |
