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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The Mauser '''20 mm MG 151/20''' is a German 20 mm aircraft cannon converted from the 15 mm [[MG 151/15 (15 mm)|MG 151/15 cannon]] to a 20 mm after combat evaluation proved a larger high-explosive shell to be more effective than a high-velocity shell.
 
  
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
The 20 mm MG 151 has a fire rate of 700 rounds per minute. The gun is reasonably accurate with decent shell trajectory.
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=== Available ammunition ===
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The key features of the MG 151 is the special Minengeschoß (lit. "mine shell") high-explosive ammunition. This Minengeschoß round was specifically made with a thin tungsten casing to contain more explosive filler (usually 50% more than regular HE shell) and thus were extremely effective against enemy aircraft.
 
  
'''Aircraft'''
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}
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== Usage in the battles ==
* '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}
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''This weapon is very dangerous to air target, due to Minengeschoß ''shell. arguably the best 20mm cannon against air target at its tier
* '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}
 
* '''Armoured targets:''' {{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}
 
* '''Tracers:''' {{Annotation|FI-T|Fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|FI-T|Fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|FI-T|Fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}
 
* '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}
 
  
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=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
  
* '''Default (turret):''' {{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}
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A LOT OF HE DAMAGE cuz ''Minengeschoß'' shell(an improved HEI shell), very good at killing aircraft
* '''Armoured targets (turret):''' {{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}{{-}}{{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}
 
* '''Universal (turret):''' {{Annotation|IT|Incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)}}
 
  
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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larger ammo count compare to other German 20mm cannon
! colspan="7" | Penetration statistics
 
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Belt
 
! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
 
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! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
 
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| Default || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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| Universal || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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| Air targets || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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| Armoured targets || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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| Tracers || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 6 || 6
 
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| Stealth || 26 || 23 || 13 || 7 || 3 || 3
 
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| Default (turret) || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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| Armoured targets (turret) || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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| Universal (turret) || 26 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 4 || 3
 
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|}
 
  
'''Tanks'''
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higher muzzle velocity than other German 20mm cannon
  
* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-I|Armour-piercing incendiary}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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'''Cons:'''
! colspan="7" | Penetration statistics
 
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Belt
 
! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
 
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! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
 
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| Default || 26 || 23 || 13 || 6 || 3 || 3
 
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|}
 
  
'''Ships'''
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still lower muzzle velocity compare to most machine gun
  
* '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}
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ineffective against armored ground target
* '''20 mm HE belts:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}
 
* '''20 mm AP belts:''' {{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}
 
  
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! colspan="7" | Penetration statistics
 
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Belt
 
! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
 
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! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
 
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| Universal || 26 || 24 || 18 || 12 || 8 || 6
 
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| 20 mm HE belts || 26 || 24 || 18 || 12 || 8 || 6
 
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| 20 mm AP belts || 26 || 24 || 18 || 12 || 8 || 6
 
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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== Usage in battles ==
 
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The 20 mm MG 151 is very dangerous against air targets due to the Minengeschoß shell, which makes the MG 151/20 arguably the best 20 mm cannon against air targets. Unless other ammunition is needed for a specific reason, always choose the ammo belt with most Minengeschoß available.
 
 
 
With "air targets" belt, it usually take a short burst of 20 - 30 rounds to take down an average fighter, 30 - 50 rounds for a heavy fighter or a ground attack aircraft, and 100 - 150 rounds for a heavy bomber. Due to the gun's fast rate of fire, however, it is quite easy to empty all of the ammo before you managed to finish the targets without proper aiming, especially without the help of gun pods. Thus, the MG 151 will often requires trigger discipline for better results, with an ace being achieveable in a single sortie with a proper ammo conservation.
 
 
 
However, despite the MG 151's stellar characteristics, the gun is also infamous due to its poor stock performances. Owing to the fact that only 1/4 of its stock belt contains the "Minengeschoß" round, while the other rounds were a near-useless incendiary shell with a performance akin to that of a practice shell found on the Hispano autocannons, as well as poor APHE rounds that often over-penetrates the enemy airframe and thus were unable not detonate. Due to this, it is best to treat the stock MG 151 like an oversized heavy machine gun. Firing a long burst to get more chance of hitting the enemy with Minengeschoß rounds until the upgraded belts are available.
 
 
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
 
 
* Minengeschoß shell (an improved HEI shell) provides a lot of hitting power against aircraft
 
* Larger ammo count than the other German 20 mm cannons
 
* Higher muzzle velocity than the other German 20 mm cannons
 
* Faster firing and less prone to jamming than the Allied Hispano variants
 
 
 
'''Cons:'''
 
 
 
* Its stock belt is notoriously unreliable due to the ineffective incendiary and APHE shell
 
* Still lower muzzle velocity compared to most machine guns
 
* Ineffective against armoured ground targets, even with APHE shells
 
* Tracer and HEI (Minengeschoß) have slightly different trajectories which reiterate knowing your ammunition
 
 
 
== History ==
 
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The [[MG 151 (15 mm)|MG 151]] was originally developed for a 15 mm cartridge which was small enough to fit between the cylinder banks of their V-12 aircraft engines and offered a higher velocity compared to the 20 mm cannons of their Allied opponents. However, in 1941, Germany recognized that, in air combat, explosive power was more important than high velocity. As a result, in 1941, the MG-151 was re-chambered to fire a 20 mm shell based on the cartridge used by the [[MG FF (20 mm)|MG FF]], but necked up and with a longer case body meaning that the conversion mostly involved changing the barrel. The MG 151 was introduced on the [[Bf 109 F-4]], would remain one of the main fighter cannons for Germany during World War II, and would be popularly exported to other nations in the Axis, such as mounting on the Japanese [[Ki-61-I hei]], Italian [[Re.2005 serie 0]], and Romanian [[IAR-81C]] fighters. However, Germany's attempt to make an explosive shell for the MG 151 became its downfall. The Minengeschoß (Mine Shell) rounds were ineffective against the Allied heavy bombers taking about 15-20 hits to down one while a 30 mm cannon such as the [[MK 103 (30 mm)|MK 103]] needed only 3 or 4 hits to down. As a result, the MK 103 and its shorter-barrelled cousin the [[MK 108 (30 mm)|MK 108]] began to replace the MG 151 as the Luftwaffe's (German Air Force) main cannon near the end of the war and it was adapted by the Volkssturm (German national militia) for use as an anti-aircraft weapon along with being used to upgrade the 15 mm armed [[Sd.Kfz.251/21]]. After the war, the MG 151 was used by the French Armée de l'Air (Air Force) and Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (Land Army Light Aviation). In both fixed and flexible configurations, the MG 151 was used by the French in multiple aircraft including helicopters such as their H-21C Workhorse and [[H-34 (France)|H-34]] helicopters used in Algeria. The flexible variants were modified with insulating sleeves to protect the user's hands. The MG 151 was also used in the Portuguese and Rhodesian versions of the [[SA 316B Alouette III]], and a variant of the cannon called the Vektor GA-1 was built by Denel in South Africa.
 
  
 
== Media ==
 
== Media ==
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;Images
 
<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200">
 
File:1280px-Mauser MG 151.jpg|<small>MG 151/20</small>
 
</gallery>
 
  
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== Read also ==
{{Youtube-gallery|HSIa5NwBTG8|'''Minengeschoß: More Bang for Your Buck''' - ''Militaria Reviewed''|djKhmYXyNjo|'''Top 7 Autocannons''' discusses the {{PAGENAME}} at 03:33 - ''War Thunder Official Channel''}}
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* [[AN/M2 (20 mm)]]
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* [[MG 151/15 (15 mm)]] - Gun from which the MG 151/20 cannon was adapted
 
* [[ShVAK (20 mm)]]
 
* [[Hispano Mk.I (20 mm)]] [[Hispano Mk.II (20 mm)]]
 
* [[Hispano 404 (20 mm)]]
 
  
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Revision as of 06:58, 28 February 2019

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.

Available shells

Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it iconcerns autocanons or machine guns, so write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).

Comparison with analogues

Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.

Usage in the battles

This weapon is very dangerous to air target, due to Minengeschoß shell. arguably the best 20mm cannon against air target at its tier

Pros and cons

Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.

Pros:

A LOT OF HE DAMAGE cuz Minengeschoß shell(an improved HEI shell), very good at killing aircraft

larger ammo count compare to other German 20mm cannon

higher muzzle velocity than other German 20mm cannon

Cons:

still lower muzzle velocity compare to most machine gun

ineffective against armored ground target

Historical part

Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be big one, take it into a separate article and add a link to it by using the "main" template. In the end be sure to include references to sources.

Media

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Read also

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  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
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ETC.

Sources

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  • topic on the official game forum
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Germany aircraft cannons
15 mm  MG 151
20 mm  MG 151 · MG C/30L · MG FF · MG FF/M
27 mm  Mauser BK27
30 mm  MK 101 · MK 103 · MK 108
37 mm  BK 3.7
50 mm  BK 5 · Mk.214a
75 mm  BK 7.5
  Foreign:
20 mm  Hispano Mk.V (Britain) · M24A1 (USA) · M61A1 (USA) · ShVAK (USSR)
23 mm  GSh-23L (USSR) · NR-23 (USSR) · VYa-23 (USSR)
30 mm  DEFA 552 (France) · GSh-30-1 (USSR) · GSh-30-2K (USSR) · NR-30 (USSR)
37 mm  N-37D (USSR)