MG 151 (20 mm)

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Description

Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Vehicles equipped with this weapon
Fighters  Bf 109 F-4 · ▃Bf 109 F-4 · Bf 109 F-4/trop · Bf 109 G-2 · Bf 109 G-2/trop
  Bf 109 G-6 · Bf 109 G-10 · Bf 109 G-14 · ▄Bf 109 G-14/AS · Bf 109 K-4 (secondary)
  Fw 190 A-4 · Fw 190 A-5 · ▅Fw 190 A-5 · Fw 190 A-5/U2 · Fw 190 A-5/U12 · Fw 190 A-8 · ▂Fw 190 A-8
  Fw 190 C · Fw 190 D-9 · ▂Fw 190 D-9 · Fw 190 D-12 · Fw 190 D-13 · Fw 190 F-8 · Ta 152 C-3 · Ta 152 H-1
  Re.2001 CN · IAR-81C · C.202EC · C.205 serie 3 · C.205N2
  G.55 serie 1 · G.55 sottoserie 0 · G.55S · G.56
  Ki-61-I hei · NC.900 · S.O.8000 Narval
Twin-engine fighters  Do 17 Z-7 · Do 217 N-1 · Do 217 N-2 · Ta 154 A-1 · He 219 A-7
  Bf 110 F-2 (secondary) · Bf 110 G-2 (secondary) · Do 335 A-0 · Do 335 A-1 · Do 335 B-2
  Me 410 A-1 · Me 410 A-1/U2 · Me 410 A-1/U4 · Me 410 B-1 · Me 410 B-1/U2 · Me 410 B-2/U4 · Me 410 B-6/R3
Jet fighters  He 162 A-2 · Me 163 B-0
Attackers  Hs 129 B-2 · Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) · ▄Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) · SM.91
Bombers  Do 217 E-2 · Do 217 E-4 · Ju 87 D-5 · M.B.175T
  BV 238 (defensive) · He 111 H-16 (defensive) · He 177 A-5 (defensive) · Ju 288 C (defensive)
Jet bombers  Ar 234 C-3
Ground vehicles  Lorraine 155 Mle.50

General info

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Available shells

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

This weapon is very dangerous to air targets due to the Minengeschoß shell, which arguably makes the MG 151/20 the best 20mm cannon against air targets. However little damage over armored ground target

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Minengeschoß shell (an improved HEI shell) provides lots of hitting power against aircraft
  • Larger ammo count than the other German 20mm cannon
  • High muzzle velocity than the other German 20mm cannon

Cons:

  • Still lower muzzle velocity compare to most machine gun
  • Ineffective against armored ground target

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;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

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  • encyclopedia page on weapon;
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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)