The MG 81 was a German belt fed 7.9 mm machine gun, used in flexible installations in World War II Luftwaffe aircraft, replacing the older drum magazine-fed MG 15.
The MG 81 was developed by Mauser as a derivative of their successful MG 34 infantry machine gun. Development focus was to reduce production cost and time and to optimize for use in aircraft. Developed in 1938/1939, it was in production from 1940 to 1945.
Mg 81 Zwilling
Mg 81 Zwilling | |||
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General Historical Information | |||
Place of origin | Germany | ||
Type | Machinegun | ||
Rate of Fire | 3000 rpm | ||
General Ingame Information | |||
Debut in FHSW | v0.4 | ||
Used by | Germany Italy | ||
Used in vehicles | Fl 282 "Raucher" Fl 282 "Fl 282 "Gießkanne" Heinkel He 111 H-11 Heinkel He 111Z Junkers Ju 87 B-2 Junkers Ju 87 D-3 Junkers Ju 87 D-4 Junkers Ju 87 D-3 Junkers Ju 87 G "Stuka" | ||
Comments | Only used in FHSW as Anti-Airgun | ||
A special twin-mount MG 81Z (Zwilling-twin) was introduced in 1942, which paired up two of the weapons on one mount, to provide even more firepower with max 3000 rounds/min without requiring much more space than a standard machine gun.
Mg 81 Achtling
A special octuplets-mount MG 81A (Achtling), which paired up eight of the weapons on one mount, to provide even more firepower with max 12000 rounds/min without requiring much more space than a standard machine gun. But the reload time is long!
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