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[[Image:MG15.jpg|thumb|right|500px|MG 15]]
[[File:MG15.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MG 15 with 75-round double drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:MG17.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MG 15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:MG15 Infantry.jpg|thumb|right|450px|MG 15 converted for ground use - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]


The MG 15 was a 7.92 mm (0.31 in) machine gun designed specifically as a hand manipulated defensive gun for combat aircraft during the early 1930s. By 1941 it was replaced by other types and found new uses with ground troops.
:''This article is about the aircraft machine gun produced in the 1930s. For the World War I light machine gun, see [[Bergmann MG 15nA]].''


The '''MG 15''' is a German aircraft machine gun adopted by the Luftwaffe as a flexible-mounted machine gun in the 1930s. By 1941, it was phased out from air service by other machine guns (such as the [[MG 81]], MG 81Z, [[MG 131]], and [[MG 151]]) and some examples were converted for infantry use near the end of the war.


'''The MG15 machine gun can be seen in the following films:'''
The [[MG 17]] is the MG 15's fixed-mount sibling.


The MG 15 was produced under license in Japan as the '''Type 98''' flexible-mounted machine gun in the Imperial Japanese Army and as the '''Type 1''' machine gun in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Type 98 was initially produced in 7.92mm Mauser but was later changed to the same 7.7x58mmSR cartridge as the Army's [[Vickers#Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun|Type 89]] machine gun; the 7.7mm version was designated '''Type 98 Otsu''' ("otsu" in this context being analogous to "B") with the 7.92mm version retroactively designated '''Type 98 Kou''' ("A"). The Navy's Type 1 was chambered in 7.7x56mmR (.303 British), ensuring ammo compatibility with their [[Vickers#Type_97_Aircraft_Machine_Gun|Type 97]] and [[Lewis Gun#Type 92|Type 92]] machine guns. On the flip side, this meant the Army and Navy guns were ''not'' able to use the same ammo, a typical example of the state of the relationship between the two services.
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* mounted at the rear turret of the 'Flying Wing' plane in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''  
=Specifications=
''(1930 - 1940)''


*'''Type''' - Machine Gun
*'''Place of origin''' - Nazi Germany
*'''Production''' - 1930s - 1940
*'''Manufacturer''' - Rheinmetall
*'''Caliber''' - 7.9mm
*'''Cartridge''' - 7.92 x 57mm Mauser
*'''Weight''' - 8.1 kg (18 lb)
*'''Length''' - 1,078 mm (42.4 in) (without attachments)
*'''Barrel length''' - 690 mm (27 in)
*'''Rate of fire''' - 1,000-1,050 rounds/min
*'''Effective range''' - N/A
*'''Feed system''' - 75 round "saddle" drum magazine


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===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Battle of Britain]]'' || || German ''Luftwaffe'' gunners || Mounted in CASA 2.111s bombers || 1969
|-
| ''[[Patton]]'' || || German ''Luftwaffe'' gunners || Mounted in CASA 2.111s bombers || 1970
|-
| ''[[The Seventeenth Transatlantic (Semnadtsatyy transatlanticheskiy)]]'' || || || Mounted on He 111 H-6 torpedo bomber; in documentary footage || 1972
|-
| ''[[Oasis]]'' || [[Josef Vinklár]] || Nowak ||  || 1973
|-
| ''[[Star Wars|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' || || Imperial stormtrooper on Tatooine || As the RT-97C heavy blaster rifle || 1977
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[From Hell to Victory]]'' || || German ''Luftwaffe'' gunners || Mounted in CASA 2.111 (He 111) bombers || rowspan="2"| 1979
|-
|  || German soldiers  || Twin AA mounting
|-
| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' || [[Karen Allen]] || Marion Ravenwood || Twin-mounted in rear turret of 'Flying Wing' aircraft, mocked up from [[MG 81#MG 81Z|MG 81Z]] || 1981
|-
| ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'' ||  ||  || Mounted on Heinkel He 111 bombers || 2001
|-
| ''[[Lieutenant Suvorov]]'' || || German ''Luftwaffe'' gunners || Mounted on Ju 87 Stuka; mockup || 2009
|-
| ''[[New Kids Turbo]]'' ||  ||  || In weapons cache || 2010
|-
| ''[[Burnt by the Sun 2 (Utomlennye solntsem 2)]] ||  ||  || Mounted in German aircraft  || 2011
|-
| ''[[Stalingrad (2013)|Stalingrad]]'' || || German ''Luftwaffe'' || Mounted on a He 111; mockup || 2013
|-
| ''[[The Axe (Topor)]]'' || || || Mounted on He 111 H; in documentary footage || 2018
|-
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya)]]'' || || || Mounted on He 111, documentary footage; [[Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) - Film 3|Film 3]] || 1976
|-
| ''[[Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 1]]'' || || || Mounted on ''Luftwaffe'' bombers, documentary footage, Ep.9 || 1979
|-
| ''[[Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas)]]'' || || || Mounted on ''Luftwaffe'' bomber, documentary footage, Ep.4 || 1982
|-
| ''[[SS-GB]]''||||||German bombers, opening credits||2017
|-
| ''[[One Warrior in the Field (Odin v pole voin)]]'' || || || Mounted on '''CGI''' He 111 || 2018
|-
|}
===Video Game===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Underground]]'' || || Mounted on enemy motorcycles and halftracks || 2000
|-
| ''[[Hidden & Dangerous 2]]'' || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]'' || || unusable; mounted on Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft || 2004
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' || || unusable; mounted on Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers || 2005
|-
| ''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]'' || || unusable; mounted on destroyed Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers || 2006
|-
| ''[[Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad]]'' || || unusable; mounted on destroyed Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers || 2013
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes 2]]'' || || Mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers || 2013
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite III]]'' || || Mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers || 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || || Mounted in Henschel Hs 126 B-1 (tailgun) || 2016
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || || Mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers and Ju 88 combat aircraft || 2017
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || "MG 15" || Converted for ground usage || 2017
|-
| ''[[World of Warships: Legends]]'' || ||  Added in June 2021 update || 2019
|-
| ''[[Land of War: The Beginning]]'' || || Unusable; mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers || 2021
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Vanguard]]'' || || Unusable; mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers || 2021
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Enlisted]]'' || || Mounted in various planes || rowspan=2| 2021
|-
| || MG 15 infantry
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 5]]'' || || || 2022
|-
|}
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Characters'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="400"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Date'''
|-
| ''[[First Squad: The Moment of Truth]]'' || || mounted in German planes || 2009
|-
| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || || mounted in Ju 88 bombers || 2012
|-
| ''[[Witch Craft Works]]'' ||  || mounted on a Ju 87 "Stuka", "Takamiya-kun and the Weekend (Part 3)" (ep.12) || 2014
|-
| ''[[Izetta: The Last Witch]]'' || Germanian pilots || mounted on Germanian planes || 2016
|-
| ''[[The Magnificent Kotobuki]]''||  || Type 98, mounted on "Ki-45 KAIb Toryu" || 2019
|-
|}
===Animation===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Voice Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Characters'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|''' Date'''
|-
| ''[[What If...? - Season 1]]'' ||  || HYDRA gunner||Mounted in the nose of He-111 bomber; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) || 2021
|-
|}
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MG 15 with 75-round double drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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MG 15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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MG 15 converted for ground use - 7.92x57mm Mauser
This article is about the aircraft machine gun produced in the 1930s. For the World War I light machine gun, see Bergmann MG 15nA.

The MG 15 is a German aircraft machine gun adopted by the Luftwaffe as a flexible-mounted machine gun in the 1930s. By 1941, it was phased out from air service by other machine guns (such as the MG 81, MG 81Z, MG 131, and MG 151) and some examples were converted for infantry use near the end of the war.

The MG 17 is the MG 15's fixed-mount sibling.

The MG 15 was produced under license in Japan as the Type 98 flexible-mounted machine gun in the Imperial Japanese Army and as the Type 1 machine gun in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Type 98 was initially produced in 7.92mm Mauser but was later changed to the same 7.7x58mmSR cartridge as the Army's Type 89 machine gun; the 7.7mm version was designated Type 98 Otsu ("otsu" in this context being analogous to "B") with the 7.92mm version retroactively designated Type 98 Kou ("A"). The Navy's Type 1 was chambered in 7.7x56mmR (.303 British), ensuring ammo compatibility with their Type 97 and Type 92 machine guns. On the flip side, this meant the Army and Navy guns were not able to use the same ammo, a typical example of the state of the relationship between the two services.


Specifications

(1930 - 1940)

  • Type - Machine Gun
  • Place of origin - Nazi Germany
  • Production - 1930s - 1940
  • Manufacturer - Rheinmetall
  • Caliber - 7.9mm
  • Cartridge - 7.92 x 57mm Mauser
  • Weight - 8.1 kg (18 lb)
  • Length - 1,078 mm (42.4 in) (without attachments)
  • Barrel length - 690 mm (27 in)
  • Rate of fire - 1,000-1,050 rounds/min
  • Effective range - N/A
  • Feed system - 75 round "saddle" drum magazine

The MG 15 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Battle of Britain German Luftwaffe gunners Mounted in CASA 2.111s bombers 1969
Patton German Luftwaffe gunners Mounted in CASA 2.111s bombers 1970
The Seventeenth Transatlantic (Semnadtsatyy transatlanticheskiy) Mounted on He 111 H-6 torpedo bomber; in documentary footage 1972
Oasis Josef Vinklár Nowak 1973
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Imperial stormtrooper on Tatooine As the RT-97C heavy blaster rifle 1977
From Hell to Victory German Luftwaffe gunners Mounted in CASA 2.111 (He 111) bombers 1979
German soldiers Twin AA mounting
Raiders of the Lost Ark Karen Allen Marion Ravenwood Twin-mounted in rear turret of 'Flying Wing' aircraft, mocked up from MG 81Z 1981
Pearl Harbor Mounted on Heinkel He 111 bombers 2001
Lieutenant Suvorov German Luftwaffe gunners Mounted on Ju 87 Stuka; mockup 2009
New Kids Turbo In weapons cache 2010
Burnt by the Sun 2 (Utomlennye solntsem 2) Mounted in German aircraft 2011
Stalingrad German Luftwaffe Mounted on a He 111; mockup 2013
The Axe (Topor) Mounted on He 111 H; in documentary footage 2018

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) Mounted on He 111, documentary footage; Film 3 1976
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 1 Mounted on Luftwaffe bombers, documentary footage, Ep.9 1979
Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) Mounted on Luftwaffe bomber, documentary footage, Ep.4 1982
SS-GB German bombers, opening credits 2017
One Warrior in the Field (Odin v pole voin) Mounted on CGI He 111 2018

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Notes Release Date
Medal of Honor: Underground Mounted on enemy motorcycles and halftracks 2000
Hidden & Dangerous 2 2003
Call of Duty: Finest Hour unusable; mounted on Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft 2004
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One unusable; mounted on Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers 2005
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 unusable; mounted on destroyed Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers 2006
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad unusable; mounted on destroyed Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers 2013
Company of Heroes 2 Mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers 2013
Sniper Elite III Mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers 2014
Heroes & Generals Mounted in Henschel Hs 126 B-1 (tailgun) 2016
Sniper Elite 4 Mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers and Ju 88 combat aircraft 2017
Call of Duty: WWII "MG 15" Converted for ground usage 2017
World of Warships: Legends Added in June 2021 update 2019
Land of War: The Beginning Unusable; mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers 2021
Call of Duty: Vanguard Unusable; mounted on Stuka Ju 87 dive bombers 2021
Enlisted Mounted in various planes 2021
MG 15 infantry
Sniper Elite 5 2022

Anime

Title Characters Notation Date
First Squad: The Moment of Truth mounted in German planes 2009
Upotte!! mounted in Ju 88 bombers 2012
Witch Craft Works mounted on a Ju 87 "Stuka", "Takamiya-kun and the Weekend (Part 3)" (ep.12) 2014
Izetta: The Last Witch Germanian pilots mounted on Germanian planes 2016
The Magnificent Kotobuki Type 98, mounted on "Ki-45 KAIb Toryu" 2019

Animation

Title Voice Actor Characters Notation Date
What If...? - Season 1 HYDRA gunner Mounted in the nose of He-111 bomber; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) 2021


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