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MG 15
This is the page for the aircraft mounted 1930s Rheinmetall MG15 machine gun. For World War I light machine gun Bergmann MG 15nA see here.
The MG15 was a 7.92x57mm 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. It must be noted the MG15 was copied in Japan as the Type 98 flexible-mounted machine gun in aircraft and as the Type 1 machine gun in the Imperial Japanese Navy, but chambered in the 7.7x58mm Arisaka round. Otherwise this weapon is near-identical.
MG 15
Specifications
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 is used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Britain | Mounted on Heinkel He 111 bombers | 1969 | ||
| The Seventeenth Transatlantic (Semnadtsatyy transatlanticheskiy) | Mounted on He 111H-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 | Luftwaffe | Mounted on CASA 2.111 (He 111) bombers | 1979 | |
| From Hell to Victory | German soldiers | Twin AA mounting | 1979 | |
| 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 | 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 |
Video Game
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Underground | Mounted on enemy motorcycles and halftracks | 2000 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003 | |||
| Heroes & Generals | Mounted in Henschel HS 126 B-1 (tailgun) | 2016 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | MG 15 | 2017 |
Anime
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Izetta: The Last Witch | Germanian pilots | mounted on Germanian planes | 2016 |