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MG 15
- 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 MG15 was a 7.92x57mm German 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, and some examples were converted to infantry usage near the end of the war.
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.
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 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 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 | 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 111H; 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
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Underground | Mounted on enemy motorcycles and halftracks | 2000 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Heroes & Generals | Mounted in Henschel HS 126 B-1 (tailgun) | 2016 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | "MG 15" | Converted for ground usage | 2017 |
Anime
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Squad: The Moment of Truth | mounted in German planes | 2009 | |
| 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 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What If...? - Season 1 | An HYDRA gunner | mounted in the nose of He-111 bomber; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) | 2021 |