Waffen Revue, German weapons explained in detail

[Snautzer01]

Waffen Revue nr 25, 1977 pg3943-3963

MG213, projected on the Ta152

 

[Snautzer01]

Waffen Revue nr 24, 1977 pg3837-3845

 

[fubar57]

Sure would like to see an English version of this

 

[tyrodtom]

Sure would like to see an English version of this

Yes, trying to translate using Google translate is almost as hard as just trying to figure out the German with no help at all.

 

[Snautzer01]

Try an ocr program. Then google translate

 

[Snautzer01]

Waffen Revue nr 30, 1978 pg4748-4796 Geheimwaffe RZ65

 

[Snautzer01]

part 2

 

[Snautzer01]

Mk112 5,5 cm automatic cannon pg6065-6077

 

[Snautzer01]

SD2 anti personel bomb

 

[fubar57]

Nice and clear

 

[Snautzer01]

5 cm aircraft cannon.

 

[Snautzer01]

Air drop 4,2 cm PAK41 Fallschirm jager/ airborne troops.

nice subject for free hand builders.

 

[LA Actor]

Sure would like to see an English version of this

Nice! Some great views of the 3,7cm Flak Thanks. LA Actor

 

[Snautzer01]

Fernzielrakete RH Z 61/9 Rheinbote

 

[tt33]

Does anyone have any information on the MG 141 and its usage on aircraft?


View: https://i.imgur.com/Tww5wQP.jpeg

 

[Snautzer01]

Not used in aircraft. Only on some light panzer.

 

[tt33]

Not used in aircraft

Do 17 Z-2 1/Kg 2 with 7,92 mm Mg 141

Does anyone have more info on this Do 17 Z-2 of the 1/Kg 2 visibly armed with a 7,92 mm Mg 141? The following is part of my archived Suggestion. I would like to suggest this unique Do 17 Z-2 armed with a semi fixed 7,92 x 94mm Mg 141 used by the 1/KG 2 piloted by Georg Kröhl. Initially...

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[Snautzer01]

Do 17 Z-2 1/Kg 2 with 7,92 mm Mg 141

Does anyone have more info on this Do 17 Z-2 of the 1/Kg 2 visibly armed with a 7,92 mm Mg 141? The following is part of my archived Suggestion. I would like to suggest this unique Do 17 Z-2 armed with a semi fixed 7,92 x 94mm Mg 141 used by the 1/KG 2 piloted by Georg Kröhl. Initially...

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Warthunder. Nice game, lesser a source. And a suggestion is not proof.

 

[fubar57]

The most remarkable AFV MG has to have been the Mauser MG 141. This was a scaled-down version of the 15mm MG 151 and resembled that gun apart from having a perforated barrel sleeve and a flash-hider. It weighed 22.5 kg, had a 100 cm barrel and a total length of 174 cm, and fired at 850-900 rpm. The remarkable aspect was that it was chambered for the huge, high-velocity 7.92x94 Patrone 318 anti-tank rifle round, which developed almost three times the muzzle energy of the standard 7.92x57 MG round. Considering that barrel wear was severe even in the manually-loaded anti-tank rifles, it must have proved unacceptable in a fast-firing MG. While sources differ about the history of this weapon, it appears that the MG 141 saw no production, being dropped in favour of a semi-automatic gun (also belt-fed), the EW 141 ( Einbau Waffe = emplacement gun), some sixty of which were built in 1940-42. This was 167 cm long with a 108 cm barrel and had a much heavier, quick-change barrel, putting the weight up to 30.1 kg; the practical rate of fire was about 100 rpm. The EW 141 was reportedly installed in forty PzKw I Ausf C (VK601) light tanks, two of these being issued to the 1st Panzer Division for combat trials in 1943, while the remainder were placed in reserve and may have seen action during the Normandy campaign. Other vehicles intended to carry the EW 141 were the Pz Kpfw II Ausf G (a few built but never issued), and the Panzerspahwagen RK Ausf A (never built)

Links for German 7.92x94 EW 141

Anybody out there who has documentation or good images of the links (belt) for the 7.92x94 EW 141 tank machine gun? Few guns were built and some made it to the frontline but it seems no links in good condition are known. Has anybody ever seen a manual for the gun or factory documents? Image...

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[Capt. Vick]

Awesome!