Waffen Revue, German weapons explained in detail

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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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