CODE – 04-040-932

NAME – MG 15

NAME (NATIVE) – Rheinmetall-Solothurn S 6-200 (While under development)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1932

CALIBER – 7.92x57mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 107.8 cm (42.44 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 60 cm (23.6 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 24 cm (9.45 in)

LOAD – s.S Pointed (Spitzer) Full Metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 8.20 mm (0.323 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 12.83 g (198 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 760 m/s (2493 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3705 j (2733 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 6.86 kg (15 lb 2 oz)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 8.20 kg (18 lb 1 oz) with sights and empty casing bag

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 12.45 kg (27 lb 7 oz) loaded with 75–round double drum magazine

SIGHTS – Open, iron, non-adjustable, Front sight – Speed ring (6.5 cm (2.56 in) dia.) with crosshairs, Rear sight – Rounded point on post

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 1,100 meters (1203 yards) Tracer burnout

OPERATION – Recoil, gas booster on muzzle, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 300 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 1050 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 75-round spring-driven double drum (Doppeltrommel 15)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 2.27 kg (5 lb)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.25 kg (9 lb 6 oz) with 75 rounds

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Ten-75 round double-drum magazines (750 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 42.5 kg (93 lb 11 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Düsseldorf, Germany – 1938 moved to Berlin, Germany

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – German military