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CODE – 04-040-943

NAME – MG 15 Ground Use

NAME (NATIVE) – ZG 15

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1943

CALIBER – 7.92x57mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 133.4 cm (52.52 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) – 9.25 kg (20 lb 6 oz) with shoulder stock, mount bearing, sights

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 9.38 kg (20 lb 11 oz) with stock, mount bearing, sights and empty casing deflector

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.63 kg (30 lb 1 oz) with stock, mount bearing, sights and empty casing deflector, loaded with 75–round double drum magazine

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 14.68 kg (32 lb 6 oz) with with stock, mount bearing, sights and empty casing deflector, loaded 75-rd double drum and bipod

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 22.63 kg (49 lb 15 oz) with with stock, mount bearing, sights and empty casing deflector, loaded 75-rd double drum and AA tripod

TYPE OF MOUNT – Removable bipod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 1.05 kg (2 lb 5 oz)

TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding AA tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 9.0 kg (19 lb 14 oz)

WEIGHT OF MOUNT BEARING – 1.02 kg (2 lb 4 oz)

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.23 kg (2 lb 11 oz)

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL CARRIER – 0.27 kg (9.5 oz)

WEIGHT OF SHOULDER STRAP – 0.17 kg (6 oz)

WEIGHT OF SHELL (CASING) DEFLECTOR – 0.13 kg (4.6 oz)

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

WEIGHT OF SIGHTS – 0.25 kg (8.8 oz)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)

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

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 150 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 850 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

DRUM CARRIER WEIGHT – 0.96 kg (2 lb 2 oz) for three drums

DRUM LOADING DEVICE WEIGHT – 0.72 kg (1 lb 9 oz)

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four -75 round double-drum magazines (300 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 17.96 kg (39 lb 10 oz) One drum on weapon, three drums in carrier – 13.71 kg (30 lb 4 oz)

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

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – German military

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