Machines | MG 131 - Gun Talk with Ken Huddle
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The MG 131 is an extremely rare German machine gun. The Institute of Military Technology's special guest Ken Huddle and C.Reed Knight, Jr. break the gun down and discuss it's internal parts. The 13mm German aircraft fully automatic machine gun used in WWII.
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forgotten weapons brought me here.. this video formats way more watchable. .that stoner survival rifle video is crazy over edited
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is there a vid of this thing firing?
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Spectacular presentation - thank you so much for sharing ! ! --~o
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@4:40 Is there any functional reason for that barrel jacket? Seems like unnecessary weight in an aircraft gun..
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It wasnt as powerful as a 50 cal , look at the cartridge
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they made a mad twin mount version for luftwaffe trucks and bases.
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I imagine the heavey "billet" of iron that is the cover is meant to be....likley for protection from cook-offs....a thin stamping would shread.
i aways thought this gun was like the mg 34 (there is never a human scale reference in the technical manuls)....but open her up and its just like the 30mm canon that was in the jets but they had a short barrel....the ammo is just like the kurz(stubbie) in an mp44....shortened down from "over kill (magnum)size".....just as effective...(nicht merh fleigen ...fur du.! ).... ( ; =< -
I find German aerial cannons and machineguns very interesting. Thanks for the video.
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So were the billet parts just prototypes?
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This gun used mainly HE rounds, Not AP ones, which did more damage than an standard AP-I round used by the US AN/M2 machine guns, So overall, It did more damage thanks to rounds used, had a higher rate of fire by 50 rounds a minute, had a smaller cartridge so more bullets could be loaded. It was mostly better than the AN/M2 but had a lower muzzle velocity.
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спасибо
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this was very interesting!!
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I wonder if there's still fireable ammunition for the gun...
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interesting, thank you a lot for showing the documentary of this rare ww2 gun
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I've seen this in person- German engineering! Stange was a genius. The one was in the former collection of Richard Wray.
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nice video! sadly in war thunder game this gun sucks in comparision to other cannons!!
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Interesting video!