mg13 Machine Gun

The MG13 was the result of the reworking of a heavy watercooled WW1 weapon, the ‘Dreyse MG1912’. The weapon was aircooled and recoil operated. It could not use linked belts and instead utilised a 25 round box magazine. It was equipped with a bipod and an archaic sustained fire kit. This was really a short term ‘stopgap’ weapon which was introduced into the Reichswehr in 1930. The MG13 was officially withdrawn from service in 1934 with the introduction of the MG34 that made it obsolete. However it remained in storage and they were brought back into service on the outbreak of war.
Calibre: 7.92x57mm
Length: 134cm
Weight: 11kg
Rate of fire: 550 rpm