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machine gun, light

human history
  • Other Name

    7.92mm German Light Machine Gun, Model MG 15; air-cooled type

  • Description

    machine gun, Solothurn, Air Services

    LMG: MG15; aircraft, air-cooled; vehicle/aircraft mounted; German: Sulerthern; c.1942; c/w magazine [air-service].

    light machine gun, Swiss design, rate of fire 1100 rounds per minute, aircraft gun but also used as ground anti-aircraft weapon by German forces

  • Place
    [Germany]
  • Accession Number
    1951.211.6
  • Accession Date
    09 Jan 2006
  • Other Id

    W1504 (war)

    25/9 (NZ Army Stores no)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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