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From my favorite YouTube Channel, ForgottenWeapons. This is one of the few aviation pieces Ian has done, but if you are into historical firearms then check it out, it's totally worth it.
FogottenWeapons wrote:
The MG-17 is a belt-fed 8mm machine gun that was used on a large number of Luftwaffe aircraft early in World War II. The gun was developed by Rheinmetall through its subsidiary in Solothurn, Switzerland (as a way to evade the Versailles Treaty restrictions on arms development). The basic action is a short recoil system with a rotating locking nut holding the bolt and barrel together. The basic system was adopted by the Austrian and Hungarian armies as an infantry machine gun, but its main use was in an aerial role. For aircraft use, the MG-17 was equipped with a belt feed mechanism which was easily interchangeable for either left side or right side feeding. It used a pneumatic system of controls to allow remote charging and firing, and was mounted in the wings or cowling of the Bf 109, Bf 110, Fw 190, Junkers Ju 87, Junkers Ju 88, He 111, Do 17/215, Fw 189, and others. Later in the war the 8x57mm round would become insufficient and the Germans would move to 13mm, 15mm, 20mm, and ultimately even 30mm aircraft guns, but the MG-17 had a huge roles in the early years of the war. Note that the gun in this particular video has been outfitted with a homemade adapter to mount it on a tripod, so that it can be fired without needing a 75 year old airplane as an accessory.
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Spitty wrote:
Awesome..Hope he does more German aircraft guns..I was doing a design to 3D print a Mg131 for a static 109G project.
That sounds like a cool project.
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Nice video but I do find it odd that in so many of these videos and at gun shows and such, you often run into 'weapon experts' that look like they got lost on their way to the nearest Harley run or auditions for the next "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie...
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Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:43 pm Posts: 5602 Location: Haverhill, MA & Johnston, RI
p51 wrote:
Nice video but I do find it odd that in so many of these videos and at gun shows and such, you often run into 'weapon experts' that look like they got lost on their way to the nearest Hayley run or auditions for the next "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie...
Yes, Ian does look more like an anti-gun person than a weapon historian
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Thanks for passing on the link to this fellow, Scott! Voss ist loss mit der nicht mitmachen der Gewehrgernoisen? A fine presentation on the details of this gun, but he really would enhance the experience with a live fire demo along the way. But that's what youtube is for. Found one of the MG 15 anti-aircraft water cooled setup... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjW-xOdqExA
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