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Encyclopedia > Parabellum MG14

The Parabellum MG14 was a 7.92 mm caliber World War I machine gun built by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. It was an adaptation of their Maschinengewehr 08 gun intended for use on aircraft and zeppelins. The MG08's belt-style ammunition feed was enclosed in a drum, the recoil casing was lightened, and the cooling jacket was modified for air- instead of water-cooling. The rate of fire was 700 rounds/minute. This article is becoming very long. ... Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken (German Weapons and Munitions Works), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial Germany created when Ludwig Loewe & Company merged with several other companies. ... MG08 with optical sight. ...


The MG14 first appeared in 1914, but was rendered largely obsolete the following year with the introduction of the interrupter gear which allowed pilots to fire between their aircraft's propeller blades. The MG14 proved unsuitable for this type of modification, but continued in service in applications where an interrupter gear was unnecessary, such as armament for observers in reconnaissance aircraft. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1914: Events January January 1 - The St. ... The interrupter gear, more properly (and correctly) known as a synchronisation gear, was a triggering device attached to a fighter aircrafts machine gun so that it would fire only at certain times. ...


References

  • First World War.com


 

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