Gun, aircraft
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0390.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Waffenfabrik Mauser AG
- MODEL
- MG151/20
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 54650
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- steel
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 176.0 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aviation armament
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Waffenfabrik Mauser
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
mounted on Messerschmitt Bf-109 (1999.002) for use in aerial combat - Technical
-
used on many types of Luftwaffe fighters, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack airplanes & bombers as part of or as main armament/ replaced earlier less efficient MG151/15 (15 mm.) model - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering stamped on top of breech reads: "MG151/Nr.54650/[symbol]"; lettering stamped on top of chamber reads: "54650"; lettering stamped on top of barrel near chamber reads: "MG151/20/20.02/[symbol]/6649"; raised lettering on sight at muzzle end of barrel reads: "10[?]/1110[?] 0[?]"; lettering on metal tag (numbers engraved) reads: "AERO VINTAGE LTD./STOCK No. 175/SERIAL No. 54650/DE-ACT. CERT. No. DA27471"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- black
- Decoration
- stamped symbol on top of breech obscured by rust; unknown symbol stamped on top of barrel possible proof mark?
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