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Date | 1940 | |||||||
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15 Oct 2012 08:10:00 PM
DREYSE MG13 LIGHT MACHINE GUN, AIR COOLED,
RECOIL OPERATED, FEED SYSTEM 75 ROUND DRUM OR 25 ROUND BOX MAGAZINE, RATE OF FIRE 600 ROUNDS PER MINUTE.
THE MG13 LOOKED SIMILAR TO THE MG34 IN APPEARANCE, AND WAS LATER USED BY GERMAN SECOND-LINE UNITS.