Armaments

Rüstung

Armaments 3.7 cm BK 5 cm BK 7.5 cm BK 7.92 mm MG 15 7.92 mm MG 17 7.92 mm MG 34 7.92 mm MG 81 7.92 mm MG 81Z 13 mm MG 131 15 mm MG 151/15 20 mm MG 151/20 20 mm MG 213/20 20 mm MG FF Cannon 20 mm MG FF/M 30 mm MK 213/30 30 mm MK 101 30 mm MK 103 30 mm MK 108 30 mm SG 116 55 mm MK 112 55 mm MK 114 55 mm MK 115 50 mm MK 214A 77 mm SG 113 Sitemap

History

The Luftwaffe used an assortment of aircraft weapon types during World War II. They were perpetually endeavoring to maximise aircraft firepower against the wide assortment of targets they had to deal with. Weapons fire used to bring down a heavily armed four engine bomber was not the same as that required to effectively deal with a fast and agile fighter in a dog fight. German fighter armament options ranged from rifle caliber light machine guns, to 30 mm cannons, mostly configured as mixed arrays of cowl and wing mounted weapons. and much later on air to air missiles.

Gallery

Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources