In Service: 1940 to 1945
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Type: Maschinenkanone
Calibre: 30 mm
Length: 2.438 mm
Weight: 178 kg
Rate of fire: 250 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 960 m/s
Effective range: m
Variants:
3
cm Flak 103/38
30 mm MK 101
30 mm MK 103
30 mm MK 108
30 mm SG 116
Other: Armaments
Articles:
The 30 mm MK 101 (Maschinenkanone 101) was a machine cannon
designed and produced by
Rheinmetall-Borsig
in 1940. This weapon was extremely powerful and accurate,
but on the downside, the 30 mm MK 101 was extremely heavy,
and how the slow rate of fire. The 30 mm MK 101 was fed by
a 10 round magazine (for early models) 30 round magazine for
later models. The ammunition used was included high explosive
rounds, tungsten armour piercing rounds, which could penetrate
up to 75 mm of armour plate at a range of 300. The 30 mm MK
101 was further developed by
Rheinmetall-Borsig
and an electrically fired version was developed. This was
the
30 mm MK 103
The 30 mm MK 101 (Maschinenkanone 101) machine gun was installed
in the following Luftwaffe aircraft
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
Flying Guns World War II.
ISBN-10: 1840372273
German Aircraft Guns WW I WW II.
ISBN-10: 091196410X
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