MG 30
| Machine gun MG 30 | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | MG 29, MG 30, machine gun Solothurn S2-200, |
| Military designation: | Light MG model 1930 (Austria) |
| Country of operation: | Austria, Hungary, German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Louis Stange, Solothurn Arms Factory, Rheinmetall |
| Manufacturer country: |
 Switzerland Austria
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| Production time: | 1931 to 1934 |
| Weapon Category: | Machine gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1162 mm |
| Barrel length : | 600 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : |
7.92 × 57 mm 8 × 56 mm r |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 30 (7.92 mm), 25 (8 mm) cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Curve magazine |
| Cadence : | 550-600 rounds / min |
| Number of trains : | 4th |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | Curve visor, open |
| Closure : | Quarter-turn lock |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The MG 30 was the German Reich designed machine gun , which in Switzerland was brought to the production stage and produced.
history
Article 168 of the Versailles Peace Treaty imposed severe restrictions on the German Reich on the production of war weapons and ammunition. The Rheinmetall company circumvented the regulations by acquiring the majority of shares in the Swiss manufacturer Waffenfabrik Solothurn AG and relocating production there. The aim was to get orders for the re-arming of the Reichswehr , which modernized its arsenal. However, the MG 13 was awarded the contract . Instead, the MG 30 was delivered to the Austrian and the Hungarian army ; it was later also manufactured in Austria by Steyr Daimler Puch . However, only about 5000 copies were made.
technology
The MG 30 is an air-cooled, full-blow recoil loader with a short recoil of the barrel . The lock developed by Louis Stange works as follows: the barrel and slide are connected by a sleeve that is rotated when it is turned back to release the slide. The selector switch for the type of fire is the trigger itself; actuation of the lower part of the trigger triggers single shots, the upper part causes continuous fire. The cartridge is fed through the magazine inserted on the side.
Although the MG 30 was not part of the equipment of the German armed forces, it formed the basis for the MG 15 and MG 17 aircraft machine guns with the same locking system. A further development of the MG 30 was the MG 34 universal machine gun , which instead of the rotating ring lock was given a rotating head lock that locked directly in the barrel. The cartridge feed, initially through the double drum magazine of the Mg 15, was replaced by a belt feed .
Other names
- Steyr-Solothurn S2-200
- Solothurn 31st M Golyoszoro
- Machine gun Solothurn 1930
literature
- Reiner Lidschun, Günter Wollert: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons . Siegler, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-87748-668-9 .
- Ramon Bill, Waffenfabrik Solothurn , series of publications by the Cantonal Museum Altes Zeughaus Solothurn 2002, issue 14
Web links
- Overview, images and data German machine guns (Engl.) ( Memento from 1 November 2007 at the Internet Archive )