13mm MG-131 in a light machine gun configuration. Can't find too much info on it, other than it seems to be a Soviet experiment from captured guns, 1946 or 1947.
Posted by kingsaw100@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 3 comments
ConcussioNade@reddit
From what I was able to gather from the Russian sites, it is said that this weapon is STL 131-VI-3 It was produced in late 1945 to early 1946 by Ikaria Werke Berlin.
It just so happens that Germans actually had infantry version of MG-131 in late WW2: MG-131E1. It wasn't successful and did not go into production.
But fear no more! We have reports of belorussian partisans using one captured MG-131! I do not know how the hell they did that, but they did! Well, we can't find reports of them shooting it, to be really detailed, but since when partisans make combat employment records?
The catridge is quite weak (so is said in comparison to DSHK), so it is said that really you can't shoot with this weapon to long distances, and it's lighter than the DSHK. But that part is not really verifiable, so interpret that at your own discretion.
Alexadamson@reddit
I’d have thought that since it’s an aircraft gun it would have a good amount of energy behind it. Although I suppose since the thing had explosive rounds it maybe doesn’t need much kinetic energy.
Sooryan_86@reddit
Was used in many Nazi German aircrafts, that's what I know