MG-13

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caption=Maschinengewehr 13
name=MG-13
type=Machine gun
origin=flag|Weimar Republic
era=
design_date=1926
production_date=1930-1935
service=1930-1945
used_by=Germany, Portugal
wars=Spanish Civil War, World War II, Portuguese Colonial War
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caliber=
part_length=
cartridge=7.92x57mm Mauser
feed=25 round box magazine, or 75 round saddle drum
action=
rate=600 rounds/min
velocity=890 m/s (2,919.2 ft/s)
weight=13.3 kg
length=1340 mm
variants=
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max_range= 2000 m

The MG-13 (shortened from German Maschinengewehr 13) was a German general purpose machine gun obtained by rebuilding a World War 1 water-cooled machine gun into an air-cooled version. The MG-13 was introduced into Wehrmacht service in 1930, where it served as the standard light machine gun. It was superseded by cheaper, faster firing models: The MG-34 and then later the MG-42. It was officially withdrawn from service in 1934 and most of them were sold off to Portugal who used it into the late 1940s as the Metralhadora Dreyse m/938. Those MG-13s that were not sold were placed into storage instead, and these later saw use in World War II by second line German units.

The MG 13 was designed to work with both a 25 round box magazine and a 75 round saddle drum. It was also equipped with a folding butt stock and a carrying handle. It can be found in the tail gunner's position in JU-87 Stuka dive bombers also.