Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27
The VMG 1927 is a light machine gun designed by Heinrich Vollmer in 1927. In 1916 Heinrich Vollmer began working on a design of a light machine gun. At the end the weapon was known as an MG Vollmer, later also as VMG 1927.
Also recorded as VMG-27 · Vollmer Maschinengewehr 27
Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27
- Name
- VMG 1927 / MV 31
- Field
- light machine gun
- Period
- 1927
- Region
- Germany · Nazi Germany
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The VMG 1927 is a light machine gun designed by Heinrich Vollmer in 1927. In 1916 Heinrich Vollmer began working on a design of a light machine gun. At the end the weapon was known as an MG Vollmer, later also as VMG 1927.
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It consisted of only 78 parts while the standard MG of those days, the MG 08/15 consisted of 383 parts. It operated on the principle of short recoil with a rotary locking mechanism for the bolt, carried by helical grooves. It was fed from a small drum magazine underneath the receiver. In 1927 Vollmer also obtained a patent covering the breech mechanism of the weapon. Later on, Vollmer co-developed the gun with Mauser Werke as the MV 31 (Mauser-Vollmer 1931). It was offered to the German ordnance board (Inspektion für Waffen und Gerät - IWG) but, after testing, it was not adopted for service. This gun had a quick-change barrel and used a drum magazine. Two examples are known to exist, one is at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz and the other at the Vojenský historický ústav Praha.
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• Name — VMG 1927 / MV 31 • Origin — Germany • Type — Light machine gun • Is Ranged — YES • Designer — Heinrich Vollmer • Design Date — 1927 • Weight — 11.48 kg • Length — 1550 mm • Part Length — 717 mm • Cartridge — 8×57mm IS • Caliber — 8 mm • Action — short recoil • Feed — 50 Round Drum Magazine • Sights — Iron sights
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Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27 is associated with Germany and Nazi Germany. Classified as a light machine gun. Recorded from 1927.
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1927
Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27 first recorded.
1927
Volksmaschinengewehr VMG-27 is recorded from 1927.
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