The MG 81 is a German belt fed 7.92×57mm Mauser machine gun which was used in flexible installations in World War II Luftwaffe aircraft, in which capacity it replaced the older drum magazine-fed MG 15.

It was armed with the technically advanced but troublesome M81/M81 Modified/M81E1 152 mm gun/launcher, which fired both conventional ammunition and the MGM-51 Shillelagh guided anti-tank missile. The M551 Sheridan entered service with the United States Army in 1967.

The Ford MGM-51 Shillelagh was an American anti-tank guided missile designed to be launched from a conventional gun (cannon). It was originally intended to be the medium-range portion of a short, medium, and long-range system for armored fighting vehicles in the 1960s and '70s to defeat future armor without an excessively large gun.

The main armament consists of an 152mm M81 gun/missile launcher capable of firing conventional ammunition and the MGM-51 Shillelagh antitank missile (20 conventional rounds and 8 missiles).

Jun 21, 2018 · I'm sure many of you know about the M81 series of 152mm gun/launchers, most famously mounted on the M551 Sheridan and the M60A2 "Starship". Some of you might also …

The MG 81 was a German machine gun used during World War II, primarily mounted on aircraft. It was designed and manufactured by Mauser, a renowned German arms manufacturer. The …

Early rifles (M1869) were manufactured by Schweizerichse Industry-Gesellshaft in Neuhausen. This is the famous SIG arms company that is still a significant manufacturer of arms today. In addition to SIG, the M1869 was manufactured by no fewer than eight other manufacturers.

The 152-mm gun-launcher, M81, installed in a pilot model of the M551 General Sheridan vehicle was used in the flareback study.

Apr 25, 2012 · The 152mm gun-launchers differ in the following ways: M81 was fitted with a bore evacuator and the open breech scavenging system; M81 Modified was an M81 retrofitted with the CBSS; M81E1 had a shallower missile keyway to reduce firing stresses on the barrel, and the barrel was thickened near the muzzle.

The MG 81 was a belt-fed machine gun developed for fixed or flexible installations in World War II Luftwaffe aircraft, replacing the older MG 15. The MG 81 was developed by Mauser as a derivative of their successful MG34 infantry machine gun.