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((Short description|WWII-era German aircraft machine gun))
((more citations needed|date=June 2013))
((Infobox weapon
| name               = MG 17 machine gun
| image              = MG 17.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = .
| origin             = [[Nazi Germany]]
| type               = Aircraft machine-gun
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 
| used_by            = [[Nazi Germany]]
| wars               = [[World War II]]
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = 
| design_date        = 1934
| manufacturer       = [[Rheinmetall-Borsig]]
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 1934-1944
| number             = At least 24,271 (including those modified for infantry use)
| variants           = Modular design
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = ((convert|10.2|kg|lb|abbr=on))
| length             = ((convert|1175|mm|in|abbr=on))
| part_length        = ((convert|600|mm|in|abbr=on))
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| cartridge          = [[7.92×57mm Mauser]]
| caliber            = [[8mm caliber|7,9 (7,92<small>+0,04</small>)]]
| action             = [[Recoil operation|Recoil operated]], firing from [[closed bolt]]
| rate               = 1,200 rpm
| velocity           = from ((convert|885|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on)) (Phosphor "B" round ) to ((convert|905|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on)) (Armor Piercing Tracer "SmK L'spur" round)
| range              = 
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 500-round belt
| sights             = Various types
))

The '''MG 17''' was a 7.92&nbsp;mm [[machine gun]] produced by [[Rheinmetall-Borsig]] for use at fixed mountings in many [[World War II]] [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft, typically as forward-firing offensive armament. The MG 17 was based on the older [[MG 30]] [[light machine gun]], as was its defensive [[Weapon mount|flexible-mount]] counterpart, the [[MG 15]] machine gun.

== History ==
A mainstay fixed machine gun in German-built aircraft (many of which were sold to other countries) well before World War II, by 1940 it was starting to be replaced with heavier-caliber machine gun and cannons. By 1945 very few if any aircraft mounted the MG 17.

The MG 17 was installed in the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]], [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]], [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]], [[Junkers Ju 87]], [[Junkers Ju 88|Junkers Ju 88C Nightfighter]], [[Heinkel He 111]], [[Dornier Do 17| Dornier Do 17/215 Nightfighter]], [[Focke-Wulf Fw 189]] and many other aircraft. Many MG 17s were later modified for infantry use, as the Luftwaffe replaced them with the heavier-calibre [[MG 131]], which replaced both the [[MG 15]] in bomber defense applications and the MG 17 as the standard fighter's forward-firing offensive armament (unless the machine guns were replaced by autocannons, such as the MG 151/20, altogether). Official numbers of conversions was about 24,271 by January 1, 1944, although additional conversions may have been done as well.<ref>((cite web |url=http://geocities.com/Augusta/8172/panzerfaust5.htm |title=Machine Guns - Maschinengewehre |website=geocities.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027135418/http://geocities.com/Augusta/8172/panzerfaust5.htm |archive-date=27 October 2009 |url-status=dead))</ref>

Modifications to the design included removal of the buttstock, switching from [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]] to [[Belt (firearms)|belt-fed]] ammunition, and from [[Open bolt|open-bolt operation]] to [[Closed bolt|closed bolt operation]], to allow it to be installed in [[Synchronization gear|synchronized]] applications, firing through the propeller arc. The MG 15 retained open bolt operation, but used 75 round saddle-type drum magazines, and likewise lost its buttstock, to fit better in the tight confines of an aircraft. The [[MG 30]] was also the basis for the famed [[MG 34]] and [[MG 42]] designs; [[Rheinmetall MG 3|variants of the latter]] are still in service in certain areas.

==Specifications==
*Calibre: 7.9 +/- .04&nbsp;mm
*Cartridge: [[7.92×57mm Mauser|7.92×57mm IS]]
*Round weight: 35.5 grams (cartridge 24 grams, bullet 11.5 grams)
*Muzzle velocity: from 885&nbsp;m/s (Phosphor "B" round ) to 905&nbsp;m/s (Armor Piercing Tracer "SmK L'spur" round)
*Rate of fire: 1200 rpm
Dimensions
*Length: 	1175&nbsp;mm
*Weight: 	10.2&nbsp;kg
*Action: 	Recoil
*Feed system: 	Belt magazine
*Sights 	Remotely located, various types

==References==
((reflist))

==See also==
*[[M1919 Browning machine gun|Browning M1919]]
*[[Vickers K machine gun|Vickers VGO]]
*[[Lewis gun]]/[[Type 92 machine gun]]
*[[Type 98/Type 1 machine gun|Type 1/Type 98 machine gun]] (MG 15)
*[[Type 89 machine gun]]
*[[List of firearms]]
*[[List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons|List of uncommon World War II weapons]]
((WWIIGermanInfWeapons))
((WWIIGermanAerialWeapons))

[[Category:Aircraft guns|MG 017 machine gun]]
[[Category:7.92×57mm Mauser machine guns]]
[[Category:World War II infantry weapons of Germany]]
[[Category:World War II machine guns]]
[[Category:Machine guns of Germany]]
[[Category:Rheinmetall]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s]]

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