MG 15 7.92 mm light machine gun, 1941 (c)

Manufactured by Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik of Suhl, the German MG 15 was originally designed as a defensive weapon for the Luftwaffe's aircraft. It had a firing rate of 1,000 rounds a minute and was fed by 75-round double-drum magazines. As World War Two (1939-1945) progressed heavier weapons replaced them on aircraft. Towards the end of that conflict, when the supply of German machine guns was drying up, many MG 15s were modified for infantry use.