Presumed military name : 15 mm machine gun vz. 38
Factory designation : ZB-60, or ZB 15 mm
Yugoslav name : Mitraljez 15 mm M 38
British name : Machine gun BESA 15 mm Mk. I
German name : MG M38(t), 15 mm FlaMG 39, or 15 mm FlaMG 490(j)
Calibre : 15mm
Magazine : 40 rounds in metal cartridge belt
Length : 2050 mm
Barrel length : 1400 mm
Weight : 55 kg
Weight of receiver : 203 kg (gun has a three-legged receiver with wheels for transport)
Impact velocity : 860 - 970 m/s
Rate of fire : 420 rounds/min.
Manufacturer : Československá Zbrojovka Brno (later Waffenfabrik Brünn)
A Czechoslovakian large calibre machine gun introduced in Yugoslavia, the weapon was adopted by the Wehrmacht (including Yugoslavian looters) and produced for the WH as the 15 mm FlaMG 38t. The WH used the machine gun primarily as an anti-aircraft weapon. The license was sold to the UK where the weapon was also produced and used as the BESA MkII , thus similar to the 7.92mm machine gun of the same origin derived from the ZB37. The British weapons were used in Vickers Mk.IV tanks.
Factory designation : ZB-60, or ZB 15 mm
Yugoslav name : Mitraljez 15 mm M 38
British name : Machine gun BESA 15 mm Mk. I
German name : MG M38(t), 15 mm FlaMG 39, or 15 mm FlaMG 490(j)
Calibre : 15mm
Magazine : 40 rounds in metal cartridge belt
Length : 2050 mm
Barrel length : 1400 mm
Weight : 55 kg
Weight of receiver : 203 kg (gun has a three-legged receiver with wheels for transport)
Impact velocity : 860 - 970 m/s
Rate of fire : 420 rounds/min.
Manufacturer : Československá Zbrojovka Brno (later Waffenfabrik Brünn)
A Czechoslovakian large calibre machine gun introduced in Yugoslavia, the weapon was adopted by the Wehrmacht (including Yugoslavian looters) and produced for the WH as the 15 mm FlaMG 38t. The WH used the machine gun primarily as an anti-aircraft weapon. The license was sold to the UK where the weapon was also produced and used as the BESA MkII , thus similar to the 7.92mm machine gun of the same origin derived from the ZB37. The British weapons were used in Vickers Mk.IV tanks.