MG 08
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- "The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 served during World War II as a heavy machine gun in many German infantry divisions, although by the end of the war it had mostly been relegated to second-rate fortress units.
The Maschinengewehr 08 (or MG 08)—so-named after 1908, its year of adoption—was a development of the license made Maschinengewehr 01. The firing rate depends on the lock assembly used and averages 500 rounds per minute for the Schloss 08 and 600 rounds per minute for the Schloss 16. Additional telescopic sights were also developed and used in quantity during World War I to enable the machine gun for its long-range direct fire and indirect fire support roles." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.11.2023)
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Schweres Maschinengewehr Modell Maxim 08, Waffennummer 3311, 1917, 1. Weltkrieg, 1914-1918
Maschinengewehr bestehend aus...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Schweres Maschinengewehr Modell Maxim 08, 1918, 1. Weltkrieg
Schweres Maschinengewehr aus...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Maschinengewehr08
MG 08 auf Bunkertisch aus...
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Image: Westwallmuseum Bad Bergzabern - CC BY-NC-SA
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