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Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun. The receiver top cover is stamped with the serial number, MG08 Gwf SPANDAU 1917. The barrel water jacket is painted grey. The gun is complete with an armoured front barrel shield, feed block and fuzzee spring cover.
The MG08 was the standard German heavy machine gun of the First World War. Officially adopted by the German Army in 1901 after extensive field trials which began in 1897 with a demonstration by the inventor Hiram Maxim. The weapon was made in great numbers and operated essentially on the same principal as the British Vickers machine gun.
Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun. The receiver cover plate has the number 2 painted on the top. The fusee spring cover is engraved MASCH.GEW SPANDAU 1915 GEWEHRFABRIK within an oval. The metal parts of th
German Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun. Rectangular box section receiver with a water cooled jacket covering the barrel and has an armoured shield plate behind the cone muzzle. The top cover is marked wi
Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun. The top cover is stamped with the serial number MG08 Gwf SPANDAU 1917. The gun has overall surface rust and is missing the feed block and the oil brush out of the left si
Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun. The breech top cover plate is marked with the serial number, MG08 Gwf SPANDAU 1917. A brass plate on the barrel jacket is stamped CAPTURED LIEUT HOLDSWORTH 18 BATTALION A
Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun. The top cover plate is stamped with the serial number over MG08 SPANDAU 1917. This gun is complete with all parts including the ammunition bracket on the right side. It h
German Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun. Rectangular box section receiver with a water cooled jacket covering the barrel and has an armoured shield plate behind the cone muzzle. The top cover is marked wi
