2009.15

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ID Number

2009.15

Category

T&E for Science and Technology

Sub-category

armament T&E- firearm

Item Type

machine

Item Name

gun

Maker

Mauser

Date

1919

Materials

METAL; STEEL

Description

German machine gun; 8mm; model MG08115; blue finish; automatic;

History

German machine gun more commonly referred to as the Maschinengewehr 08 or MG08 and was the German army's standard machine gun in World War I, however it was used until the outbreak of World War II. It could reach a firing rate of up to 400 rounds per minute. It operated on the basis of a toggle lock; once cocked and fired the MG08 would continue firing rounds until the trigger was released. It was mounted on a tripod (Schlitten) and ferried between locations. It is also sometimes referred to as the Spandau MG08 because its pre-war production was at the government arsenal at Spandau. This was made at the Erfurt Arsenal. –water cooled (the jacket around the barrel held approx. 1 gallon of water) Original weight 137 lbs. By 1917, over 14, 000 of these were being produced every month in German factories.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

War / Guerre