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  1. Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun

    Technology

    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...

    REL25850

  2. Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun

    Technology

    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 barre...

    REL25606

  3. Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun

    Technology

    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...

    RELAWM00775.001

  4. Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun and Sled Mount : Private G Cartwright, 33 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun and Sledge Mount. The top cover has MG08 but does not have the manufacturer name or the date. The serial number is on the receiver left side. It has CAPTURED BY 33R...

    RELAWM00981

  5. Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun : Lance Corporal B S Gordon, 41 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    Maxim MG08 Machine Gun. Breech top cover stamped with the serial number, M.G.08, D.W.M. BERLIN 1917. The water jacket is badly damaged by shrapnel and on the underside in white paint is D1406. The Wea...

    RELAWM00857.001

  6. Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun : Lieutenant Jonathon Allen Holdsworth, 18 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    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...

    REL25842

  7. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun : 53 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    The MG 08/15 Maxim light machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. The operating system uses a two part toggle lock connected by a hinge which is located ...

    REL/02520

  8. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun : 20 Battalion AIF, Mont St Quentin

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun. The MG 08/15 Maxim light machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. The operating system uses a two part toggle lock...

    REL/19531

  9. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun .303 Conversion

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun converted to use .303 inch British ammunition. The MG 08/15 Maxim light machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. Th...

    REL/08394

  10. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun converted to .303 calibre

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun converted in Australia to use .303 inch ammunition. The fusee cover, pistol grip and butt have been remade. The feed block has been modified and is stamped 9399....

    RELAWM30192.001

  11. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun : Corporal W E Brown, VC, 20 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    The MG 08/15 Maxim machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. The operating system uses a two part toggle lock connected by a hinge which is located between...

    RELAWM09368

  12. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun : Lieutenant P V Storkey, 19 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    The MG 08/15 Maxim machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. The operating system uses a two part toggle lock connected by a hinge which is located between...

    RELAWM00774.001

  13. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun Lock: 20 Battalion AIF, Mont St Quentin

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun. The MG 08/15 Maxim light machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. The operating system uses a two part toggle lock...

    REL/19531.001

  14. Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun : Sergeant S R McDougall VC, 47 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    The MG 08/15 Maxim machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, fully automatic, belt-fed weapon. The operating system uses a two-part toggle lock connected by a hinge which is located betwee...

    RELAWM00771

  15. Maxim MG08 Machine Gun : 46 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun. This gun is missing the top cover, feed block, flash hider and the bolt mechanism but has an armoured top shield. Painted on the left side in white is 'Captured by the 46...

    RELAWM11058

  16. Maxim MG08/15 Machine Gun Pivot Mounting Bracket

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08/15 Machine Gun mounting bracket attached to a brass cone shape pivot post. The steel top mount has a button lock clip and is designed to fit a German MG08/15 machine gun onto a Vicke...

    RELAWM30192.002

  17. Maxim Model 1905 Machine Gun

    Technology

    Russian Maxim Model 1905 Heavy Machine Gun. The gun has a blackened brass water jacket and is complete with a brass feed block and fusee cover marked 1907 with the manufacturer's name Tul'skiy (Tula) ...

    RELAWM03907.001

  18. Maxim Sledge Mount : Private G Cartwright, 33 Battalion, AIF

    Technology

    German Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun and Sledge Mount.

    RELAWM00981.002

  19. Modified Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    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...

    RELAWM29347.001

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