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MG 08
Maschinengewehr 08
Description
Germany's version of the Maxim, water-cooled and set on a heavy sledge mount. It dominated the fronts of the Great War.
Historical use
- First World War
- Battle of the Somme (1916)
Technical data
- Year
- 1908
- Service
- 1908–1945
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- DWM y Arsenal de Spandau
- Designer
- Hiram Maxim (sistema)
- Type
- Machine gun
- Mechanism
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 7,92 × 57 mm Mauser
- Weight
- 26.5 kg
- Length
- 1,175 mm
- Rate of fire
- 450 rds/min
- Units made
- ≈ 173,000
Source: Wikidata Q573994
