light machine-gun
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19880212-027
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Event
1914-1919 First World War
1918 Battle of Amiens - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Spandau Arsenal
- Date Made 1917
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1917/01/01
- Latest 1917/12/31
- Brand Name / Model MG08/15
- Inscription CAPTURED 8.8.18 BY 3RD CDN INF TORONTO REGT NO 53; 17 STAMPED ON VARIOUS PARTS: (CROWN) OVER D; 740 OVER A;ON RECOIL BOOSTER AND FLASH HIDER: (CROWN) OVER U; BWB WITHIN (OVAL); MG 08/15; ON TOP REAR OF WATER JACKET: 11.GR.3.K.2; (CROWN) OVER I; ON TOP COVER: 2740; MG 08/15; GWF.; SPANDAU.; 1917.; (CROWN) OVER K; ON FEED BLOCK: (CROWN) OVER (SCRIPT LETTER); 2740 OVER A; B; 9634; (EAGLE); 3 (VAGUE FIGURE) 7; ON FUSEE SPRING COVER: 2314 OVER A; ON RECEIVER: (CROWN) OVER K; 7327; 227; 9555
- Pattern Name Maxim
- Materials Steel, Walnut
- Service Component Imperial German ArmyCanadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion
- Measurements Height 48.2 cm, Length 139.2 cm, Width 22.6 cm
- Related activity Machine-Gunner
- Caption Spandau 7.92mm German Light Machine-Gun
- Additional Information On 8 August 1918, the first day of the Battle of Amiens, the Canadian 53rd (Toronto) Battalion captured this German Spandau 7.92mm light machine-gun. By the end of the battle, the Canadians had captured more than 9,000 German prisoners, 200 guns, and more than a thousand machine-guns and trench mortars.