medium machine-gun
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19390002-327
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken
- 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
- Inscription MG08; D.W.M.; Berlin; 1917
- Pattern Name Maxim
- Materials Metal
- Service Component German Army
- Measurements Height 96.0 cm, Length 145.0 cm, Width 60.0 cm
- Related activity Machine-Gunner
- Caption Maxim 08
- Additional Information This is a German Maschinengewehr 08 machine-gun. The MG-08, the German army's standard heavy machine-gun, could fire 450 rounds per minute up to a range of 1,800 meters.