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Originally Posted by PeterPanPan
I met a retired British Army Officer today who showed me an original photo he took from a captured German soldier. I made a copy. Anyone know what type of gun this is?
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Thats the watercooled Version of the Maschinengewehr 08/15, which was in fact build upon a Maxim license bought by Imperial Germany before WW1.
It was built by the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) in Berlin and the government arsenal at Spandau,so that the gun was often referred to as a Spandau MG 08.
It fired the German Army Rifle round 8x57IS. Rate of Fire was about 450 rounds/min.