Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Ring Mount Tripod New Items Round Mass: 53

Round Mass: 53

well after sunrise

There is a section missing next to the barrel tang

the top jaw and screw are gone and an ugly iron band put around the front to hold it together

A very nice 19th century military musket

Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Ring Mount Tripod New Items Round Mass: 53Original Item: Only one available. The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War One and is an adoption of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim Gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 remained in service until the outbreak of World War II due to shortages of its successors, the MG 13 Dreyse and the MG34. It was retired from front line service by 1942. The Maschinengewehr 08 (or