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CODE – 04-040-908

NAME – MG 08

NAME (NATIVE) – Maschinengewehr 08

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1908

CALIBER – 7.92x57mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 117.5 cm (46.25 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 72 cm (28.35 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Groove, Right hand twist, 1 turn in 24 cm (9.45 in)

LOAD – S. Pointed (Spitzer) Full Metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 8.20 mm (0.323 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.91 g (153 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 874 m/s (2866 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3784 j (2791 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 33.48 kg (73 lb 13 oz) without water, with steam hose

WEIGHT (LOADED & WITH WATER) – 47.35 kg (104 lb 6 oz) with loaded 250-rd belt in Patronenkasten 15 can, steam hose, water, water can

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 80.35 kg (177 lb 2 oz) with loaded 250-rd belt in Patronenkasten 15 can, water, water can, steam hose, on Sled mount

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 81.29 kg (179 lb 3 oz) with ZF12 Telescopic sight, loaded 250-rd belt in Patronenkasten 15 can, water, water can, steam hose, on Sled mount

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 53.95 kg (118 lb 15 oz) with loaded 250-rd belt in Patronenkasten 15 can, water, water can, steam hose, on Auxiliary mount

TYPE OF MOUNT – Sled mount (Schlitten 08)

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 33 kg (72 lb 12 oz)

TYPE OF MOUNT – Auxiliary Mount on Board

WEIGHT OF MOUNT (AUXILIARY) – 6.60 kg (14 lb 9 oz)

WEIGHT OF WATER – 4 L (8.5 Pts) – 4 kg (8 lb 13 oz)

WEIGHT OF WATER CAN (EMPTY) – 1.20 kg (2 lb 10.3 oz)

WEIGHT OF STEAM HOSE – 0.5 kg (1 lb 1.6 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, Iron, adjustable – Front sight – Blade, Rear sight Tangent with V-notch, adjustable from 400 to 2000 m in 100 m increments (438 to 2,187 yards in 109 yard increments)

OPTICAL SIGHT – Zielfernrohr 12 (ZF12)

OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.94 kg (2 lb 1 oz)

OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 2.5 Power

OPTICAL SIGHT ADJUSTMENTS – Range wheel Graduated 400 to 2,000 m in 100 m increments

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards), 3475 m (3800 yards) with 2.5x Zielfernrohr 12 telescopic sight

OPERATION – Recoil with gas assist

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 500 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 100 Rd Assault drum with cloth belt, 250 rd cloth belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – Drum with 100 rd Belt – 1.90 kg (4 lb 3 oz), 250 rd belt – 0.39 kg (13.8 oz),

Patronenkast 15 ammunition can 2.4 kg (5 lb 4.7 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – Drum with Belt – 4.25 kg (9 lb 6 oz), 250 rd belt – 6.27 kg (13 lb 13 oz),

250 rd belt in Patronenkast 15 ammunition can – 8.67 kg (19 lb 2 oz)

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD –Five 250 rd belts (1000 rounds) in five – 250 rd belts in Patronenkast 15 ammunition cans

LOAD WEIGHT – 31.35 kg (69 lb 2 oz) Belts,

43.35 kg (95 lb 9 oz) in Patronenkast 15 ammunition cans

MANUFACTURER – Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) Spandau Arsenal, Berlin, Germany

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – German Army,

     This was the standard machine gun of the German military throughout WWI up to 1934. It served in secondary applications through WWII. It is a water-cooled weapon of modified Maxim design. The very heavy design of the weapon allows it to maintain a very long period of steady fireing as long as it is supplied with water and ammunition.

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