CODE – 04-040-918
NAME – MG 08/18
NAME (NATIVE) – Maschinengewehr 08/18
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1918
CALIBER – 7.92x57mm
OVERALL LENGTH – 142 cm (55.9 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 (153 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 860 m/s (2820 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3664 j (2702 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 14.69 kg (32 lb 6.2 oz oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 19.1 kg (42 lb 2 oz) with loaded 100-rd drum
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 20.23 kg (44 lb 10 oz) with loaded 100-rd drum and bipod
TYPE OF MOUNT – Removable bipod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 1.13 kg (2 lb 8 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)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 1000 m (1,094 yards)
OPERATION – Recoil with gas assist
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 150 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 600 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 100 Rd Assault drum with belt, 250 rd belt
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) –100 rd canvas belt – 0.16 kg (5.6 oz), Drum with belt – 1.90 kg (4 lb 3 oz), 250 rd canvas belt – 0.39 kg (13.8 oz),
Patronenkast 15 ammunition can 2.4 kg (5 lb 4.7 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 100 rd canvas belt – 2.51 kg (5 lb 9 oz), Drum with canvas belt – 4.41 kg (9 lb 12 oz),
250-rd canvas belt – 6.27 kg (13 lb 13 oz),
Patronenkast 15 ammunition can with 250 rd belt – 8.67 kg (19 lb 2 oz)
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – One – 100 rd loaded drum, three 250 rd canvas belts in Patronenkast 15 ammunition cans (850 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 30.42 kg (67 lb 1 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) Spandau Arsenal, Berlin, Germany Erfurt
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – Very limited service with German Army at the end of WWI
