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Bart Noir · May 24, 2012, 02:34 PM

A few minutes of looking a Wikipedia pages and I found these words (since I am not co-located with my MG reference library at the moment).

"The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adoption of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim Gun.
Pre-war production was by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) in Berlin and the government arsenal at Spandau (so that the gun was often referred to as a Spandau MG08)."
Also:

"The Parabellum MG14 was a 7.9 mm caliber World War I machine gun built by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. It was an adaptation of their Maschinengewehr 08 gun intended for use on aircraft and zeppelins."

So, as I said years back, that is an aircraft version of the Spandau (version of the Maxim), standard German machine gun of WW1.

Bart Noir

May 24, 2012, 02:34 PM	#14
Bart Noir Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2000 Location: Puget Sound, USA Posts: 2,215	I was right in 2009! A few minutes of looking a Wikipedia pages and I found these words (since I am not co-located with my MG reference library at the moment). "The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adoption of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim Gun. Pre-war production was by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) in Berlin and the government arsenal at Spandau (so that the gun was often referred to as a Spandau MG08)." Also: "The Parabellum MG14 was a 7.9 mm caliber World War I machine gun built by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. It was an adaptation of their Maschinengewehr 08 gun intended for use on aircraft and zeppelins." So, as I said years back, that is an aircraft version of the Spandau (version of the Maxim), standard German machine gun of WW1. Bart Noir __________________ Be of good cheer and mindful of your gun muzzle!