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lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="MG 08" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_08" title="MG 08 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="MG 08" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_08" title="MG 08 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="MG 08" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_08" title="MG 08 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="MG 08" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="fn org"> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Maschinengewehr</i></span> 08 </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg/330px-Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg/500px-Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg/600px-Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="507" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">MG 08 deployed in sandy terrain</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">Heavy machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">Light machine gun</a><br />(MG 08/15)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In service</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>1908–1945 (Germany)</li><li>1911–1960s (China)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data">25+ countries<br />See <i><a href="#Users">Users</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data">See <i><a href="#Conflicts">Conflicts</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Production history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Waffen-_und_Munitionsfabriken" title="Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken">Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken</a></i></span> (DWM)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Spandau_Arsenal" title="Spandau Arsenal">Spandau Arsenal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>DWM</li><li>Spandau and Erfurt arsenals</li><li><a href="/wiki/Hanyang_Arsenal" title="Hanyang Arsenal">Hanyang Arsenal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> built</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>225,000+</li><li>72,000 MG 08<sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>130,000 MG 08/15<sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>23,000 LMG 08/15</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>lMG 08</li><li>MG 08/15</li><li>LMG 08/15</li><li>MG 08/18</li><li>HMG Type 24</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>Total 69 kg (152.1 lb) with water, 65 kg (143.3 lb) without water</li><li>26.5 kg (58.4 lb) gun body, 4 kg (8.8 lb) of water, 38.5 kg (84.9 lb) tripod</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,175 mm (46.3 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">Barrel</a> length</th><td class="infobox-data">721 mm (28.4 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Crew</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">Cartridge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm Mauser</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/7.65%C3%9753mm_Mauser" title="7.65×53mm Mauser">7.65×53mm Mauser</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/7x57mm_Mauser" class="mw-redirect" title="7x57mm Mauser">7x57mm Mauser</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/13.2mm_TuF" class="mw-redirect" title="13.2mm TuF">13×92mm TuF</a> (TuF variant)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">Action</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Recoil-operated" class="mw-redirect" title="Recoil-operated">Short recoil</a>, toggle locked</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">Rate of fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data">450–500 rounds/min</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_velocity" title="Muzzle velocity">Muzzle velocity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>878 m/s (2,881 ft/s)<br />(with <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser#8mm_S_Patrone" title="7.92×57mm Mauser"><i>S Patrone</i></a>)</li><li>765 m/s (2,510 ft/s) (<i>s.S. Patrone</i>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Effective firing range</th><td class="infobox-data">2,000 m (2,187 yd)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Maximum firing range</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>3,700 m (4,046 yd) (<i>S Patrone</i>)</li><li>4,700 m (5,140 yd) (<i>s.S. Patrone</i>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Feed system</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>250-round fabric belt</li><li>500-round fabric belt (aircraft)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>MG 08</b> (<b><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Maschinengewehr</i></span> 08</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">heavy machine gun</a> (HMG) which served as the standard HMG of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Army" title="Imperial German Army">Imperial German Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. It was an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Hiram_Maxim" title="Hiram Maxim">Hiram Maxim</a>'s 1884 <a href="/wiki/Maxim_gun" title="Maxim gun">Maxim gun</a> design, and was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 also saw service during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_German_divisions_in_World_War_II#Infantry_series_divisions" title="List of German divisions in World War II">infantry divisions</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="German Army (1935–1945)">German Army</a>, although by the end of the war it had mostly been relegated to second-rate <a href="/wiki/German_World_War_II_fortresses" title="German World War II fortresses">"fortress" units</a>. </p><p>Designated after 1908, the year it was adopted by the Imperial German Army, the MG 08 was a development of the license-made <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Maschinengewehr</i></span> 01. The MG 08's rate of fire depends on the lock assembly used and averages 500 rounds per minute for the Schloss 08 and 600 rounds per minute for the Schloss 16. Additional telescopic sights were also developed and used in large quantities during World War I to enable the MG 08 to be used in long-range <a href="/wiki/Direct_fire" title="Direct fire">direct fire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indirect_fire" title="Indirect fire">indirect fire</a> support roles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_and_adoption">Development and adoption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development and adoption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The German Rifle Commission began firing tests of the <a href="/wiki/Maxim_gun" title="Maxim gun">Maxim gun</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sarbinowo,_Gmina_D%C4%99bno" title="Sarbinowo, Gmina Dębno">Zorndorf</a> in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201610_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201610-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1892, <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Loewe" title="Ludwig Loewe">Ludwig Loewe</a>'s company signed a seven-year contract with <a href="/wiki/Hiram_Maxim" title="Hiram Maxim">Hiram Maxim</a> for production of the gun in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201610_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201610-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy" title="Imperial German Navy">Imperial German Navy</a> ordered Maxim guns from Loewe in 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy deployed them on the decks of ships and for use in amphibious warfare.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896, Loewe founded a new subsidiary, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Waffen-_und_Munitionsfabriken" title="Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken">Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken</a></i></span> (DWM), to handle production.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement with Maxim concluded in 1898 and DWM received orders from Austria-Hungary, Argentina, Switzerland and Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(German_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (German Empire)">Imperial German Army</a> first considered using the Maxim gun as an artillery weapon<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German light infantry <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4ger_(infantry)" title="Jäger (infantry)">Jäger</a></i></span> troops began trials of the gun in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Guards_Corps_(German_Empire)" title="Guards Corps (German Empire)">Guards Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(German_Empire)" title="II Corps (German Empire)">II Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/XVI_Corps_(German_Empire)" title="XVI Corps (German Empire)">XVI Corps</a> made more experiments in 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611–12_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611–12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tests produced a recommendation of independent six-gun detachments to march with the cavalry, with the guns mounted on carriages pulled by horses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Army purchased the modified MG 99 and MG 01 versions of the Maxim gun from DWM in limited quantities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MG 99 introduced the sled mount that would remain standard in the MG 08.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MG 01 added lightweight spoked wheels, making possible the pushing and pulling of the weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MG 01 was also exported to Chile and Bulgaria.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1903, the German Army had 11 machine-gun detachments serving with cavalry divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201613_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201613-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg/250px-Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg/330px-Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg/500px-Maxim_maching_gun_IMG_6372-6379.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Two side views of the original water-cooled MG 08 infantry version</figcaption></figure> <p>Criticisms of the MG 01 stressed its limited mobility and inability to keep up with the cavalry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201613_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201613-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The DWM and <a href="/wiki/Spandau_Arsenal" title="Spandau Arsenal">Spandau Arsenal</a> developed the design further, decreasing weight by 7.7 kg, adding a detachable gun shield, an option for an optical sight, and removing the wheels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201614-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was the MG 08, which went into production at <a href="/wiki/Spandau" title="Spandau">Spandau</a> in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201615_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201615-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The German Army observed the effectiveness of the Maxim gun in the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> of 1904–1905, many of them German exports.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201613_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201613-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the importance of the machine gun apparent, the Army asked for additional funding from the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a> to increase the supply of machine guns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201614-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After criticism of the request from Socialist deputies, the Army's demand for six guns per regiment was reduced to six guns per brigade in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201614-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Army Bill of 1912 finally gave the Army its demanded six guns per regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201614-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 August 1914, soon after the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the Army had 4,411 MG 08s, along with 398 MG 01s, 18 MG 99s and two MG 09s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201628_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201628-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the onset of World War I, Germany developed an aerodynamically refined bullet intended for machine gun use. This 12.8 grams (198 gr) full metal jacket s.S. (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">schweres Spitzgeschoß</i></span>, "heavy <a href="/wiki/Spitzer_bullet" class="mw-redirect" title="Spitzer bullet">spitzer bullet</a>") boat tail projectile was loaded in the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser#German_military_standard_ball_service_rifle_cartridge_evolution" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">s.S. Patrone</a></i></span>. The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">s.S. Patrone</i></span> had an extreme range of approximately 4,700 m (5,140 yd). From its 1914 introduction the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">s.S. Patrone</i></span> was mainly issued for aerial combat and as of 1918 in the later stages of World War I to infantry machine gunners.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another early-WWI improvement introduced in 1915 was a <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_booster" title="Muzzle booster">muzzle booster</a>, a patent-protected Vickers invention, which was designated <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Rückstoßverstärker</i></span> 08 S. Thanks to that MG 08 came up to its British and Russian analogs with their Vickers-licensed recoil boosters in its <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">rate of fire</a> (up from about 300-350 to 450–600 rds/min) and reliability. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Training_and_use">Training and use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Training and use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Training was regulated by the Field Service Regulations of 1908, providing the German Army six years to train with the guns before the outbreak of World War I.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201644_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201644-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_details">Design details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Design details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gun used 250-round fabric belts of <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm</a> ammunition. It was <a href="/wiki/Water-cooled" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-cooled">water-cooled</a>, using a jacket around the barrel that held approximately 3.7 litres (0.98 US gal) of water. Using a separate attachment sight with range calculator for indirect fire, the MG 08 could be operated from cover. </p><p>The MG 08, like the Maxim gun, operated on the basis of short barrel recoil and a toggle lock. Once cocked and fired the MG 08 would continue firing rounds until the trigger was released or until all available ammunition was expended. </p><p>The standard iron sightline consisted of a blade front sight and a tangent rear sight with a V-notch, adjustable from 400 to 2,000 metres (437 to 2,187 yd) in 100 metres (109 yd) increments. The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Zielfernrohr</i></span> 12 (ZF12) was an optional 2.5× power optical sight that featured a range setting wheel graduated 400 to 2,000 metres (437 to 2,187 yd) or 400 to 2,600 metres (437 to 2,843 yd) in 100 metres (109 yd) increments. With the addition of <a href="/wiki/Clinometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinometer">clinometers</a> fixed machine gun squads could set ranges of 800 to 3,475 metres (875 to 3,800 yd) and deliver <a href="/wiki/Plunging_fire" title="Plunging fire">plunging fire</a> or <a href="/wiki/Indirect_fire" title="Indirect fire">indirect fire</a> at more than 3,000 m (3,280 yd). This indirect firing method exploits the maximal <a href="/wiki/Effective_range" title="Effective range">effective range</a>, that is defined by the maximum range of a small-arms projectile while still maintaining the minimum kinetic energy required to put unprotected personnel out of action, which is generally believed to be 15 kilogram-meters (147 J; 108 ft⋅lbf).<sup id="cite_ref-krtraining1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krtraining1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its practical range was estimated at some 2,000 metres (2,187 yd) up to an extreme range of 3,500 metres (3,828 yd) when firing the long-range <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser#German_cartridge_variants_during_World_War_II" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">s.S. Patrone</a></i></span>. </p><p>The MG 08 was mounted on a sled mount (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Schlittenlafette</i>) that was ferried between locations either on carts or else carried above men's shoulders in the manner of a stretcher. </p><p>Pre-war production was by <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Waffen-_und_Munitionsfabriken" title="Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken">Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken</a></i></span> (DWM) in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and by the government <a href="/wiki/Spandau_arsenal" class="mw-redirect" title="Spandau arsenal">Spandau arsenal</a> (so the gun was often referred to as the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Spandau MG 08</i></span>). When the war began in August 1914, 4,411 MG 08s were available to battlefield units. Production at numerous factories was markedly ramped up during wartime. In 1914, some 200 MG 08s were produced each month, by 1916—once the weapon had established itself as the pre-eminent defensive battlefield weapon—the number had increased to 3,000; and in 1917 to 14,400 per month. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MG_08/15"><span id="MG_08.2F15"></span>MG 08/15</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: MG 08/15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_(10).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_%2810%29.jpg/250px-2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_%2810%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_%2810%29.jpg/330px-2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_%2810%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_%2810%29.jpg/500px-2014-06_BLM_Braunschweig_WMDE_%2810%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4756" data-file-height="1480" /></a><figcaption>MG 08/15</figcaption></figure> <p>The MG 08/15 was the "rather misguided attempt"<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at a lightened and thus more portable light machine gun from the standard MG 08, produced by "stepping-down" the upper rear and lower forward corners of the original MG 08's rectangular-outline receiver and breech assembly, and reducing the cooling jacket's diameter to 92.5 mm (3.64 in). It was tested as a prototype in 1915 by a team of weapon designers under the direction of an <i><a href="/wiki/Oberst" title="Oberst">Oberst</a></i>, Friedrich von Merkatz; this became the MG 08/15. </p><p>The MG 08/15 had been designed around the concept of portability, such as the French <a href="/wiki/Chauchat" title="Chauchat">Chauchat</a>, which meant that the firepower of a machine gun could be taken forward conveniently by assaulting troops, and moved between positions for tactical fire support; as such, the MG 08/15 was to be manned by two trained infantrymen, a shooter and an ammo bearer. In the attack the weapon would be fired on the move (<a href="/wiki/Marching_fire" title="Marching fire">marching fire</a>) while on the defense the team would make use of the <a href="/wiki/Bipod" title="Bipod">bipod</a> from the prone position. To accomplish that, the MG 08/15 had a short bipod rather than a heavy four-legged sled mount, plus a wooden gunstock and a <a href="/wiki/Pistol_grip" title="Pistol grip">pistol grip</a>. At 18 kg (40 lb) the MG 08/15 had minimal weight savings over the MG 08, being "a cumbersome beast to use in the assault."<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Intended to provide increased mobility of infantry automatic fire, it nevertheless remained a bulky water-cooled weapon that was quite demanding on the crews and never on par with its rivals, the Chauchat and the <a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis Gun</a>. Accurate fire was difficult to achieve and usually in short bursts only. The fabric ammunition belts were prone to stretching and there were cartridge extraction problems when they were wet.<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was first introduced in battle during the French <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="Second Battle of the Aisne">Second Battle of the Aisne</a> (<i>Chemin des Dames</i> offensive) in April 1917. Deployment in increasingly large numbers with all front line infantry regiments continued in 1917 and during the German offensives of the spring and summer of 1918. </p><p>There were other, less prominent, German machine guns in WWI that showed more promising understanding of tactical firepower; such as the air-cooled 7.92 mm <a href="/wiki/Bergmann_MG_15nA_machine_gun" title="Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun">Bergmann MG 15nA</a> which weighed "a more manageable 13kg,"<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had a bipod mount and was fed from a 200-round metal-link belt contained in an assault drum instead of fabric belts. Despite its qualities, it was overshadowed by the production volumes of the MG 08/15 and exiled to secondary fronts, being largely relegated to use in limited numbers on the <a href="/wiki/Italian_front_(World_War_I)" title="Italian front (World War I)">Italian Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bergmann MG 15nA was also used by the <a href="/wiki/Asia_Corps" title="Asia Corps"><i>Asien-Korps</i></a> in Sinai, Mesopotamia and <a href="/wiki/Sinai_and_Palestine_campaign" title="Sinai and Palestine campaign">Palestine</a>. Being air-cooled, the Bergmann MG 15nA's barrel would overheat after 250 rounds of sustained fire. Other light machine guns would maintain the water-cooling system, such as the Dreyse MG 10 and MG 15; with an air-cooled version produced just before the war, known as the <i>Dreyse-Muskete</i> or the MG 15.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite such developments, the MG 08/15 remained by far the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reaching a full allocation of six guns per company (72 guns per regiment) in 1918. By that time, there were four times as many MG 08/15 light machine guns than heavy MG 08 machine guns in each infantry regiment. To attain this goal, about 130,000 MG 08/15 were manufactured during World War I, most of them by the Spandau and Erfurt government arsenals. The heavy weight remained a problem though and a "futile attempt"<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to solve this problem was a late-war air-cooled version of the MG 08/15, designated as the <i>MG 08/18</i>; but it was only 1 kg lighter than the MG 08/15. The MG 08/18's barrel was heavier and it could not be quickly changed; inevitably overheating was a problem. It was battlefield tested in small numbers during the last months of the war. As noted, "the Maxim Gun was not a sound basis for an LMG."<sup id="cite_ref-McNab_2012_9_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab_2012_9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Idiom">Idiom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Idiom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The designation 08/15 lives on as an <a href="/wiki/Idiom" title="Idiom">idiom</a> in colloquial German, <i>nullachtfünfzehn</i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=08/15_(Redewendung)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="08/15 (Redewendung) (page does not exist)">zero-eight-fifteen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/08/15_(Redewendung)" class="extiw" title="de:08/15 (Redewendung)">de</a>]</span>, pronounced <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nullachtf%C3%BCnfzehn" class="extiw" title="wikt:nullachtfünfzehn">Null-acht-fünfzehn</a></i>), being used as a term to denote something totally ordinary and lacking in originality or specialness.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name of the weapon (<i>null-acht-fünfzehn</i>) originally became a slang term in the German Army in the Second World War. Because of the 08/15's tendency to jam, German soldiers used the name of the gun to refer to any thing that went wrong in their Army experiences.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_versions">Aircraft versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aircraft versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="lMG_08">lMG 08</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: lMG 08"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg/250px-Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg/330px-Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg/500px-Mounted_early_model_lMG_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1182" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption>Sideview of the earliest version of the lMG 08 aircraft machine gun, with the overly-slotted 105 mm diameter cooling barrel that made it a physically fragile weapon in front-line use</figcaption></figure> <p>A lightened air-cooled version of the original water-cooled rectangular pattern-receiver MG 08 infantry automatic ordnance, the <b>lMG 08</b>, was developed by the Spandau arsenal as a rigidly mounted aircraft machine gun and went into production in 1915, in single-gun mounts, for use on the E.I through the E.III production versions of the <a href="/wiki/Fokker_Eindecker" class="mw-redirect" title="Fokker Eindecker">Fokker Eindecker</a>. A lower case letter "L" beginning the prefix meant <i>luftgekühlt</i> (air-cooled) rather than <i>Luft</i> (air).<sup id="cite_ref-Woodmanp3_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodmanp3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lMG 08s were later used in pairs by the time of the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Fokker_D.III" title="Fokker D.III">Fokker D.III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albatros_D.I" title="Albatros D.I">Albatros D.I</a> biplane fighters in 1916, as fixed and synchronized cowling guns firing through the propeller. The <a href="/wiki/Parabellum_MG14" class="mw-redirect" title="Parabellum MG14">Parabellum MG14</a> built by DWM was a lighter (22 lbs) and quite different, air-cooled Maxim system gun with a very high rate of fire (600-700 rounds/min). It was introduced in 1915, and was, but not without serious problems on occasion (as noted by <a href="/wiki/Otto_Parschau" title="Otto Parschau">Otto Parschau</a>), prototyped on <a href="/wiki/Otto_Parschau#The_Green_Machine_(A.16/15)" title="Otto Parschau">Parschau's own A.16/15 Fokker A.III "green machine"</a> monoplane with the Fokker <i>Stangensteuerung</i> gun synchronizer, received back with the synchronized Parabellum by Parschau on May 30, 1915<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and first used in quantity as the synchronized forward-firing armament on the five examples of the Fokker M.5K/MG <i>Eindecker</i> production prototype aircraft, and soon afterwards served as a flexible aircraft observer's gun for rear defense. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg/250px-Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg/330px-Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg/500px-Early_Spandau_Triple_Mount.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1171" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Triple mount of initial production examples of the lMG 08 machine gun in <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Wintgens" title="Kurt Wintgens">Kurt Wintgens</a>' <a href="/wiki/Fokker_E.IV" title="Fokker E.IV">Fokker E.IV</a>, May 1916 - these guns have the "over-lightened" cooling jackets that caused fragility problems. These use the standard (for aviation) "two hole" ammunition belt</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG/220px-MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG/330px-MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG/440px-MG_08-15_Flugzeugversion.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2436" data-file-height="1614" /></a><figcaption>A later production version of the lMG 08 on display, with less slotting than the initial version. There is a <a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">synchronization gear</a> and triggering assembly included below the gun.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parabellum-mg14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Parabellum-mg14.jpg/220px-Parabellum-mg14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Parabellum-mg14.jpg/330px-Parabellum-mg14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Parabellum-mg14.jpg/440px-Parabellum-mg14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1388" data-file-height="381" /></a><figcaption>Parabellum MG14</figcaption></figure> <p>The initial model of the air-cooled "Spandau" lMG 08 front-firing cowling machine guns had lost the stocks, grips, and bipods of the infantry MG 08s to adapt it to a fixed, forward-firing mount forward of an aircraft's cockpit, with gun synchronization allowing safe firing through a spinning propeller's arc. The 105 mm diameter cylindrical sheet metal water jacket used for the infantry's MG 08, an important support member for the barrel, was initially over-lightened with cooling slots, with fourteen rows of such slots completely surrounding and running the whole length of the jacket's circumferential sheetmetal.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodmanp2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodmanp2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These alternated between seven rows of nine "oblong" slots, alternating with seven more intervening rows of eight slots and twin round holes fore and aft of the slots apiece. Because of the important physical reinforcement provided by the cooling jacket on the MG 08 series of guns, the excessive slotting of the initial model of the air-cooled lMG 08 — amounting to slightly over 50% of the total area of the cylindrical cooling jacket's original circumferential sheetmetal — rendered the gun as too fragile, to the point of making it impossible to fit the <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_booster" title="Muzzle booster">muzzle booster</a> that the water-cooled infantry MG 08 guns could be fitted with.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodmanp2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodmanp2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The later models of lMG 08 air-cooled machine gun variously "tweaked" the amount of slotting of the barrel by reducing the amount of sheet metal removed from it in minor ways through at least two or three trial formats, and eventually in the final versions produced, had the slotting omitted at the extreme ends of the cooling jacket's cylindrical member, with a 13 cm wide area of solid sheet metal at the breech end, and a 5 cm wide solid area at the muzzle end, giving the resultant gun much more rigidity. The lMG 08 also retained unchanged the rectangular rear receiver and breech assembly of the water-cooled MG 08 infantry weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-woodman3-5_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woodman3-5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LMG_08/15"><span id="LMG_08.2F15"></span>LMG 08/15</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: LMG 08/15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg/110px-Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg/165px-Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg/220px-Leteck%C3%A9_muzeum_Kbely_machine_gun_MG_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1324" data-file-height="4104" /></a><figcaption>LMG 08/15 air-cooled example, used on 1917-18 German fighters, but without the rifle stock shown</figcaption></figure> <p>Later, the MG 08's receiver would be lightened by being "stepped down" at its upper-rear and lower-forward corners as the more refined and lighter weight LMG 08/15 version was developed, using the same airframe mounting geometry as the earlier ordnance to allow interchangeability between the earlier lMG 08 and later LMG 08/15 models, with the still well-perforated cooling jacket reduced to a 92.5 mm diameter. The LMG 08/15 was introduced in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-woodman3-5_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woodman3-5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lMG 08 and LMG 08/15 guns were always used on fixed-wing aircraft, as fixed forward-aimed synchronized firing ordnance initially in single mounts for Germany's 1915-16 era Fokker Eindecker and <a href="/wiki/Halberstadt_D.II" title="Halberstadt D.II">Halberstadt D.II</a> "scout" single-seat fighters, and by 1916 in dual mounts, first appearing on the mass-produced examples of Robert Thelen's Albatros D.I and <a href="/wiki/Albatros_D.II" title="Albatros D.II">D.II</a> fighters in late 1916, and singly on German "<a href="/wiki/Idflieg_aircraft_designation_system#List_of_Idflieg_class_letter_prefixes" title="Idflieg aircraft designation system">C-class</a>" armed two-seat observation aircraft for synchronized forward-firing armament. The usual ammunition load for fighters was for longer, 500 round, belts, one for each gun. </p><p>A device, occasionally fitted to the rear surface of the later LMG 08/15's receiver backplate, told the pilot how much ammunition was left to fire. Later on a significant upgrade to the gun's aerial usability was the fitting of the Klingstrom device on the right side of the receiver, which allowed the gun to be cocked and loaded with one hand from the cockpit. Various cocking/charging handle styles evolved with a simplified distinctive long handled cocking/charging device finally becoming preferred late in the war. </p><p>LMG 08/15's used the 30mm "two hole" ammunition belts of the flexible Parabellum MG14 machine gun rather than the wider "three hole" belts of the MG 08/15 water-cooled infantry weapon. It is possible that these belts were used as they were a bit lighter and less bulky than the wider "three hole" ground gun belts and certainly made for standardization which would have been easier for the armorers and in addition allowed for smaller and lighter "tubes" or "chutes" that guided the empty belts into storage containers in the aircraft after firing. </p><p>It is a common misconception that the tubes or chutes coming out of the fixed mounted aviation LMG 08/15 fixed guns were for expended cartridge cases. In actuality these attachments were for guiding the empty cartridge belts into a container inside the fuselage of the aircraft so that the belts would not interfere with the operation of the aircraft. As the entire MG 08 <i>Spandau</i> family of German machine guns ejected their empty cartridge cases forward through a round hole in the receiver's lower forward surface, immediately under the aft end of the barrel's cylindrical cooling-jacket (as can be clearly seen on many videos), these cartridge cases were guided out of the aircraft (except on Martin Kreutzer-designed Fokker biplane fighter aircraft, and the Fokker fighters designed by Kreutzer's successor <a href="/wiki/Reinhold_Platz" title="Reinhold Platz">Reinhold Platz</a>) through tubes from under the barrel to the bottom of the fuselage. With Fokker designed aircraft following the Eindecker, the cartridge cases were ejected without tubes from the receiver hole directly into open trays that guided the tumbling cartridge cases backward and sideways onto the sloped fuselage decking, which then streamed down past the cockpit on either side. These trays are clearly visible in photographs but have rarely been recognized for their purpose. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a>, who flew both the <a href="/wiki/Fokker_Dr.I" title="Fokker Dr.I">Fokker Dr.I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fokker_D.VII" title="Fokker D.VII">Fokker D.VII</a> was so annoyed with the case tumbling out in front of him that he had deflectors made on his aircraft to ensure the empty cartridge cases did not find their way into his cockpit. On photographs of Göring's aircraft these plates, seen only on his aircraft, are very prevalent and have even been recognized in scale models of his aircraft copying his particular planes, but even then most historians have failed to recognize their purpose. Both empty belt guides and trays were attached directly to the machine guns rather than to the aircraft. In the famous film showing Australian officers handling the LMG 08/15s from Baron von Richthofen's crashed triplane, the Fokker type belt tubes/chutes and empty cartridge trays can be clearly seen still attached to the guns.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>More than 23,000 examples of the LMG 08/15 and an unknown number of the lMG 08 were produced during World War I.<sup id="cite_ref-woodman3-5_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woodman3-5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anti-tank_and_anti-aircraft_variant">Anti-tank and anti-aircraft variant</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anti-tank and anti-aircraft variant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A variant chambered in the same <a href="/wiki/13.2mm_TuF" class="mw-redirect" title="13.2mm TuF">13.2 x 92 mm SR round</a> as the <a href="/wiki/13.2_mm_Rifle_Anti-Tank_(Mauser)" class="mw-redirect" title="13.2 mm Rifle Anti-Tank (Mauser)">13.2 mm (0.520 in) Mauser Anti-Tank Rifle</a> was introduced in 1918. Designated <b><a href="/wiki/MG_18_TuF" title="MG 18 TuF">MG 18 TuF</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Tank und Flieger</i>), it was issued in limited numbers in late World War I.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-%E9%87%8D%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%AA2_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="989" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption>A Browning M1917 and Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg/250px-115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg/330px-115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg/500px-115D_in_the_Battle_of_Pingxing_Pass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>Chinese soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Route_Army" title="Eighth Route Army">Eighth Route Army</a> firing a Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun at an ambush against Japanese troops in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pingxingguan" title="Battle of Pingxingguan">Battle of Pingxingguan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Based on the commercial MG09, in 1935, the Chinese began to produce the derivative Type 24 Heavy machine gun, which was not based solely on German drawings and introduced several improvements and new features.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Type 24 Heavy machine gun, first introduced to the <a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a> in 1935, designed to replace the original MG 08. It was the standard heavy machine gun for all Nationalists, Communists, and Warlords from 1935. They were usually made in the <a href="/wiki/Hanyang_Arsenal" title="Hanyang Arsenal">Hanyang Arsenal</a>. Like the original MG 08, because of transportation difficulties, the <a href="/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1917 Browning machine gun">M1917 Browning machine gun</a> and other machine guns slowly replaced the Type 24 for the NRA after the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>. The <a href="/wiki/PM_M1910" title="PM M1910">PM M1910</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/SG-43_Goryunov" title="SG-43 Goryunov">SG-43 Goryunov</a> (or Type 53/57 Machine gun) slowly replaced the Type 24 Heavy machine gun after the Chinese Civil War, but it was kept in service with the PLA, KPA and the NVA until the 1960s during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. </p><p>The Type 24 heavy machine gun's tripod resembles the tripod of the MG 08. This gun is not able to be mounted on sledge mounts. When aiming at enemy infantry, it usually comes with a muzzle disk. When used as an anti-aircraft gun, it uses a metal pole to make the tripod higher and usually does not come with a muzzle disk. The gun's receiver is similar to the MG 08's gun body. Like the original MG 08, it needs a crew of four. </p><p>The Type 24 heavy machine gun is chambered with the <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm Mauser</a> round, the standard Chinese military rifle cartridge of Nationalist China. </p><p>After the Chinese Civil War, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> militia and reserve units converted a number of Type 24 HMG into the <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR" title="7.62×54mmR">7.62×54mmR</a> Russian cartridge. They were used for training or as filming prop, and never entered service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Users">Users</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Users"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MG_08_machine_gun.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MG_08_machine_gun.JPG/250px-MG_08_machine_gun.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MG_08_machine_gun.JPG/330px-MG_08_machine_gun.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/MG_08_machine_gun.JPG/500px-MG_08_machine_gun.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>An MG 08 at the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum" title="Canadian War Museum">Canadian War Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg/220px-Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg/330px-Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg/440px-Machine_gun_corps_Gaza_line_WWIb_edit2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2301" data-file-height="1588" /></a><figcaption>Ottoman soldiers with some of them armed with MG 08s. Notice the MG 08s are mounted on tripods instead of sledge mounts that were common to the MG 08</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The inside and outside of a ZF12 sight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png/285px-ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png" decoding="async" width="285" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png/428px-ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png/570px-ZF12_sight_used_on_the_MG08.png 2x" data-file-width="2943" data-file-height="2475" /></a><figcaption>This is a ZF12 sight used on the MG08, this particular MG08 (with sight attached) was captured from German troops by soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Gloucestershire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gloucestershire Regiment">The Gloucestershire Regiment</a> while in Macedonia.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201665_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201665-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/40px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/60px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/40px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/60px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>: The MG08/15 was in use after independence<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>: MG-08 and MG-15 versions used by Finland as late as <a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>: MG-08 and 08/15 versions were captured and used by French forces in WW1 and afterwards. <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>: Used Chinese Type 24.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull20166_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull20166-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>: At least 11 light-weight MG 08s used by the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Latvian National Armed Forces">Latvian Army</a> (by April 1936)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/40px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/60px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 800 MG 08 (7,92 mm sunkusis kulkosvaidis 08 m.) and 520 MG 08/15 (7,92 mm lengvasis kulkosvaidis 08/15 m.). Some MG 08 were modernized for anti-aircraft defense.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201665_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201665-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: Ex-German MG 08s confiscated at the end of WWI entered Dutch service in 1925 in the light anti-aircraft role, with the designation M.25.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire"><img alt="Ottoman Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>: Produced the Type 24 under license.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull20166_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull20166-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>: From 1918-44, up to 5,964 MG 08 (ckm wz.08) and 7,775 MG 08/15 (lkm wz.08/15)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>: Used Chinese Type 24.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull20166_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull20166-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg/23px-Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg/35px-Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg/45px-Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a>: Chinese-made Type 24s<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a>: Made under license as the Type 24 heavy machine gun.<sup id="cite_ref-Chinese_Army_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chinese_Army-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Imported MG08/15 machine guns also used during <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Spain_%281931%E2%80%931939%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Second_Spanish_Republic" title="Second Spanish Republic">Spanish Republic</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a> used Chinese Type 24 during the <a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as did the <a href="/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Yugoslav_Partisans_flag_%281942-1945%29.svg/23px-Yugoslav_Partisans_flag_%281942-1945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Yugoslav_Partisans_flag_%281942-1945%29.svg/35px-Yugoslav_Partisans_flag_%281942-1945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Yugoslav_Partisans_flag_%281942-1945%29.svg/46px-Yugoslav_Partisans_flag_%281942-1945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslav Partisans</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vukšić2003_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vukšić2003-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conflicts">Conflicts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Conflicts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Revolution" title="Mexican Revolution">Mexican Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinhai_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinhai Revolution">Xinhai Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution">German Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War" title="Finnish Civil War">Finnish Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Poland_uprising_(1918%E2%80%931919)" title="Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)">Greater Poland Uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silesian_Uprisings" title="Silesian Uprisings">Silesian Uprisings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Polish–Soviet War">Polish–Soviet War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons_of_comparable_role,_performance_and_era"><span id="Weapons_of_comparable_role.2C_performance_and_era"></span>Weapons of comparable role, performance and era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Weapons of comparable role, performance and era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergmann_MG15_nA_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergmann MG15 nA Gun">Bergmann MG15 nA Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1917 Browning machine gun">M1917 Browning machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kjellman_machine_gun" title="Kjellman machine gun">Kjellman machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1895_Colt%E2%80%93Browning_machine_gun#Marlin_Rockwell_M1917/M1918_versions" title="M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun">Marlin M1917 & M1918 machine guns</a></li> <li>Russian/Soviet <a href="/wiki/PM_M1910" title="PM M1910">PM M1910</a> machine gun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzlose_MG_M.07/12" class="mw-redirect" title="Schwarzlose MG M.07/12">Schwarzlose MG M.07/12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun">Vickers machine gun</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MG_08&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201611–12-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201611–12_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, pp. 11–12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201612-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201612_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201613-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201613_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201613_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201613_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201614-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201614_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201615-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201615_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201628-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201628_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waffen-welt.de/bilder/DiePatrone7.92x57.pdf">Die Patrone 7.92mm (8x57)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rifleshootermag.com/historical/20th-century-german-military-arms/">20th Century German Military Arms and Ammo</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBull201644-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBull201644_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBull2016">Bull 2016</a>, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-krtraining1-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-krtraining1_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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href="/wiki/Vz._98/22" title="Vz. 98/22">vz. 98/22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabinek_wz._1929" title="Karabinek wz. 1929">Karabinek wz. 1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gewehr_98" title="Gewehr 98">Gewehr 98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standardmodell_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Standardmodell rifle">Standardmodell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabiner_98k" title="Karabiner 98k">Karabiner 98k</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Lee–Enfield">Lee–Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosin%E2%80%93Nagant" title="Mosin–Nagant">Mosin–Nagant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1903_Springfield" title="M1903 Springfield">M1903 Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Enfield" title="M1917 Enfield">M1917 Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1941_Johnson_rifle" title="M1941 Johnson rifle">M1941 Johnson rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebel_1886" class="mw-redirect" title="Lebel 1886">Lebel 1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_38_rifle" title="Type 38 rifle">Type 38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carcano" title="Carcano">Carcano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZH-29" title="ZH-29">ZH-29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">Submachine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MP_18" title="MP 18">SIG M1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M3_submachine_gun" title="M3 submachine gun">M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PPD-40" title="PPD-40">PPD-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sten" title="Sten">Sten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Defense_M42" title="United Defense M42">United Defense M42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_34" title="MP 34">MP 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erma_EMP" title="Erma EMP">EMP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">Light machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MG_34" title="MG 34">MG 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZB_vz._26" title="ZB vz. 26">ZB vz. 26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZB_vz._30" title="ZB vz. 30">ZB vz. 30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1918_Browning_automatic_rifle" title="M1918 Browning automatic rifle">FN Mle 1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browning_wz._1928" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning wz. 1928">Browning wz. 1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degtyaryov_machine_gun" title="Degtyaryov machine gun">DP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bren_light_machine_gun" title="Bren light machine gun">Bren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1922_machine_gun" title="Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun">Hotchkiss M1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim%E2%80%93Tokarev" title="Maxim–Tokarev">Maxim–Tokarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madsen_machine_gun" title="Madsen machine gun">Madsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahti-Saloranta_M/26" title="Lahti-Saloranta M/26">Lahti-Saloranta M/26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIG_KE7" title="SIG KE7">SIG KE7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_11_light_machine_gun" title="Type 11 light machine gun">Type 11</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Medium_machine_gun" title="Medium machine gun">Medium machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzlose_machine_gun" title="Schwarzlose machine gun">Schwarzlose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1914_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun">Hotchkiss M1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning" class="mw-redirect" title="M1919 Browning">M1919 Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZB-53" title="ZB-53">ZB-53</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">Heavy machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Type 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1917 Browning machine gun">Type 30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PM_M1910" title="PM M1910">PM M1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2 Browning</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">Hand grenades</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stielhandgranate#China_(M24_clones,_Type_67)" title="Stielhandgranate">Type 23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower">Flamethrowers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M2_flamethrower" title="M2 flamethrower">M2 flamethrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1A1_flamethrower" class="mw-redirect" title="M1A1 flamethrower">M1A1 flamethrower</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rocket_launcher" title="Rocket launcher">Rocket launchers</a> and <a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9725mm_Tokarev" title="7.62×25mm Tokarev">7.62×25mm Tokarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.63%C3%9725mm_Mauser" title="7.63×25mm Mauser">7.63×25mm Mauser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.32_ACP" title=".32 ACP">7.65×17mmSR Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9%C3%9719mm_Parabellum" title="9×19mm Parabellum">9×19mm Parabellum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.38_S%26W" title=".38 S&W">9×20mmR S&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.45_ACP" title=".45 ACP">11.43×23mm ACP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Rifle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR" title="7.62×54mmR">7.62×54mmR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" title=".30-06 Springfield">7.62×63mm Springfield</a></li> 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href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_firearms_of_Germany" title="List of World War II firearms of Germany">weapons</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">Sidearms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mauser_C96" title="Mauser C96">Mauser C96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luger_pistol" title="Luger pistol">Luger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_P38" title="Walther P38">Walther P38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_PP" title="Walther PP">Walther PP and PPK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauer_38H" title="Sauer 38H">Sauer 38H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauser_HSc" title="Mauser HSc">Mauser HSc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturmpistole" title="Sturmpistole">Sturmpistole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreyse_M1907" title="Dreyse M1907">Dreyse M1907 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volkspistole" title="Volkspistole">Volkspistole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">carbines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FG_42" title="FG 42">FG 42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35M_rifle#43M_and_Gewehr_98/40" title="35M rifle">G 98/40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gewehr_41" title="Gewehr 41">Gewehr 41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gewehr_43" title="Gewehr 43">Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grossfuss_Sturmgewehr" title="Grossfuss Sturmgewehr">Grossfuss Sturmgewehr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabinek_wz._1929" title="Karabinek wz. 1929">Karabinek wz. 1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabiner_98k" title="Karabiner 98k">Karabiner 98k</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M30_Luftwaffe_drilling" class="mw-redirect" title="M30 Luftwaffe drilling">M30 Luftwaffe drilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maschinenkarabiner_42(W)" title="Maschinenkarabiner 42(W)">MKb 42(W)</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maschinenkarabiner_42(H)" title="Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)">MKb 42(H)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimmersperg_Spz" title="Wimmersperg Spz">Spz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StG_44" title="StG 44">MP 43/MP 44/StG 44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StG_45(M)" title="StG 45(M)">StG 45(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volkssturmgewehr" title="Volkssturmgewehr">VG 1-5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">Submachine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MP_18" title="MP 18">MP 18/MP 28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_34" title="MP 34">MP 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP35" title="MP35">MP35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_40" title="MP 40">MP 38/MP 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_41" class="mw-redirect" title="MP 41">MP 41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_3008" title="MP 3008">MP 3008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erma_EMP" title="Erma EMP">Erma EMP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMP_44" title="EMP 44">EMP 44</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a> and <br />other larger weapons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MG 08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzlose_machine_gun" title="Schwarzlose machine gun">Schwarzlose MG M.07/12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_13" title="MG 13">MG 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_15" title="MG 15">MG 15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_17_machine_gun" title="MG 17 machine gun">MG 17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZB_vz._26" title="ZB vz. 26">MG 26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_30" title="MG 30">MG 30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_34" title="MG 34">MG 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_39_Rh" title="MG 39 Rh">MG 39 Rh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_42" title="MG 42">MG 42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_45" title="MG 45">MG 45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_81_machine_gun" title="MG 81 machine gun">MG 81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MG_131_machine_gun" title="MG 131 machine gun">MG 131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browning_wz._1928" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning wz. 1928">IMG 28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulsprutegev%C3%A4r_m/40" title="Kulsprutegevär m/40">MG 35/36A</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faustpatrone" class="mw-redirect" title="Faustpatrone">Faustpatrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8.8_cm_Raketenwerfer_43" title="8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43">Puppchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzerfaust" title="Panzerfaust">Panzerfaust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzerschreck" title="Panzerschreck">Panzerschreck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fliegerfaust" title="Fliegerfaust">Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flammenwerfer_35" title="Flammenwerfer 35">Flammenwerfer 35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flammenwerfer_41" title="Flammenwerfer 41">Flammenwerfer 41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Einstossflammenwerfer_46" title="Einstossflammenwerfer 46">Einstossflammenwerfer 46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzerb%C3%BCchse_39" title="Panzerbüchse 39">Panzerbüchse 39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solothurn_S-18/1000" title="Solothurn S-18/1000">Solothurn S-18/1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMG_1927" title="VMG 1927">VMG 1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zf.Ger.38" title="Zf.Ger.38">Zf.Ger.38</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Infantry <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5_cm_Granatwerfer_36" title="5 cm Granatwerfer 36">5 cm leGrW 36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_cm_Granatwerfer_34" title="8 cm Granatwerfer 34">8 cm GrW 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kz_8_cm_GrW_42" title="Kz 8 cm GrW 42">kz 8 cm GrW 42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granatwerfer_42" title="Granatwerfer 42">12 cm GrW 42</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Grenade_launcher" title="Grenade launcher">Grenade launchers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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title="Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone">Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gewehr-Panzergranate" title="Gewehr-Panzergranate">Gewehr-Panzergranate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gross_Gewehr-Panzergranate" title="Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate">Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gewehr-Granatpatrone_40" title="Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40">Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gross_Panzergranate_46_%26_61" title="Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61">Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gewehr-Sprenggranate" title="Gewehr-Sprenggranate">Gewehr-Sprenggranate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafthohlladung" title="Hafthohlladung">Hafthohlladung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Model_24_grenade#Model_1924" class="mw-redirect" title="Model 24 grenade">Model 1924 Stielhandgranate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Model_39_grenade" title="Model 39 grenade">Model 1939 Eihandgranate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Model_43_grenade" class="mw-redirect" title="Model 43 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/German_designations_of_foreign_firearms_in_World_War_II" title="German designations of foreign firearms in World War II">Notable foreign-made <br />weapons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pistolet_automatique_mod%C3%A8le_1935A" title="Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A">Modele 1935A</a> <i>as Pistole 625(f)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongsberg_Colt" title="Kongsberg Colt">Kongsberg Colt</a> <i>as Pistole 657(n)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power" title="Browning Hi-Power">Browning Hi-Power</a> <i>as Pistole 640(b)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1911" class="mw-redirect" title="M1911">M1911</a> <i>as Pistole 660(a)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PPSh-41" title="PPSh-41">PPSh-41</a> <i>as <abbr title="Maschinenpistole">MP</abbr> 717(r)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FB_Vis" title="FB Vis">Radom wz. 35 Vis</a> <i>as Pistole 645(p)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vz._24" title="Vz. 24"><i>Puška</i> vz. 24</a> <i>as Gewehr 24(t)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vz._33" title="Vz. 33"><i>Puška</i> vz. 33</a> <i>as Gewehr 33/40(t)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a> <i>as <abbr title="Leichtes Maschinengewehr">leMG</abbr> 137(e)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bren_light_machine_gun" title="Bren light machine gun">Bren light machine gun</a> <i> as <abbr title="Leichtes Maschinengewehr">leMG</abbr> 138(e)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZB-53" title="ZB-53"><i>Kulomet</i> vz. 37</a> <i>as <abbr title="Leichtes Maschinengewehr">leMG</abbr> 148(j)/MG 37(t)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browning_wz._1928" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning wz. 1928">Browning wz. 1928</a> (BAR) <i>as <abbr title="Leichtes Maschinengewehr">leMG</abbr> 154/2(p)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beretta_Model_38/42" class="mw-redirect" title="Beretta Model 38/42">Beretta Model 38/42</a> <i>as <abbr title="Maschinenpistole">MP</abbr> 738(i)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZB_vz._26" title="ZB vz. 26">ZB vz. 26</a> <i>as <abbr title="Leichtes Maschinengewehr">leMG</abbr> 146/1(j)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sten" title="Sten">Sten</a> MK I-III <i>as <abbr title="Maschinenpistole">MP</abbr> 748-750(e)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PPS-43_submachine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="PPS-43 submachine gun">PPS-43 submachine gun</a> <i>as <abbr title="Maschinenpistole">MP</abbr> 719(r)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SVT-40" title="SVT-40">SVT-40</a> <i>as <abbr title="Selbstladergewehr">Sl.-Gewehr</abbr> 259(r)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a> <i>as <abbr title="Selbstladergewehr">Sl.-Gewehr</abbr> 251(a)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wz._35_anti-tank_rifle" title="Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle">Kb ppanc wz. 35</a> <i>as <abbr title="Panzerbüchse">PzB</abbr> 770(p)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka">Bazooka</a> <i>as <abbr title="Raketenpanzerbüchse">RPzB</abbr> 788(a)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1917_Enfield" title="M1917 Enfield">M1917 Enfield</a> <i>as Gewehr 250(a)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1903_Springfield" title="M1903 Springfield">M1903 Enfield</a> <i>as Gewehr 249(a)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_carbine" title="M1 carbine">M1 carbine</a> <i>as Karabiner 455(a)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Thompson Model 1928</a> <i>as <abbr title="Maschinenpistole">MP</abbr> 760/2(r)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">German cartridges <br />of the Wehrmacht</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7.63%C3%9725mm_Mauser" title="7.63×25mm Mauser">7.63×25mm Mauser</a></li> <li><a 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