Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1917 Stocks In DAVID HARDING'S wonderful work

In DAVID HARDING'S wonderful work "SMALL ARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY

proper adjustment holes and both correct pattern steel hooks (fittings) with a very nice patina making them appear almost brass

In 1917 this was adopted by the US Army as a training weapon and approximately 2

Issued guns were used with the traditional very heavy 75 round "saddledrum" magazine(sold separately) and a display only MG 13 25 round box magazine which will fit but will not function

first introduced to the National Revolutionary Army in 1935

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1917 Stocks In DAVID HARDING'S wonderful workOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fine example of the legendary German Maxim Maschinengewehr (Machine Gun) 08 15, known as the MG 08 15. This gun became, by far, the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I (Dolf Goldsmith, 1989) since it reached a full allocation of six guns per company or 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