MG 34
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The MG 34 is a German recoil-operated, air-cooled machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936. It introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower – the
MG 42 with inserted Gurt 34 reusable non-disintegrating metal ammunition belt
German soldiers with an MG 34 using a 50-round Gurttrommel
A Wehrmacht infantry squad with the MG 34 in the light machine gun role
Machine gun team with MG34 at the Eastern Front
MG 08
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The MG 08 is a heavy machine gun which served as the standard HMG of the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was an adaptation of Hiram Maxim's 1884 Maxim gun design, and was produced in a num
MG 08 deployed in sandy terrain
Two side views of the original water-cooled MG 08 infantry version.
Maschinengewehr 08/15
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