Manufacturer
MAXIM, HIRAM
8MM Mauser Machine Gun
Date1917
Credit LineTransfer from the London and Middlesex Historical Society, London, Ontario, 1958
Object number1958.001.363
Label TextThe London and Middlesex Historical Society received this First World War German MG-08 machine gun in 1919 as a war trophy. The society was among 1,200 institutions and municipalities across Canada to receive such trophies. The MG-08 weapon could fire 500 rounds a minute. In their turn, the Allies used Vickers and Lewis machine guns against the Germans.
NameGun, Machine
After 1946
