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The Maschinengewehr 08 or MG 08 was the German Army’s standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaption of Hiram S. Maxim’s original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war.

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length (km)
1.175
weight (kg)
69000.0
origin
German Empire
type
Heavy machine gun
used in war
Finnish Civil War, Korean War, Xinhai Revolution, Chinese Civil War, Vietnam War, World War II, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War I, Polish–Soviet War

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