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4 photos tagged spandau08, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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• wwi
• worldwari
• worldwarone
• greatwar
• machinegun
• thegreatwar
• mg08
• maschinengewehr08
• spandaumachinegun
• spandaugun
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• reichsheer
• kaiserlichdeutschesheer
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• propaganda
• great
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• The Library of Congress 2 photos
• National Library of Scotland 2 photos

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Boche Machine Gun crew captured, bringing in their own gun

from National Library of Scotland

• Diggerdogroff said:

  Same group with MG08: Photo believed to be taken around Arras April 1917

• Mark Finneran said:

  just to add that the MG08 fitted to a sled was never meant to be manouverable. The Germans were masters of the 'area' weapon at the beginning of WWI and indeed smaller trench mounts were made for the 08 increasing front line use. Finally the lewis was around in 1914.

Boche machine gun crew captured with their gun

from National Library of Scotland

• Diggerdogroff said:

  Same group with MG08: Photo believed to be taken around Arras April 1917

German Mitrailleuses in Invalides, Paris (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Richard Norton said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Invalides en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_08

• Art Siegel said:

  similar photo, from 1915, at BNF Gallica site: catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40565685n

German machine gun in action (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  Same as Bain image from 4 years ago.