WWI Ground Maxim Machine Guns

[Mark Finneran]

Forgive the absence. Time to get back into it and equally find some missing items from the collection!!

 

[Mark Finneran]

Forgive the absence. Time to get back into it and equally find some missing items from the collection!!

 

[Mark Finneran]

Great image but showing the very first pattern sled mount with the chest grill. Other imagery shows these have been cut down physically by the users until the later sleds factory made the dragging strap bar as a single piece.

 

[Mark Finneran]

Nice view of one of the 3 patterns of bipods. This is commonly called the 'ersatz' pattern or expedient, No surprise I am looking for one but as they were pressed metal with a not very soldier proof bracket they did not last long.

 

[Mark Finneran]

and another ersatz!

 

[Mark Finneran]

 

[Mark Finneran]

Note the cut 'lightened' battle sight stem...as in the above image. No one seems to know if it was copied from the vickers L 5 arch bridge, but the one I have is DWM stamped and now known as the '4 arch' :>)

 

[Mark Finneran]

More MG08/15 great view of the rain cover which incidentally I am looking for. Fits onto the feedblck.

 

[Mark Finneran]

Long overdue return.