MG 11 [SEP] designer
MG 11
The Maschinengewehr Modell 1911 or MG 11 is a Swiss heavy machine gun which was introduced before and during World War I. The MG 11 has a narrow constructive relationship with the German MG 08 heavy machine gun.
History.
The MG 11 was based on the water-cooled Maxim machine gun, which had been developed by Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1885. The MG 11 was the last of a series of Swiss derivatives of the Maxim machine gun.
History 7.5 mm Maschinengewehr Modell 1894 (MG 94)
to 28 JAN 1923
- MG Baird H. Markham 28 JAN 1923 to 30 JUN 1925
- MG Charles F. Barrett 1 JUL 1925 to 19 SEP 1939
- BG Louis A. Ledbetter 20 SEP 1939 to 13 SEP 1940
- MG George A. Davis 14 SEP 1940 to 6 MAY 1947
- MG Roy W. Kenny 7 MAY 1947 to 7 MAR 1965
- MG LaVern E. Weber 8 MAR 1965 to 30 SEP 1971
- MG David C. Matthews 2 OCT 1971 to 12 JAN 1975
- MG John Coffey