MG 08 [SEP] service entry
named after 1908, its year of adoption—was a development of the license made "Maschinengewehr" 01. The firing rate depends on the lock assembly used and averages 500 rounds per minute for the Schloss 08 and 600 rounds per minute for the Schloss 16. The gun used 250-round fabric belts of 7.92×57mm ammunition. Sustained firing would lead to overheating. It was water-cooled, using a jacket around the barrel that held approximately of water. Using a separate attachment sight with range calculator for indirect fire, the MG
) and 520 MG 08/15 (7,92 mm lengvasis kulkosvaidis 08/15 m.). Some MG 08 were modernized for anti-aircraft defense.
- Ex-German MG 08s confiscated at the end of WWI entered Dutch service in 1925 in the light anti-aircraft role, with the designation M.25.
- Made under license as the Type 24 heavy machine gun.
- Type 24 chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.
- MG-08 and MG-15 versions used by Finland as late as Continuation War.
- Used Chinese Type