Germand WWI Spandau Machine Gun - Lakeview, OR
N 42° 11.288 W 120° 20.705
10T E 719232 N 4674077
This German WWI machine gun is located in front of the Schminck Memorial Museum in downtown Lakeview, OR.
Waymark Code: WMGJRT
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2013
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Visitors to the
Schminck Memorial Museum will see a German machine gun sitting on the front porch. I located some stamping on the side of the gun that reads:
MASCH.GEW 08
SPANDAU
1917
GEWEHRFABRIK
Wikipedia has a good history of this gun here, known as the 'MG08' or the 'Spandau MG08'. It was an adaptation of the German Maxim Gun and served in WWI and WWII in German infantry divisions as a heavy machine gun.
Since the museum was closed for the season, I wasn't able to determine how this gun made it to Lakeview but if any waymark visitor happens to visit during open hours, please inquire about it and I'll add the info here!
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