MG08 Machine Guns - Harold, ON
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jiggs11
N 44° 22.671 W 077° 35.921
18T E 292978 N 4917125
A pair of First World War-vintage German Machinegewehr 08 guns on display at the Harold War Memorial.
Waymark Code: WMN1C4
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/06/2014
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A pair of Maschinengewehr 08 machine guns captured by 2nd Division CEF troops at the end of the First World War.
From Centre Hastings News:
"It is known that the weapon on the north side of the cenotaph was captured in 1918 during the Battle of Arras, but the story behind the gun on the south side is less certain. As well, the Arras weapon appears to have been disabled by a sniper’s shot. The guns, capable of firing 500 rounds per minute, were water-cooled using a chamber that surrounded the barrel and marksmen would deliberately aim for it hoping to quickly overheat the weapon rendering it useless."
The guns have undergone a complete restoration (2015)
Access is from County Road 14 N or S from Stirling or Marmora.
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