German MG08 Machine Gun - Hill 70 Memorial - Mountain, ON
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N 45° 01.930 W 075° 29.944
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Captured German MG08 machine gun on display at the Hill 70 Memorial in Mountain, ON.
Waymark Code: WMWN80
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/20/2017
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A Maschinengewehr 08 machine gun seized by the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Catapult Trench, Hill 70, 15 August 1917. Records indicate that it is most likely serial number 2946b (there is heavy corrosion).
From Wikipedia:
"The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 served during World War II as a heavy machine gun in many German infantry divisions, although by the end of the war it had mostly been relegated to second-rate fortress units."
A history of the Hill 70 Memorial and the gun may be found here: (
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