MG1918

Chris some considerations before buying?

1. Correctly deactivated and to what standard, or even untouched?

2. Origin ie US dummy side plate?

3. Complete with all parts or basic body?

Price valuation depends upon all these things but there are at least 3 in Canada I am aware of for sale, and some pieces are being repro'd. In Uk we have seen in the past 4 months 6 for sale and all vary consierably in price.

Mark

Note pouches.

Water Connectors - there are many different patterns and I hope to find an example of each one, but can anyone give a date when the round water drum was replaced by the normal 'ammo box shape water cannister?

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Pattern of trench mount for MG08. Still bloody heavy!!!!

A collector's dream :>)

Your wife is a wonderful rare lady Tony. I just know my wife would wonder off..and just not come back

Mark

Posts will show the different patterns of bipods, of which there are 3 main types.

08/15

Ought to show images of the real users!!! Period postcards are a fantastic means of seeing these items in combat conditions but of cse are the collector's nightmare when viewing tll the accessories and parts scattered around!

Mark

Photo number 4 at 12.10 hrs is Canadian war booty!

Mark

Phew at least one ally! In my limited experience Brian the item at least almost always requires some stabilising and/or further rust deterioation. I am not a scientist but some French 'diggers' use an acid to halt the rust and actually enables some pretty amazing cleaning. However that does make it go black. So unless any of the members know a way to halt decay without changing the colour I for one would love to know. My new good condition butt stock on this one will give way to a more ''used'' condition when I find one so i do understand that in terms of true representation it is false. At the end of the day the black spray paint I use (for outside gates) can always come off.

Mark

Have a few more relics to show but they are currently under 'restoration' processes. If anyone is interested in a vickers MG relic pse email and I will display, but i am intentionally keeping my threads to Imperial!!!

Mark

I don't have many postcards showing captured German MGs in the Allies possession so it would be terrific if others could show what they have. Similarly any images of the excellent German soldier using WWI Allied wpns would be of great interest too. Considering the images of how many MGs the French captured and put on display I wonder where they all went!!!

Mark

Forgot to say that despite its odd shape in single round mode the INF version was allegedly as accurate as a rifle in that period. The infantry version shown in the photo that is. The portative version with small folding tripod fixed in the middle was unstable and best used for MG purposes.

For the collectors the best place to find an INF wooden butt hotchkiss is Australia as when the BEF declared the hotchiss obsolete due to the widespread issue of lewis and vickers, most British hotchkiss were dispateched to the Australian Light Horse units. Presumably at the end of WWI those units took them back home. I do not know for sure.

Mark

Great image of the .303 hotchkiss (infantry version). There is a second version, still .303 that is ''portative'' with an L butt. Used by armoured tropopps if having to pop out of a burning tank. The wooden stock version is rather rare so hold onto one if you are lucky enough to possess.

Mark

US troops (officers) stealing a MG08!

Hope the moderators allow another new thread unless it belongs elsewhere. This one is on weapons discovered after 'digs'. Hopefully members can show their prized items that have either been renovated or are 'as is'. Some people hate the fact that work is done to the item but personally I have no issues with preservation, repair and enhancing cosmetically. Keen to hear all opinions!! Mark