Chris Boonzaier Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Brilliant!What I would give for a collecting room like that!Chris, any chance of some pics of your ordnance and shell cases please?Cheers,Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Brilliant!What I would give for a collecting room like that!Chris, any chance of some pics of your ordnance and shell cases please?Cheers,AndyLet me clean the room up a bit and I will post some pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxSxOyEn4sposted on the great war forum...Painful... check out the balloon test !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Great video about the single invention that changed the face of warfare!I loved the quote - "If u want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable the Europeans to cut their throats with greater facility!" How very true!!!Thanks for sharing it! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Chris.... Each time i pass by a certain street I find myself thinking of you... Agreed... barf barf!!! But i thought that if I'd send you a pic I might exorcise this demon....so here goes...Yes I know its through the window and yes I also know that there are way too many reflections. But you have a keen eye so I thought why not.Now... having a chat with its owner, he says its Swiss circa 1911. Does not mean much to me but maybe it does to you. He also said something about CHF2,500 but then again, I do not know if he was speaking about this baby or some other baby! We were speaking french and his french was rustier than mine...... the other option was german.... mine is non existant So misunderstandings could happen!Hope u like it anyways ..... and if u can tell me something more about it (apart from "I want it!!") I'd appreciate.Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buellmeister Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Gentlemen, I must commend all of you for the terrific displays and pictures. That log pile shot Chris, is very realistic! Regards,Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve campbell Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I've seen a couple of these MG08's in person and they strike me as just brutal killing machines. When you think of the damage they probably wrought it leaves you in awe. When you think of the nature of alot of the warfare and tactics used in WW1, it's these weapons that stand out like no other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I've seen a couple of these MG08's in person and they strike me as just brutal killing machines. When you think of the damage they probably wrought it leaves you in awe. When you think of the nature of alot of the warfare and tactics used in WW1, it's these weapons that stand out like no other.It is in fact the machine gun that changed the face of modern warfare and tactics like no other invention ever did. It just snowballed after that.Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 It is in fact the machine gun that changed the face of modern warfare and tactics like no other invention ever did. It just snowballed after that.Jim Hi,that is a nice gun indeed... can you get a closer look and see who made it?BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hmmm. I have just now discovered this thread. Schwarzlose, eh? Remarkably uncomfortable looking to operate! (Iglo training course, 1918)It is a Deep Dark Secret but Chris DOES have an A7V...A little vinyl siding, some gnomes-- hey, presto! A garden shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 And what about duck hunting season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I have what I think is te biggest German machine Gun photo archive up here...http://www.kaiserscross.com/56701/home.htmlSome nice pics.P.S. nice tank shot !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 and again....Hello!Nice display.All the best Nesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdun16 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eric K. Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 You know Chris one of these days I'm coming over to your place!!!! I saw a 08 for sale at stuttgart with ALOT of spare parts and gadgets, you should have called in sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MG1918 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 More images of the items will be displayed in the Collectors Image Gallery but I will show the skeletonised DP pieces as individual threads if of interest. I understand these cut-away German MGs are quite rare and although these came from a museum my research leads me to think they were done after being captured, as Allied instructional tools!! I have cleaned them as best as possible to remove all old grime, rust, oil etc but I am still trying to detemine when for example the British started using 'red' paint to outline weaponry skeletons. On the other hand if anyone can confrm that in WWI the Imperial Army skeletonised pieces then even better!!!! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Mark, Could the German army have used cut away MGs for their own instruction purposes? As for the red paint, I have a sectioned Mills bomb from between the wars, although the red paint is old I can't say for sure when it was painted. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Could the German army have used cut away MGs for their own instruction purposes? As for the red paint, I have a sectioned Mills bomb from between the wars, although the red paint is old I can't say for sure when it was painted. Tony To prove the existance of skeletonised wpns in use by the Imperial Army would be fantastic, but I have just not seen any WWI evidence to confirm. Certainly British MG manuals start talking about DP guns in the late 1920s so maybe even our own military did not 'skeletonise' until after WWI? So although I am hoping that this is period WWI German I cannot confirm, especially as after WWI several nations absorbed/used the plentiful stocks of captured weaponry into their own service. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck In Oregon Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I thought you might be interested in this display in Barcelona's Museum of Catalonian History. Enjoy. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 A fantastic bit of luck has allowed me to establish where my two babies come from..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 The MG08 was captured by the 1st Canadian Division from the 1st Gaerde Reserve Division on the 27th of September 1918 at the beginning of the Battle of the Canal du Nord... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Canal_du_Nord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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