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91-old-inf-reg Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Here’s my little contribution from IR91 taken right after the end of the war: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 TY 91 old INF REGT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Graf Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Amazing all those photos have survived the time Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bolewts58 Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 06/02/2022 at 13:50, v.Perlet said: Hello MG1918 very interesting thread and great photos! What would the sleeve badge of the standing Bavarian? soldier indicate? Regards v.Perlet That's the badge of Freikorps Hindenburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Bolewts58 thanks for answering. Everyday is a school day 😄 I read many years ago a very plausible explanation about the number of ‘self portrait ‘ images of German MG crews. The quantity from WWI German personnel far outweigh the Allies combined. Notwithstanding the fact that German machine gunners were selected for additional qualities from the ranks of the standard infanteer, (like the Allies) but the German youth of pre-1914 were better educated, more technically aware and many had private cameras!!! This abundance of own cameras produced so many more images, and in the day, were turned into postcards. So Graf yes amazing that over a hundred years later so many survived, but so many were made! Fortunately!!!! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 11/04/2023 at 00:17, MG1918 said: Nice photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bernd_W Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 No MG, but its a MG-Schießplatz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Bernd W a superb photo and thanks for posting. Not many images of this side of machine gunnery. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 (edited) As we all know unit armourers in any army will adapt or provide variations of patterns to 'do the job'. This is a very basic but effective frame but would need significant weight, sandbags/soil etc to keep the actual firing platform stable. Maybe not well liked as this pattern of trench mount is seldom seen. Note the unit repair to the first pattern of the 250 rd ammo box. Edited March 18 by MG1918 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 Forgive the absence due to work. Back now and hopefully re-energising the MG threads. Inside the MG08 thread I try and display 'captured MGs' imagery too. Some may be repeated due to album web issues but please bear with me. Two images of British MGC showing off one 08 and then the French too. For those who like the MGC we can see the P14 pistol rig which is not often seen on the gunners themselves. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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