MG08 pattern 1908 (7.92 mm) - Revision history

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U38088265 moved page GM08 pattern 1908 (7.92 mm) to MG08 pattern 1908 (7.92 mm): Renamed in 2.25

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== Description ==
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===


* {{Specs-Link|jp_battleship_settsu}}
* {{Specs-Link|ussr_destroyer_kerch}}
* {{Specs-Link|germ_battleship_westfalen}}

== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
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== History ==
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== Media ==
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== See also ==
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== External links ==
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{{Naval machine guns}}

[[Category:Naval machine guns]]

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 == History ==
 The GM08 pattern 1908 is a German variant of the [[Maxim (7.62 mm)|Maxim gun]] and the standard machine gun for the ''Heer'' (Army) during World War I. The German Rifle Commission was already testing the Maxim design in 1899 only three years after it was first used by the British in Africa. The testing at Zorndorf led Ludwig Loewe & Company to get a license for the design from Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1892. Two years later, they got their first orders from the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial German Navy) for Maxims to use as deck guns and amphibious warfare units. After the founding of the subsidiary company DWM in 1896, the ''Deutsches Heer'' experimented with using the Maxim as an artillery weapon to the ''Jäger'' (lit: "hunter" used for skirmishers or scouts) in 1898 and again in 1899 at the corps level. The GMG 08 was made by taking the Maxim guns produced by Germany and modifying the design to be more lightweight, introducing a sled mount to improve mobility, an optical sight, and a four-part gun shield protecting the gun operators and the water jacket from enemy fire.
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 == See also ==
 * [[Maxim's (7.62 mm)]] - Soviet Maxim variant.

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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The GM08 pattern 1908 is a German variant of the [[Maxim (7.62 mm)|Maxim gun]] and the standard machine gun for the ''Heer'' (Army) during World War I. The German Rifle Commission was already testing the Maxim design in 1899 only three years after it was first used by the British in Africa. The testing at Zorndorf led Ludwig Loewe & Company to get a license for the design from Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1892. Two years later, they got their first orders from the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial German Navy) for Maxims to use as deck guns and amphibious warfare units. After the founding of the subsidiary company DWM in 1896, the ''Deutsches Heer'' experimented with using the Maxim as an artillery weapon to the ''Jäger'' (lit: "hunter" used for skirmishers or scouts) in 1898 and again in 1899 at the corps level. The GMG 08 was made by taking the Maxim guns produced by Germany and modifying the design to be more lightweight, introducing a sled mount to improve mobility, an optical sight, and a four-part gun shield protecting the gun operators and the water jacket from enemy fire.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
-''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
-* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
+* [[Maxim's (7.62 mm)]] - Soviet Maxim variant.
-* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
+* [[Maxim (6.5 mm)]] - Japanese Maxim variant.
 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_battlecruiser_von_der_tann}}
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_battleship_westfalen}}

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 * {{Specs-Link|jp_battleship_settsu}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_destroyer_kerch}}
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_battleship_westfalen}}