I have an LMG 08/15. The weapon is live, legally registered, and fully transferrable. It is fired from a home made cradle and mounted on an M2 tripod. According to what I could determine, the LMG was manufactured in November of '17. I got the weapon from an older gentleman living near Ft. Hood Texas. The Browning guys went crazy when they saw the M2 tripod. It seems that tripod has a Canadianicon aluminum cross head that was only previously seen on Canadian Army sleigh mounts. Plenty of unique and crazy stuff comes out of Ft. Hood. Anyway, here's my LMG: