The MG08/15

[Lee Enfield]

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 Canadian 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:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC001F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC003F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC004F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC005F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC006F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC007F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC009F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC010F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC012F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC013F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC014F-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../MVC017F-1.jpg

Fort Hood has been used as a training ground by Canadian Forces for years, so it is not a surprise that a unique to Canada piece of kit would come out of there.

I'm more surprised that no one remarked on the fact that your MG08/15 appears to be an aircraft gun... does it have any synchronization gear left?

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[browningautorifle]

Fort Hood has been used as a training ground by Canadian Forces for years

Well, not that many years. Relatively speaking...

[MG34_Dan]

Fort Hood has been used as a training ground by Canadian Forces for years, so it is not a surprise that a unique to Canada piece of kit would come out of there.
I'm more surprised that no one remarked on the fact that your MG08/15 appears to be an aircraft gun... does it have any synchronization gear left?

A friend purchased a single man tracked aircraft bomb loading vehicle at one of their auctions for next to nothing. It was listed as "parts only, dead, and not capable of operation" at the auction. My friend owns a farm and at once recognized the engine in the bomb loader as a Ford 4 cylinder tractor engine. When he got the tracked vehicle home, he simply rebuilt the engine with a Ford rebuild kit and re-sealed the hydraulic lines. He sold the loader's hydraulic arm assembly for more than he paid for the entire rig, including the rebuild kit. He now runs around his farm on a tracked vehicle. How can you beat that?

Sadly, no synchronizer gear was included with the LMG. Since the LMG charging handle assembly is unique to the type of plane installation, we tried to use that to determine what model of plane it came from. We were unsuccessful.

David Watts in Indianapolis is the go to guy when it comes to LMGs. He owns/runs Watts Train Shop.