The MG08

[Surpmil]

"Under new (Canadian) management"

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[Surpmil]

Forgotten: 1919

[MG1918]

SURPMIL - superb photos. Wish I knew where all the Canadian captured booty went and is today!!!
Some more 'captured' imagery - both 08 and 08/15.

[MG1918]

[Surpmil]

SURPMIL - superb photos. Wish I knew where all the Canadian captured booty went and is today!!!
Some more 'captured' imagery - both 08 and 08/15.
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Where it went is easy enough as a the dispersal ledgers still exist and have been copied into the public domain. Where it all went after that is another matter - most was sent for scrap during WWII - hard to believe though it is now.

[MG1918]

[MG1918]

Difficult isn't it. In WWII when all our existence was under threat then essential scrap metal was vital. Melting down thousands of captured enemy MGs was probably not a difficult choice then. I know it is not the same but the millions of churches in UK who still do not have their original hundred year old plus iron railings/gates etc due to the war effort is amazing and still highly visible.
I do not all the details but Australia disposing of lots of historical weapons into the sea AFTER WWII is perhaps another story!!
Mark

[Daan Kemp]

Second photo. Later in the war? The whole group just exudes that well worn/over used feeling.

[MG1918]

[MG1918]