{"id":88647,"date":"2024-08-07T02:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88647"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:27:53","slug":"maxims-in-the-skies-the-german-lmg-08-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/08\/07\/maxims-in-the-skies-the-german-lmg-08-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxims in the Skies: the German LMG 08\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwiMiVXN0Dw?si=TyhowkRbh8vHQ4fO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Apr 24, 2024<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the MG08\/15 &#8220;light&#8221; machine gun was adopted by Germany, it was recognized as an ideal basis for an aircraft gun. Weight was of the essence for WW1 aircraft, and a lightened Maxim was just the thing to use. So the Spandau Arsenal began producing the LMG08\/15 (the &#8220;L&#8221; in which might stand for either air-cooled or lightweight; we really don&#8217;t know which) in May 1916. In addition to cutting a ton of lightening slots in the water jacket, the guns also had mechanisms added to allow a pilot to cycle both the bolt and the feed system from behind the gun (something not possible with a standard ground model). 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Weight was of the essence for WW1 aircraft, and a lightened Maxim was just the thing to use. 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