By Robert G. Segel
In 1913, a Bavarian machine gun unit from Nürnberg was formed. Equipped with the German Maxim MG08, they fought bravely throughout World War I from 1914 to 1918. Survivors of the unit formed a club and held a ten year reunion in 1923 and a twenty year reunion in 1933 to commemorate their formation and camaraderie.
This article first appeared in Small Arms Review V8N11 (August 2005) |
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