German MG 08 Left Side Receiver Plate: Original WWI Issue Percusion Muskets The front end

The front end

Many Vickers parts kits and dummy guns are missing this assembly

Original Item: Substantial grey canvas and leather construction

In its role as an aircraft weapon the Schwarzlose was initially used unmodified — other than that

Apparently still in use with jet pilots in the 1950's and 60's

German MG 08 Left Side Receiver Plate: Original WWI Issue Percusion Muskets The front endOriginal Item: In 1996 IMA imported just 15 Parts Sets of MG 08 Maxim Machine Guns that had been in government storage since the end of WW1. After all these years we? ve found an old carton with fifteen LEFT HAND MG 08 receiver side plates, complete with correct cams and other brackets, from these long forgotten sets. The MG 08 left side plate differs from the Russian Model of 1905 and 1910 and? was used exclusively on the German MG 08 water cooled