Infanterie Machine-gun Platoon (GGE714) includes four Machine-gun Sections, four Medium four-hole bases and one plastic hole plug sprue. The MG08 (or Maschinengewehr 08) was the standard machine-gun of the German Army during the First World War. Adapted from Hiram Maxim’s 1884 design, the MG08 (designating the year of its adoption i.e. 1908) fired the 7.92x57mm round at the rate of up to 400 rounds per minute. Check out this product in the online store here...

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Feed by 250-round ammunition belts, any prolonged periods of sustained fire meant the gun would rapidly overheat. To prevent this, the barrel was surrounded by a water jacket which contained one gallon (3.78 litres) of water. When deployed, the gun was fired from a sled mount that could be transported around the battlefield either on a man’s shoulders or via a cart. However, the total weight of the weapon system (gun, sled mount and water) was a whopping 69kg (152lbs) without taking ammunition into account severely limiting its mobility. Designed by Evan Allen Painted by Mike Haught

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The Infanterie Machine-gun Platoon

The Machine-gun Sections Description of Components a. 4x Kneeling HMG loader figures b. 4x Kneeling HMG gunner figures. c. 4x Maxim HMGs. Assembling The Machine-gun Sections The Infanterie Machine-gun Platoon contains a Command Pistol team (which I've already covered) and four Machine-gun sections.

Two of the Machine-gun sections need to contain the two-man HMG crew consisting of the kneeling gunner and loader as well as the Maxim HMG itself and an NCO figure. The other two teams are made up of the same two-man HMG crew and a Rifleman figure. Tip: Use the base plugs to fill the leftover figure hole on the base as each Maxim HMG team consists of only three figures.

Below: An example of an assembled Maxim HMG team with an NCO.	Below: An example of an assembled Maxim HMG team without an NCO.

The NCO & Riflemen Description of Components a. 2x Kneeling NCO Riflemen figures pointing. b. 1x Kneeling Riflemen figures. c. 2x Prone Riflemen figures.

Assembling The Maxim HMG

Step 1. Begin by using the base plugs to fill the spare figure hole.		Step 2. Position the gunner figure.

Step 3. Next, correctly position the Maxim HMG with the gunner.	Step 4. Finally, add the loader figure ensuring the ammunition belt is being fed from the right-hand side of the gun.	Below: The Maxim HMG ready for an NCO or Rifleman to complete the team.