German Machineguns
by Daniel D Musgrave
Revised/2nd Edition 1992,
Out of experiences of trench warfare in WWI came the concepts and doctrine upon which the great German machinegun technology was founded.
This book related the complete story of Germans machineguns, and in telling that story, it points out some popular misconceptions.
A few examples of such misconceptions are:
•That Germany had 50,000 machineguns in 1914;
•That the Treaty of Versailles influenced design;
•That all German machineguns designs were successful;
•That Germany developed new machineguns in crash programs, sometimes in less than a year;
•That the output of German machineguns was falling in 1944.
In addition to information of a historical or purely technical nature, an effort has been made to present certain facts that are of interest to collectors of German Militaria. Of particular interest to collector is the data on accessories, some of which are relatively unknown outside Germany. While the chances of encountering these accessories will decrease year by year, it is a distinct advantage to know what to look for, and how it relates to the machinegun itself.
This book tells the story of German machineguns in a manner that can be understood by the novice as well as by the expert.
650 illustrations, 586 pages
