German MG08 WWI Maxim MG08 Double Barrel Carrier: Steel Construction Hand Select:No but overall in very good

but overall in very good condition and are quite serviceable

The IMA examples were found in Portugal

Cloth protective cloth visor cover is available separately

The ventilator horns often let cold air in during the winter

German MG08 WWI Maxim MG08 Double Barrel Carrier: Steel Construction Hand Select:No but overall in very goodOriginal Item: During WW1 the standard issue for every MG08 Machine Gun machine gun was four spare. However, with the chaos of trench warfare it was quickly realized that great numbers of additional barrels were required. To facilitate storage and delivery of these additional barrels they were transported to the front lines in custom made high quality carriers. These carriers, each able to contain 2 barrels each, were purchased by IMA in Turkey in