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Schwarzlose MG M.07 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.

The Schwarzlose machine gun is a water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun designed by Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose for the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907. While after the establishment of the Maxim construction many countries of the world placed orders with the large manufacturers Vickers or DWM (Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken AG) or applied for their own production, the Austro-Hungarian Empire took other paths. Around 1902, the Berlin engineer Andreas Schwarzlose applied for a patent for his own design of a machine gun. The Steyr-Werke acquired the license in 1905, and in 1907 it was introduced to the Austrian armed forces as the M.07, chambered in 8X50R. This model has a gap between the top cover and the water jacket. Some improvements led from 1912 on to the M.07/12.

Schwarzlose, who had already drawn attention to himself before with technically highly interesting constructions in the field of weapon technology, broke completely new ground. His MG had a fixed barrel and was essentially based on the function of a delayed spring-mass breech. At no time during the firing process was the system positively locked. On the other hand, a relatively strong closing spring, few but solid and therefore robust locking parts and retarding lever forces together with a short barrel provided the reloading cycle. A small shadow is cast on this ingenious design by the need for case lubrication, which was deemed necessary to reduce extraction resistance and thus minimize the risk of case tearing. One oil filling of five liters was enough for about 4,500 cartridges. The Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops were equipped with the M.07/12/R16, which was an air-cooled version of the M. 7/12. During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.

The way it is constructed initially suggests that the Blackless CMM is too dependent on predetermined functional parameters such as caliber, laboratory and especially barrel length to be easily adapted to other charges of the same caliber or other calibers. Interestingly, however, it has been possible to adapt the MG to such different calibers as the improved cartridge M.31 (Austria, Hungary after 1931), 6.5 mm Mannlicher-Schönauer, 6.5 mm Swedish or even 8X57IS.

Manufacturers were from 1905 to 1918 Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (OeWG), Steyr and from 1914 to 1918 FGGY in Budapest. Another manufacturer was in Holland, Artillery Inrichtingen, that strongly oriented to the M.07 and was further developed to M08/13 and M08/15, chambered in 6.5×53mmR. In Sweden, it was manufactured by Carl Gustav as the Kulspruta M/1914 (which looks exactly the same as the M. 07/12, but has the Swedish national coat of arms on the water cooling jacket) and was used for decades in the Swedish army. It adorns to this day the medal of the Swedish MG gunners.

It was used in both world wars and also afterward on many fronts, from Scandinavia to North Africa.

Specifications

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Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.

Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12

County of Origin: Austria

Type: Machine Gun

Calibers: 8mm Mannlicher, 7.92mm Mauser, 6.5mm Mauser

Capacity: 250 round fabric belt

Cyclic Rate: 400 rds/min

Length: 42.00in(1066mm)

Barrel Length: 20.75in(526mm)

Weight: (unloaded) 44lbs (19.9kg)

The Maschinengewehr 07/12 was the standard machine gun of the K.u.k Army. It was introduced in 1912 as an improved version of the M.07. The M. 07/12 had an increased rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute compared to the predecessor M. 07, automatic steam discharge of the water cooler, an enlarged oiler and other design changes. The externally distinguishing feature of the two models: on the M.07, the barrel jacket does not extend to the housing.

The Austro-Hungarian Air Force, k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen, was equipped with the M.07/12/R16, which was an air-cooled version of the M. 7/12. During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.

During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Schwarzlose was also exported and reused in the successor states of the K.u.K. monarchy. For this purpose, it was converted to other ammunition. This model had only ten functional parts, therefore, it was very reliable and was also used as a prey weapon by the enemy. The M. 07/12 was still in use during the Second World War.

The Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Character	Note	Date
Mountains on Fire	Austrian soldiers	M. 7/12	1931
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)		Seen in documentary footage	1938
The Four Days of Naples	Italian Resistance fighters		1962
The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto)	Italian solders	M. 7/12	1963
The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari)	Austro-Hungarian soldiers		1976
From Hell to Victory	British soldiers	Standing for Vickers	1979
The Roses of the Desert	Italian soldiers	mock-up	2006

Television

Title	Character	Note	Date
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade)		Seen among Italian troops; Ep.5	1984
And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don)	Austro-Hungarian soldiers		2015
Babylon Berlin - Season 1‎	Police officers	Ep. 03	2017
Babylon Berlin - Season 1‎		Ep. 07	2017
Babylon Berlin - Season 2		Ep. 16	2015

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Battlefield: 1918			2004
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918		mounted on a car	2014
Tannenberg	"Schwarzlose M.07/12 "	with shield	2019

Schwarzlose M.08

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Dutch Schwarzlose MG M. 08/13 - 6.5×53mmR

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Operation Amsterdam			M. 08/15 (anti-aircraft version)	1959

Schwarzlose M1907/24

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Czechoslovak Schwarzlose-Janeček vz.07/24 - 7.92x57 Mauser. Note it has a longer barrel jacket, compared to other models.

In 1918, Czechoslovakia, as a successor state of Austria-Hungary, added a larger number of Schwarzloses to its armed forces. From 1924 on, these weapons were converted to the 7.92 × 57 mm caliber and designated as M07/24. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Wehrmacht took over the weapons captured there in 1939, especially since they had the same caliber as the German rifles and machine guns, and used it primarily as a heavy machine gun in the machine gun companies of the infantry divisions of the 5th and 6th Aufstellungswelle, which were mainly equipped with Czech weapons. Later replaced by other more modern weapons, reserve stocks were still used in the Volkssturm toward the end of the war.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice)		Czechoslovak troops		1947
Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery)		Slovak insurgents		1948
Captain Dabac		Slovak soldiers		1959
Forty-Four Mutineers	Dusan Blaskovic	Tono Mikles	standing for M. 7/12	1964
Forty-Four Mutineers		Austro-Hungarian soldiers	standing for M. 7/12	1964
A Star Called Wormwood (Hvezda zvaná Pelynek)	Rudolf Deyl	Pvt. František Noha	standing for M. 7/12	1959
A Star Called Wormwood (Hvezda zvaná Pelynek)		Bosnian guards	standing for M. 7/12	1959
Von Ryan's Express		German guards		1965
The Day That Shook the World		Austro-Hungarian soldiers	standing for M. 7/12	1975
The World Knows Nothing (Svet nic neví)		Czechoslovak troops		1987
Capitaine Conan	Philippe Torreton	Captain Conan	standing for M. 7/12	1996
Capitaine Conan		Bulgarian and French soldiers, Bolsheviks	standing for M. 7/12	1996
Company of Heroes		German soldiers		2013

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-[[Image:Schwarz 07-12.jpeg‎|thumb|right|500px|Schwarzlose MG M. 7/12 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.]]
+[[Image:SchwarzloseM07MG.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Schwarzlose MG M.07 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.]]
-[[Image:07-12.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Dutch Schwarzlose MG M. 08/13 - 6.5×53mmR]]
+The '''Schwarzlose machine gun''' is a water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun designed by Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose for the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907. While after the establishment of the [[Maxim]] construction many countries of the world placed orders with the large manufacturers [[Vickers]] or DWM (''Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken'' AG) or applied for their own production, the Austro-Hungarian Empire took other paths. Around 1902, the Berlin engineer Andreas Schwarzlose applied for a patent for his own design of a machine gun. The [[Steyr|Steyr-Werke]] acquired the license in 1905, and in 1907 it was introduced to the Austrian armed forces as the M.07, chambered in 8X50R. This model has a gap between the top cover and the water jacket. Some improvements led from 1912 on to the M.07/12.
-The '''Schwarzlose machine gun''' is a water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun designed by Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose for the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907. Following the release of the [[Maxim]] design, many states of the world placed orders with the large manufacturers [[Vickers]] and DWM or applied for their own production. The K.u.K. monarchy of Austria-Hungary took another path. Around 1902, the Berlin engineer Andreas Schwarzlose had applied for a patent for his own machine gun design. [[Steyr|Steyr-Werke]] acquired the license in 1905 and in 1907 it was introduced in the Austrian armed forces as the M.07 in the caliber 8x50R. The model of 1907 has a gap between the top cover and the water jacket. This was changed with the MG M. 7/12. Some improvements after 1912  led to the version M.07 / 12.
-Schwarzlose, who had previously attracted attention through technically highly interesting constructions in the field of weapons technology, took a completely new approach. His MG had a fixed barrel and is based essentially on the functioning of a delayed spring-mass closure. During the shooting process, the spent cartridge blows back the bolt rearward, but without locking it, thus giving a momentary delay. During this delay, chamber pressure drops enough to be safe. The use of a strong recoil spring along with a heavy bolt and series of levers led to retarding of the rearward motion from recoil, ensuring in conjunction with its relatively short barrel that the bullet exits the weapon before recoil forces move the bolt back and dissipate the high pressure left behind. A small blemish on this ingenious design is the need for an oil pump, which was considered necessary to prevent problems with extracting cartridges. An oil filling of five liters was enough for about 4,500 cartridges. The Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops were equipped with the M.07/12/R16, which was an air-cooled version of the M. 7/12. During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
+Schwarzlose, who had already drawn attention to himself before with technically highly interesting constructions in the field of weapon technology, broke completely new ground. His MG had a fixed barrel and was essentially based on the function of a delayed spring-mass breech. At no time during the firing process was the system positively locked. On the other hand, a relatively strong closing spring, few but solid and therefore robust locking parts and retarding lever forces together with a short barrel provided the reloading cycle. A small shadow is cast on this ingenious design by the need for case lubrication, which was deemed necessary to reduce extraction resistance and thus minimize the risk of case tearing. One oil filling of five liters was enough for about 4,500 cartridges. The Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops were equipped with the M.07/12/R16, which was an air-cooled version of the M. 7/12. During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
-The nature of the construction initially suggests that the Schwarzlose MG relies too heavily on given functional parameters such as caliber, laboratory and, in particular, run length, to be easily adapted to other versions of the same caliber or other calibers. Interestingly enough, however, the MG was successfully designed to use such different calibers as the improved cartridge M.31 (Austria, Hungary after 1931), 6.5mm Mannlicher-Schönauer, 6.5mm Swedish or even 8mm Mauser.
+The way it is constructed initially suggests that the Blackless CMM is too dependent on predetermined functional parameters such as caliber, laboratory and especially barrel length to be easily adapted to other charges of the same caliber or other calibers. Interestingly, however, it has been possible to adapt the MG to such different calibers as the improved cartridge M.31 (Austria, Hungary after 1931), 6.5 mm Mannlicher-Schönauer, 6.5 mm Swedish or even 8X57IS.
-It was used in the two world wars and then on many fronts, from Scandinavia to North Africa.
+Manufacturers were from 1905 to 1918 ''Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft'' (OeWG), Steyr and from 1914 to 1918 [[FÉG|FGGY]] in Budapest. Another manufacturer was in Holland, ''Artillery Inrichtingen'', that strongly oriented to the M.07 and was further developed to M08/13 and M08/15, chambered in 6.5×53mmR. In Sweden, it was manufactured by Carl Gustav as the ''Kulspruta'' M/1914 (which looks exactly the same as the M. 07/12, but has the Swedish national coat of arms on the water cooling jacket) and was used for decades in the Swedish army. It adorns to this day the medal of the Swedish MG gunners.
-Manufacturers were from 1905 to 1918 ''Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft'' (OeWG), Steyr and from 1914 to 1918 [[FÉG|FGGY]] in Budapest. Another manufacturer (Artillery Inrichtingen, M08, about 2000 pieces) was in Holland based on the M.07 under the names M.07, M08/13, M08/15 and chambered in 6.5×53mmR. In Sweden, it was manufactured by Carl Gustav as the ''Kulspruta'' M/1914 (which looks exactly the same as the M. 7/12, but has the Swedish national coat of arms on the water cooling jacket) and was used for decades in the Swedish army. It adorns to this day the medal of the Swedish MG gunners.
+It was used in both world wars and also afterward on many fronts, from Scandinavia to North Africa.
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 == Specifications ==
+[[Image:Schwarz 07-12.jpeg‎|thumb|right|500px|Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.]]
 '' Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12''
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 * '''Weight:''' (unloaded) 44lbs (19.9kg)
+The '''Maschinengewehr 07/12''' was the standard machine gun of the K.u.k Army. It was introduced in 1912 as an improved version of the M.07. The M. 07/12 had an increased rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute compared to the predecessor M. 07, automatic steam discharge of the water cooler, an enlarged oiler and other design changes. The externally distinguishing feature of the two models:
+on the M.07, the barrel jacket does not extend to the housing.
+The Austro-Hungarian Air Force, ''k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen'', was equipped with the M.07/12/R16, which was an air-cooled version of the M. 7/12. During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
+During World War I, Austria-Hungary exported the MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Schwarzlose was also exported and reused in the successor states of the K.u.K. monarchy. For this purpose, it was converted to other ammunition. This model had only ten functional parts, therefore, it was very reliable and was also used as a prey weapon by the enemy. The M. 07/12 was still in use during the Second World War.
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 |-
 | ''[[If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)]]'' || || || Seen in documentary footage || 1938
-|-
-|''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' || || || Dutch M. 08/15 (anti-aircraft version) || 1959
 |-
 | ''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || || Italian Resistance fighters || || 1962
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 | ''[[Battlefield: 1918]]'' || || || 2004
 |-
-| ''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918]]'' || || || 2014
+| ''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918]]'' || || mounted on a car || 2014
 |-
 | ''[[Tannenberg]]'' || "Schwarzlose M.07/12 " || with shield || 2019
+|-
+|}
+<br clear="all">
+==Schwarzlose M.08==
+[[Image:07-12.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Dutch Schwarzlose MG M. 08/13 - 6.5×53mmR]]
+===Film===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="180"|'''Character'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+|-
+|''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' || || || M. 08/15 (anti-aircraft version) || 1959
 |-
 |}
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 ==Schwarzlose M1907/24==
-[[Image:Schwarzlose_07-24.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Czechoslovak VZ 24 Machine Gun - 7.92x57 Mauser]]
+[[Image:Schwarzlose_07-24.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Czechoslovak Schwarzlose-Janeček vz.07/24 - 7.92x57 Mauser. Note it has a longer barrel jacket, compared to other models.]]
-Czechoslovakia took over a larger number of these machine guns in the inventory of their forces. In 1924 these weapons have been converted to the caliber 7.92 × 57 mm and designated as M. 07/24; note that it has a longer barrel and jacket. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the M. 07/24 was used by the Wehrmacht.
+In 1918, Czechoslovakia, as a successor state of Austria-Hungary, added a larger number of Schwarzloses to its armed forces. From 1924 on, these weapons were converted to the 7.92 × 57 mm caliber and designated as M07/24. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the ''Wehrmacht'' took over the weapons captured there in 1939, especially since they had the same caliber as the German rifles and machine guns, and used it primarily as a heavy machine gun in the machine gun companies of the infantry divisions of the 5th and 6th ''Aufstellungswelle'', which were mainly equipped with Czech weapons. Later replaced by other more modern weapons, reserve stocks were still used in the ''Volkssturm'' toward the end of the war.
 ===Film===
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 | rowspan=2 | ''[[Capitaine Conan]]'' || [[Philippe Torreton]] || Captain Conan  || rowspan=2 | standing for M. 7/12 || rowspan=2 | 1996
 |-
-| || Bulgarian and French soldiers , Bolsheviks
+| || Bulgarian and French soldiers, Bolsheviks
 |-
 | ''[[Company of Heroes (2013)|Company of Heroes]]'' ||  || German soldiers ||   ||  2013

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