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Dreyse Model 1918 Machinegun

In 1907 Louis Schmeisser of Erfurt patented a machinegun named in honor of the inventor of the needle gun by the heads of the factory where it was made which was founded by Dreyse. The Dreyse machinegun was a heavy, usually tripod mounted, belt-fed and water cooled machinegun.

The 1907 model was succeeded by the 1912 and later 1918 models. On ascending to power Adolph Hitler immediately ordered the Model 1918 to be modernized by Stimson & Suhl. It became the MG13.