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Ottoman Machine Gun Corps Tell el Sheria Gaza Line
العربية: جُنُودٌ عُثمانيُّون بعضهم مُسلَّح بِرشَّاشات إم جي 08، خلال
معركة غزَّة الثانية. لاحظ أنَّ الرشَّاشات المذكورة منصوبة على مُرجِّلات ثُلاثيَّة القوائم عوض المطيَّات المُزلِّقة التي شاع استخدامها مع هذا النوع من الأسلحة.
Dansk: Osmannisk maskingevær korps i stilling under det 2. slag om Gaza: Murray trak sine tropper tilbage.
English: Ottoman soldiers with some of them armed with MG 08s. Notice the MG 08s are mounted on tripods instead of sledge mounts that were common to the MG 08.
Français : Soldats ottomans armés de mitrailleuses sur la ligne de front de Tell el Sheria Gaza, en 1917.
עברית: חוליות מקלענים עות'מאנים במהלך קרב עזה השני, 1917.
Italiano: Mitraglieri ottomani schierati nella zona di Gaza, impiegano delle MG 08 fornite dalla Germania. Mitraglieri ottomani impegnati nella seconda battaglia di Gaza.
Occitan : Soudats otomans dins la region de Gaza en 1917.
Русский: Османские пулемётчики, вооружённые MG-08, на позициях в районе Газы.
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