M1910 7.62 Maxim (Heavy machine gun)

[Bootie]

The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by the American-born Briton Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884.

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An early Maxim gun in operation with the Royal Navy

It was adopted by the British Army in 1889, and first used by Britain`s colonial forces in the Matabele war in 1893-1894. In one engagement, 50 soldiers fought off 5,000 warriors with just four Maxim guns.

Red army soldiers, end of 1920s-beginning of 1930s with Maxim Gun.

 

[Louis]

The PM M1910 was a heavy machine gun used by the Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during World War II. It was adopted in 1910 and was derived from Hiram Maxim's Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62x54mmR rifle cartridge.

The M1910 was mounted on a wheeled mount with a gun shield and was replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43 Goryunov, starting in 1943. In addition to the main infantry version, there were aircraft mounted (PV-1) and naval variants.

Specifications
Weight 64.3 kg (139.6 lbs)
Length 1067 mm
Barrel length 721 mm
Cartridge 7.62x54mmR
Action short recoil,Toggle locked
Rate of fire 600 round/min
Muzzle velocity 740 m/s (2,427.2 ft/s)
Feed system 250 round belt

 

[Louis]

Russian machinegunners with a M1910 in the Battle of Kursk

 

[Louis]

Cleaning and / or replacement of broken images.

 

[Louis]

Russian soldiers in training posing for a photograph with a Maxim M1910, ca. 1917.

 

[Louis]

Maxim M1910 MG covering the advancing infantry on the Voronezh front Russia, Sept 1942.

 

[Louis]

Maxim machine guns during the Ukraine war?

 

[Gunner]

Old but effective.

It seems the 1910 is used quite a bit by the Ukrainian forces.

"Ukrainian forces took a number of seemingly antiquated platforms from storage even before Russia mounted its invasion last year. The weapon was Russia’s version of Hiram Maxim’s original machine gun design developed in the 1890s. The M1910 was largely used as a secondary or defensive weapon during WWII, and went on to see service in the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War, and Vietnam. The trooper is seen firing a heavily modified M1910/30 Maxim water-cooled machine gun fitted with modern optics, stock, and suppressor."

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