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The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim.It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. [15]The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian Martin Gilbert, [16] and was heavily used by colonial powers during the "Scramble for Africa".
Sir Hiram Maxim showing his Extra Light gun in Germany in April 1895. Maxim M1895 cavalry gun, complete with a detached tripod carried on the back of a single soldier. With a mass of only 44.5 pounds (20 kg), it was the only complete machine gun at the time that could be carried by one man.
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb. [2] [3]
Machine guns. Chauchat M1915; Colt–Browning M1895/14; DWM MG 08; Hotchkiss M1914; Lewis Mk I; Maxim M1907 and M1909; Saint Étienne M1907; Schwarzlose M1907/12; Vickers Mk I; Grenades. F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917; Savopol grenade; Mortars. Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2; Support guns. Gruson 53 mm Model 1887/1916
Colt produced 151,700 revolvers during the war as well as 13,000 Maxim-Vickers machine guns and 10,000 Browning machine guns with an additional 100,000 under subcontract to other companies. Since Auto-Ordnance had no tooling for production of the newly developed Thompson submachine gun, John T. Thompson , in August 1920, entered into contract ...
The only exceptions to the Federal exemption are antique machineguns (such as the Maxim gun and Colt Model 1895 "Potato Digger") and shotguns firing shotgun shells that are classified as "short barreled" per the U.S. National Firearms Act, namely cartridge rifles with a barrel less than 16 inches long, or shotguns firing shotgun shells with a ...
The guns were widely used in action during the German invasion of Belgium between 10 May and 28 May 1940. [citation needed] Colt–Browning guns placed in storage by the US military after the First World War were purchased for the British Home Guard in the summer of 1940. There were mostly later "Marlin" variants, and few appear to have reached ...
Coach gun (US – shotgun – 1850s) Colt's Manufacturing Company. Colt 1851 Navy (US – revolver – 1851) Colt Army Model 1860 (US – revolver – 1860) Colt Dragoon Revolver (US – revolver – 1848) Colt House Revolver (US – revolver – 1871) Colt Lightning Carbine (US – carbine – 1884) Colt M1861 Navy (US – revolver – 1861)