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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".
The Pulyemyot Maksima PM1910 (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, romanized: Pulemyot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda, lit. 'Maxim's machine gun Model 1910'), or PM M1910, is a heavy machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and World War II.
It was the first air-cooled Maxim gun, and the first with the mainspring inside the receiver casing. [4] At the time, it was the lightest machine gun in the world. Maxim hoped that cavalry units would appreciate the Extra Light gun for “hit and run” raids, for its light weight.
A lightened air-cooled version of the original water-cooled rectangular pattern-receiver MG 08 infantry automatic ordnance, the lMG 08, was developed by the Spandau arsenal as a rigidly mounted aircraft machine gun and went into production in 1915, in single-gun mounts, for use on the E.I through the E.III production versions of the Fokker ...
Six MG 94s had their water-cooling mantles drilled and cut open, making these guns air-cooled and thus water-free and lighter for use as aircraft machine guns. These six MG 94 air-cooled guns were taken out of service in 1944. [citation needed] At least one MG 94 was converted to an air-cooled model for use on the Häfeli DH-1 reconnaissance ...
The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919.
Machine guns. Berthier M1908 machine gun [7] (Air cooled version) Berthier M1911 machine gun [7] (Water cooled version) Caldwell M1915; Darne M1916 machine gun; De Knight M1902/17 [7] DWM Parabellum MG 13 [13] (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version) Fokker-Leimberger M1916 machine gun; Johnston D1918 [14] Knötgen M1912 ...
The later model water-cooled Maxim guns and its derivatives the MG 08 and the Vickers, as well as the American M1917 Browning machine gun, were all substantial weapons. The .303 Vickers, for example, weighed 33 lb (15 kg) and was mounted on a tripod that brought the total weight to 50 lb (23 kg).