Maxim machine gun

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The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.

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Maxim machine gun canonical 3
M1910 Russian Maxim 2
Maxim machine gun to military customers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century invention
fully automatic weapon
heavy machine gun
recoil-operated firearm
water-cooled machine gun
adoptedBy British Army
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
United States Army
various European armies
category crew-served weapons
early machine guns
coolingSystem water-cooled barrel jacket
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
designedInYear 1884
displayedAt various military museums worldwide
eraOfUse early 20th century
late 19th century
feedSystem belt-fed
firstPatentedInYear 1884
firstPublicDemonstrationYear 1884
historicalSignificance revolutionized infantry and defensive warfare
influenced Maxim machine gun self-linksurface differs
surface form: M1910 Russian Maxim

MG 08 machine gun
Vickers machine gun
other early 20th-century machine guns
inventor Sir Hiram Maxim
surface form: Hiram Stevens Maxim
manufacturer Maxim Gun Company
surface form: Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company

Vickers-Armstrongs
surface form: Vickers, Sons and Maxim
mounting tripod mount
wheeled mount
namedAfter Sir Hiram Maxim
surface form: Hiram Maxim
notableFeature first widely adopted fully automatic machine gun
significantly increased battlefield firepower
notableUser British Army
surface form: British Empire forces

Imperial German Army
surface form: German Imperial Army

Imperial Russian Army
surface form: Russian Imperial Army
operatingPrinciple short recoil operation
powerSource recoil energy of fired cartridge
rateOfFireApprox 500–600 rounds per minute
safetyFeature thumb-operated trigger and safety arrangements
typicalCaliber .303 British
7.62×54mmR
7.92×57mm Mauser
usedInConflict Russo-Japanese War
Second Boer War
World War I
various colonial wars

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Imperial Russian Army usedEquipment Maxim machine gun
Sir Hiram Maxim notableWork Maxim machine gun
subject surface form: Hiram Maxim
Maxim machine gun influenced Maxim machine gun self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: M1910 Russian Maxim
Three Stories and Ten Poems hasPart Maxim machine gun
this entity surface form: Mitrailleuse
Maxim gun influenced Maxim machine gun
this entity surface form: M1910 Russian Maxim
Maxim Gun Company marketed Maxim machine gun
this entity surface form: Maxim machine gun to military customers
Florence Maxim invented Maxim machine gun
subject surface form: Hiram Maxim