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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 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]
In 1884 American inventor Hiram Maxim designed the first fully automatic weapon in the world - Maxim machine gun.The perfected version of this weapon entered the mass production after 1888, when Hiram Maxim entered into a partnership with Vickers, a British arms manufacturer.
Invented in 1884, the Maxim gun was the world’s first fully automatic machine gun. It is called the “weapon most associated with imperial conquest” and was the primary tool used by the ...
Colleoni machine gun — 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: Ammunition belt Italy: 1908 Colt Machine Gun: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States: 1965 Colt Automatic Rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Detachable box magazine United States: 1982 Darne machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 7.50×54mm French 8.00×51mmR French ...
Hiram Maxim originally designed the Pom-Pom in the late 1880s as an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.Its longer range necessitated exploding projectiles to judge range, which in turn dictated a shell weight of at least 400 grams (0.88 lb), as that was the lightest exploding shell allowed under the Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and reaffirmed in the Hague Convention of 1899.
Machine guns. Bergmann MG15nA; DWM MG 08 and MG 08/15; Hotchkiss M1909; Hotchkiss M1900; Maxim machine gun; Nordenfelt multiple barrel gun; Schwarzlose M1907/12; Vickers machine gun; Lewis Gun; Grenades. M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate [broken anchor] Flamethrowers. Kleinflammenwerfer M1911; Wechselapparat; Infantry mortar ...
Communities around the U.S. have seen shootings carried out with weapons converted to fully automatic in recent years, fueled by a staggering increase in small pieces of metal or plastic made with ...