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 …

Feb 19, 2025 · Maxim machine gun, first fully automatic machine gun (q.v.), developed by engineer and inventor Hiram Maxim in about 1884, while he was residing in England. It was …

Oct 24, 2017 · In just one battle during the 1893 Matabele War, Maxim guns cut down more than 1,600 warriors. Tribal leaders were so despondent by the lopsided defeat, they committed …

Mar 26, 2022 · The Maxim gun was a machine gun that was invented by Hiram Maxim in 1884. Hiram Maxim was a British inventor, and is best remembered today for his invention of the …

The Maxim Gun, also called the Maxim Turret, the Machine Gun Turret, the Maxim Machine Gun, or simply the Maxim, is a turret in Dead Rails. The Maxim Gun is a rapid-firing machine gun …

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 …

Jan 20, 2016 · From 1887 onward, the gun Hiram Maxim was producing was what he called the World Standard. He had finally perfected the machine gun design to his satisfaction in 1887 …

The Maxim gun was the first recoil-operated machine gun, invented by the American-born [1] British inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1884. It has been called "the weapon most …

2 days ago · A c. March 1942 photograph of a Soviet Red Army unit using a Maxim heavy machine gun. (Imperial War Museums)

In 1885 he demonstrated the world's first automatic portable machine-gun to the British Army. Maxim used the energy of each bullet's recoil force to eject the spent cartridge and insert the …