- 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. The...
-
machine gun, the
Maxim gun.
Maxim held
patents on
numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and
steam pumps.
Maxim laid
claim to...
-
Examples include the
Maxim machine gun and M1917
Browning machine gun. The
modern definition refers to "heavy caliber"
machine guns,
pioneered by the German...
- romanized: ****myot
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...
- the
German Army's
standard machine gun in
World War I and is an
adaptation of
Hiram S.
Maxim's original 1884
Maxim gun. It was
produced in a
number of variants...
-
quite heavy, being, essentially,
heavy machine guns. When
Hiram Maxim developed his recoil-powered
machine gun that used a
single barrel, the
first main design...
- more." The
Vickers machine gun was
based on the
successful Maxim gun of the late 19th century.
After purchasing the
Maxim company outright in 1896, Vickers...
- Joey
Maxim from the
Maxim gun, the world's
first self-acting
machine gun,
based on his
ability to
rapidly throw a
large number of left jabs.
Maxim was...
- Look up
maxim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Maxim or
Maksim may
refer to:
Maxim (magazine), an
international men's
magazine Maxim (Australia), the...
- 700 men,
commanded by
Major Patrick Forbes and
equipped with five
Maxim machine guns. Forbes'
combined column moved on the
Matabele king's
capital at Bulawayo...
