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Revision as of 13:46, 14 May 2012

The Maxim was the world's first true machine gun that was manufactured across the world in many different variations during the late 19th/early 20th century.

The Maxim variants can be seen in the following:


Maxim 1895

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Maxim 1895 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Northwest Frontier Indian soldier . 1959
Northwest Frontier Herbert Lom Van Layden . 1959
Northwest Frontier Kenneth More Capt. Scott . 1959
Breaker Morant Edward Woodward Morant . 1980
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows . British Army soldier . 2011


Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Rough Riders Spanish troops Argentine Maxim 1997
Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey /Episode 1: Machine Gun Educations R. Lee Ermey Himself 2009


Maxim MG08

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Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser

German-adopted version of the Maxim gun, adopted in 1908 and classified MG'08 accordingly. Usually seen on it's unique four-legged 'sledge' mounting which could be folded up to drag the gun across the ground.

Specifications

  • Weight, Gun Only: 58lb 5oz (26.44kg)
  • Weight, On 'Sledge' Mounting: 136lb 11oz (62kg)
  • O/A Length: 46.25in (1175mm)
  • Barrel length: 28.3 in (719 mm)
  • Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser


Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
All Quiet on the Western Front German soldiers 1930
The Fighting 69th German soldiers 1940
Sergeant York German soldiers 1941
Sahara German soldiers Mounted on a halftrack 1943
The Longest Day German soldiers 1962
Duck, You Sucker! 1971
The Wind and the Lion 1975
All Quiet on the Western Front German soldiers 1979
Gallipoli Turkish soldiers 1981
The Living Daylights 1987
The Lighthorsemen Turkish soldiers 1987
Legends of the Fall German soldiers 1994
The Lost Battalion German soldiers 2001
Deathwatch German soldiers 2002
Passchendaele German soldiers 2009
Beneath Hill 60 German soldiers 2010
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Natasza Urbanska Ola Raniewska 2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Polish soldiers 2011

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Anzacs German and Turkish troops 1985
Anzacs Mark Hembrow Dick Baker 1985
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . German Soldiers . 1992-1993

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Darkest of Days 2009
7554 MG 08 2011


Maxim MG08/15

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Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A variant of the MG08, it was an attempt at a more 'man-portable' version of the gun.

Specifications

  • Weight: 31lb 0oz (14.06kg)
  • O/A Length: 57.0in (1448mm)
  • Barrel length: 28.3 in (719 mm)
  • Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser


Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Hell's Angels MG08/15 aircraft version 1930
Hell's Angels Ben Lyon Monte Rutledge MG08/15 aircraft version 1930
The Fighting 69th German soldiers 1940
A Walk In The Sun German soldiers MG08/15 modified with water jacket removed 1945
Zeppelin 1971
Biggles: Adventures in Time MG08/15 air cooled 1986
The Lighthorsemen German troops MG08/15 aircraft version 1987

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Anzacs German and Australian troops 1985


Maxim M1910

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Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR
Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount & shield - 7.62x54mmR

Russian-adopted version of the Maxim, adopted originally in 1905 with a bronze water-jacket but modified and standardized to a corrugated-type jacket in 1910. Usually seen on the 'Sokolov' mounting which was wheeled with a small turntable.

Specifications

  • Weight, Gun Only: 52lb 8oz (23.8kg)
  • Weight, On 'Sokolov' Mounting: 99lb 11oz (45.22kg) (Including Shield)
  • O/A Length: 43.6in (1107mm)
  • Barrel length: 28.4 in (721 mm)
  • Cartridge: 7.62x54mm-R, early prototypes chambered for Berdan 10.14 mm


Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Chapaev Boris Babochkin Chapaev 1934
Leonid Kmit Petka
Varvara Myasnikova Anka
Red Army men and White Army soldiers Mounted on BA-27 armored car
The Thirteen (Trinadtsat) Red Army men 1936
Soldiers (Soldaty) Russian soldiers 1956
Ballad of a Soldier Russian soldier 1959
Viva Maria! Mexican soldiers 1965
Viva Maria! Carlos López Moctezuma Ródriguez 1965
Doctor Zhivago Russian soldiers 1965
Officers (Ofitsery) Red Army men 1971
Sokolovo Jan Kanyza Pvt. Rataj 1975
Jirí Krampol Karel Horák
Stefan Kvietik Ignác Špígl
The Sixth (Shestoy) 1981
Brother 2 Viktor Sukhorukov Viktor 2000
Enemy at the Gates Russian troops 2001
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Russian and polish troops 2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Natasza Urbanska Ola Raniewska 2011

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
The State Border: Film 1 Red Army soldiers 1980
German soldiers modified to resemble German Maxim MG08
The State Border: Film 2 Russian Border guards 1980
The State Border: Film 3 Russian Border guards 1982
The State Border: Film 4 Russian Border guards and Turkestan Communist fighters 1984
The State Border: Film 5 Russian Border guards on wheel mount and M-4 AA quad mount 1986

Anime

Character Film Title Note Date
Ishvalan resistance fighter Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2009 - 2010


Maxim M1910/30

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Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR


Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) Red Army soldiers M-4 AA quad mounting 1942
At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) Moscow militiamen 1964
The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) Russian soldiers 1964
The Property of Republic (Dostoyanie respubliki) Oleg Tabakov Makar Mounted on tachanka cart 1971
They Fought for Their Country Russian soldiers 1975
Dozhit do rassveta Russian soldiers 1975
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon) Soldiers of several armies On Sokolov mount and on tripod mount 1983
Deja Vu Vladimir Golovin Mikita Nechyporuk 1988
Hollow Point Russian mobsters Mounted on pickup 1996
Enemy at the Gates Russian NKVD Troops 2001
Tae Guk Gi North Korean Soldiers 2004
Attack on Leningrad Soviet soldiers 2007
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) Russian soldiers 2010
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) Andrey Merzlikin Andrey Kizhevatov 2010

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Ultimate Force /Something to Do with Justice Serbian paramilitaries 2002
Liquidation (Likvidatsiya) Soviet soldiers 2007

Video games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Commandos: Strike Force It has unlimited ammo 2006