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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1895 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser Film Television Maxim MG08 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 its unique four-legged 'sledge' mounting which could be folded up to drag the gun across the ground.
Specifications The MG 08 Maxim machine gun is short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt-fed machine gun.
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 MauserWater: 1 gallon (4L)
Film Television Video Games Anime Maxim MG08/15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim LMG 08/15 "Spandau" - 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 MauserMagazine: 100- or 250-round cloth belt carried in an ammo chest or 100-round cloth belt loaded in a metal patronenkaster belt carrier drum. It feeds from the right and ejects the spent brass from the left.Water: 3 Quarts (3L)
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Girl Und Panzer Mounted on German A7V tank
2012
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Anzacs German and Australian troops
1985
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Verdun 1914-1918 2013
Maxim M1910 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount & shield - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 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. A simplified version with smooth water jacket was adopted in October 1914 and manufactured until late 1920s. 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 mmFilm
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The First Platoon (Pervyy vzvod) Russian officers and soldiers
1933
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
The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) Nikolai Ivakin Petty officer Matveev
1938
The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) Soviet border guards
1938
The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) Japanese marines
Disguised as German MG08
1938
Aleksandr Parkhomenko Red Army soldiers, Anarchists
1942
Invincible (Nepobedimye) Soviet soldiers
1943
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) German soldiers
1944
Soldiers (Soldaty) Russian soldiers
1956
Ballad of a Soldier Russian soldier
1959
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) Soviet soldiers
1960
Viva Maria! Mexican soldiers
1965
Viva Maria! Carlos López Moctezuma Ródriguez
1965
Doctor Zhivago Russian soldiers
1965
Song About Manshuk (Pesn o Manshuk) Natalya Arinbasarova Sgt. Manshuk Mametova
1969
The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) Soviet Marines
1970
Officers (Ofitsery) Red Army men
1971
Bumbarash Red Army soldiers
1971
Sokolovo Jan Kanyza Sgt. Rataj
1975
Stefan Kvietik Ignác Spiegel
Days of the Turbins (Dni Turbinykh) Andrey Myagkov Col. Aleksei Turbin
1976
Tachanka from the South (Tachanka s yuga) Red Army soldiers, bandits
1977
The Battle of Port Arthur (203 kochi) Russian soldiers
1980
Bread, Gold and the Nagant Revolver (Khleb, zoloto, nagan) Yuriy Grigorev Sasha Andronov
1980
Bread, Gold and the Nagant Revolver (Khleb, zoloto, nagan) Oleg Korchikov Stepan Zaytsev
1980
Bread, Gold and the Nagant Revolver (Khleb, zoloto, nagan) White Army soldiers, bandits
1980
The Sixth (Shestoy) 1981
Snipers (Snaypery) Soviet troops
w/o shield
1985
The Winter War Finnish Soldiers
1989
Ambush (Rukajärven tie) Soviet soldiers
1999
Dnieper Line: Love and War Soviet soldiers
2009
Stalingrad Russian sailors
mounted on a boat
2013
Television Anime
Maxim M1910/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR Film
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Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) Red Army soldiers
M-4 AA quad mounting
1942
Antosha Rybkin Red Army soldiers
1942
Invincible (Nepobedimye) Soviet soldiers
1943
The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) Soviet infantry soldiers and marines
1944
Miles of Fire (Ognennye versty) Ivan Savkin Grigory Zavragin
1957
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) Andrei Khlebnikov Sgt. Aleksei Gogolko
M-4 Quad Mounting
1960
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) Mikhail Pugovkin Sgt. Ivan Vozhzhov
M-4 Quad Mounting
1960
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) Soviet soldiers
1960
Spring (Kwiecien) Polish soldiers
1961
At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) Moscow militiamen
1964
The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) Russian soldiers
1964
The Elusive Avengers (Neulovimye mstiteli) Bandits, Red Army soldiers
1966
And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza) Polish soldiers
1966
Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke) Red Army soldiers and brigands
Mounted on tachanka cart
1967
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (Novye prikluchenya Neulovimykh) White Army soldier
Mounted on a patrol boat
1968
Liberation: The Fire Bulge Soviet soldiers
1969
Liberation: Breakthrough Soviet soldiers
1969
Shine, Shine, My Star (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) Leonid Kuravlyov Serdyuk
1969
Shine, Shine, My Star (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) Red Army soldiers, White Army soldies, bandits
1969
The Flight (Beg) Red Army and White Army soldiers
1970
The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) Boris Tokarev Andrey Krotkikh
1970
The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) Soviet Marines
1970
The Property of Republic (Dostoyanie respubliki) Oleg Tabakov Makar
Mounted on tachanka cart
1971
The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg) Soviet soldiers
1972
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (V boy idut odni "stariki") Soviet soldiers
1973
They Fought for Their Country Russian soldiers
1975
Dozhit do rassveta Russian soldiers
1975
Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) Aleksandr Denisov Petty Officer Vakulenchuk
1975
Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) Soviet soldiers
1975
Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) Soviet soldiers
1977
The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) Soviet partisans
1977
Special Forces Detachment (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) Soviet soldiers
1978
The End of the Emperor of the Taiga (Konets imperatora taygi) German Kachin Pavel Nikitin
1978
The End of the Emperor of the Taiga (Konets imperatora taygi) Solovyov's men
1978
Order: Don't Open Fire (Prikaz: ogon ne otkryvat) Soviet soldiers
1981
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) Soviet soldiers
1981
Wolmi Island North Korean soldiers
1982
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon) Soldiers of several armies
On Sokolov mount and on tripod mount
1983
Battle for Moscow Soviet soldiers
on weel mound and M-4 AA quad mount
1985
Come and See (Idi i smotri) Soviet partisans
1985
Snipers (Snaypery) Soviet troops
1985
The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya) Soviet soldiers
1985
Deja Vu Vladimir Golovin Mikita Nechyporuk
1988
It's We, O God! (Eto mi, Gospodi!..) Soviet soldiers
1990
Hollow Point Russian mobsters
Mounted on pickup
1996
Brother 2 Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor
2000
Enemy at the Gates Russian NKVD Troops
2001
Tae Guk Gi North Korean Soldiers
2004
Attack on Leningrad Soviet soldiers
2007
Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!) Evelina Blendans Gestapo 'Frau' Oddo
2008
Back in Time (My iz budushchego) Red Army soldiers
2008
Dnieper Line: Love and War Soviet soldiers
2009
Dnieper Line: Love and War Soviet officer
M-4 AA quad mounting
2009
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) Russian soldiers
2010
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) Andrey Merzlikin Andrey Kizhevatov
2010
Paradox Soldiers (My iz budushchego 2) Soviet troops
2010
Weekend Soldiers
2010
Burnt by the Sun 2 (Utomlennye solntsem 2) Soviet troops
2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Russian and polish troops
2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Natasza Urbanska
Ola Raniewska
2011
My Way Red Army blocking detachment
2011
War of the Dead German soldier
2011
Stalingrad Russian sailors
mounted on a boat
2013
Television Video games
Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser The Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun is the Chinese variant of the Maxim, and can be identified by the muzzle disk mounted on the barrel just ahead of the water jacket. Originally adopted in 1935 chambered for the 7.92x57mm Mauser, after the Chinese Civil War a variant chambered for the 7.62x54mmR Russian cartridge was developed.
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