Maxim machine gun

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The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.

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Generate an image of a maxim machine gun (The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century invention ⓘ
fully automatic weapon ⓘ
heavy machine gun ⓘ
recoil-operated firearm ⓘ
water-cooled machine gun ⓘ
adoptedBy British Army ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
various European armies ⓘ
category crew-served weapons ⓘ
early machine guns ⓘ
coolingSystem water-cooled barrel jacket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designedInYear 1884 ⓘ
displayedAt various military museums worldwide ⓘ
eraOfUse early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
feedSystem belt-fed ⓘ
firstPatentedInYear 1884 ⓘ
firstPublicDemonstrationYear 1884 ⓘ
historicalSignificance revolutionized infantry and defensive warfare ⓘ
influenced M1910 Russian Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Maxim machine gun

MG 08 machine gun ⓘ
Vickers machine gun ⓘ
other early 20th-century machine guns ⓘ
inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Sir Hiram Maxim
manufacturer Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company ⓘ
linked to: Maxim Gun Company

Vickers, Sons and Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
mounting tripod mount ⓘ
wheeled mount ⓘ
namedAfter Hiram Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Sir Hiram Maxim
notableFeature first widely adopted fully automatic machine gun ⓘ
significantly increased battlefield firepower ⓘ
notableUser British Empire forces ⓘ
linked to: British Army

German Imperial Army ⓘ
Russian Imperial Army ⓘ
operatingPrinciple short recoil operation ⓘ
powerSource recoil energy of fired cartridge ⓘ
rateOfFireApprox 500–600 rounds per minute ⓘ
safetyFeature thumb-operated trigger and safety arrangements ⓘ
typicalCaliber .303 British ⓘ
7.62×54mmR ⓘ
7.92×57mm Mauser ⓘ
usedInConflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
various colonial wars ⓘ

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Imperial Russian Army → usedEquipment → Maxim machine gun ⓘ
Hiram Maxim → notableWork → Maxim machine gun ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Hiram Maxim
Maxim machine gun → influenced → M1910 Russian Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Maxim machine gun
Three Stories and Ten Poems → hasPart → Mitrailleuse ⓘ
linked to: Maxim machine gun
Maxim gun → influenced → M1910 Russian Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Maxim machine gun
Maxim Gun Company → marketed → Maxim machine gun to military customers ⓘ
linked to: Maxim machine gun
Hiram Maxim → invented → Maxim machine gun ⓘ
subject linked to: Florence Maxim
Type 24 machine gun → sharesDesignFeaturesWith → Maxim machine gun family ⓘ
linked to: Maxim machine gun