Vermont Military Museum - Machine Guns / 01German 7.9 mm Maxim Machine Gun
Bill Maloney
12/5/2009

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01 German 7.9mm Maxim Machine Gun

01 German 7.92mm Maxim Machine Gun

German Maxim MG08 7.9mm Machine Gun Model 1893

More Maxim MG08 Machine Guns at other Military Museums in the Northeast
Maxim Machine Gun Maxim MG08 Machine Gun
Another Maxim MG08 Water Cooled Machine Gun at the American Air Power Museum in Farmingdale, NY Maxim MG08 Water Cooled Machine Gun at the USS Salem Museum in Quincy, MA

Caliber: 7.92mm
Action: Recoil
Muzzle Velocity: 2,800 fps
Range: 1,100 yards
Rate of fire: 500 rounds per minute
Magazine Capacity: 250 round belts
Barrel Length: 28 inches
Overall Length: 43 inches
Weight: 140lbs
Year Built: 1893
Cost:
$

Here's a Youtube video of a Maxim Machine Gun cutting down a tree. Well it is acutally a Vickers copy of a Maxim, but you get the idea.