Vermont Military Museum - Machine Guns / 01German 7.9 mm Maxim Machine Gun
Bill Maloney 12/5/2009 |
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01 German 7.92mm Maxim Machine Gun
More Maxim MG08 Machine Guns at other Military Museums in the Northeast |
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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.