Maxim light machine gun

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maxim_light_machine_gun
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light machine gun
gptkbp:action gas-operated
gptkbp:armament rimmed
gptkbp:barrelLength 600 mm
gptkbp:caliber 0.303 British
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crewCapacity 2
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Hiram_Maxim
gptkbp:firstIntroduced 1884
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first successful automatic machine gun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maxim light machine gun
gptkbp:length 1,200 mm
gptkbp:lensType tripod
gptkbp:muzzleVelocity 850 m/s
gptkbp:notableUsers gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:China
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Yugoslavia
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:operatingHours recoil-operated
gptkbp:productionYears 1884-1945
gptkbp:rateOfFire 600 rounds per minute
gptkbp:replacedBy L7A2
gptkbp:services belt-fed
gptkbp:sights iron sights
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bren_gun
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:variant Maxim_08
Maxim_M1910
Maxim_1910/30
gptkbp:weight 12.5 kg