Maxim weapon system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maxim_weapon_system

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	machine gun
gptkbp:armament	rimmed cartridges
gptkbp:barrelLength	740 mm
gptkbp:caliber	0.303 British
gptkbp:coolingSystem	water-cooled
gptkbp:designedBy	gptkb:Hiram_Maxim
gptkbp:firstIntroduced	1884
gptkbp:height	300 mm
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first recoil-operated machine gun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Maxim weapon system
gptkbp:length	1,200 mm
gptkbp:muzzleVelocity	800 m/s
gptkbp:notableUsers	gptkb:Belgian_Army gptkb:Chinese_Army gptkb:Japanese_Army gptkb:Qatari_Army gptkb:Hungarian_Army gptkb:Finnish_Army gptkb:South_Korean_Army gptkb:Argentine_Army gptkb:British_Army gptkb:French_Army gptkb:German_Army gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:Yugoslav_Army gptkb:Austro-Hungarian_Army gptkb:Egyptian_Army gptkb:Polish_Army gptkb:Russian_Army gptkb:Vietnamese_Army gptkb:Omani_Army gptkb:Australian_Army gptkb:Bahraini_Army gptkb:Brazilian_Army gptkb:Canadian_Army gptkb:Indian_Army gptkb:New_Zealand_Army gptkb:Romanian_Army gptkb:Italian_Army gptkb:Kuwaiti_Army gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army gptkb:Spanish_Army gptkb:Syrian_Army gptkb:Iraqi_Army gptkb:Jordanian_Army gptkb:Emirati_Army gptkb:Saudi_Arabian_Army gptkb:South_African_Army gptkb:Portuguese_Army
gptkbp:operationalRange	2000 meters
gptkbp:producedBy	multiple companies
gptkbp:rateOfFire	600 rounds per minute
gptkbp:recoil	recoil-operated
gptkbp:services	belt-fed
gptkbp:sights	iron sights
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Vickers_machine_gun
gptkbp:usedBy	various countries
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II colonial conflicts
gptkbp:weight	30 kg
gptkbp:width	200 mm