Maxim and development cont.
This specific type of
machine gun saw very little action throughout the American Civil War due to its ineffectiveness and costly manufacturing. The Maxim machine was one of the most widely used machine gun of World War 1, alongside with the Vickers machine gun which was said to be invented some time before the First World War. The Maxim machine gun was first demonstrated to the British Army by Maxim, but was rejected due to the fact that they saw it as being an ineffective and costly weapon to put on the battlefield. Throughout the First World War, the Maxim machine gun had minor adjustments and modifications made such as a larger belt of bullets, hardened frame and a more durable tripod. |
.The Maxim machine gun being manned by its crew.
|
The schematics of the Maxim machine gun whilst it is in its pre-alpha phase.