The PM M1910 was a heavy machine gun

Heavy machine gun

The heavy machine gun or HMG is a larger class of machine gun generally recognized to refer to two separate stages of machine gun development. The term was originally used to refer to the early generation of machine guns which came into widespread use in World War I...

 used by the Russian Army

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 during World War I

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 and the Red Army

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 during World War II

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. It was adopted in 1910 and was derived from Hiram Maxim's Maxim gun

Maxim gun

The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by the American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884. It has been called "the weapon most associated with [British] imperial conquest".-Functionality:...

, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62x54mmR rifle cartridge. The M1910 was mounted on a cumbersome wheeled mount with a gun shield and was replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43 Goryunov, starting in 1943. In addition to the main infantry version, there were aircraft mounted (PV-1

PV-1 machine gun

PV-1 is an air-cooled version of the Maxim machine gun for mounting on aircraft....

) and naval variants.

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 / Soviet Russia

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 1910-1934 Hungary

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External links

• Soviet Manual Covering Operation and Repair of the 1910 Maxim Gun
• Russian Maxim MG, Model 1910 , Sokolov Mtg – Walk around photos
• Soviet anti-aircraft QUAD mount for Maxim machine gun - M4 – Walk around photos
• Quad mounted Maxim guns.
• The Finnish Maxims M09/21 & M32/33

See also

• Maxim M/32-33
  Maxim M/32-33
  The Maxim M/32-33 is a Finnish modification of the Russian M1910 Maxim, developed by Aimo Lahti in 1932. The weapon was able to fire at the rate of 850 rounds/min, while the Russian M1919 and earlier Finnish M09-21 were capable of 600 rounds /min...
  
  
• Slostin machine gun
  Slostin machine gun
  The Slostin was a Soviet-made self-powered Gatling type machine gun, developed directly after World War II but never put into production. It was gas-operated, with stationary breech and movable barrels, intended for 7.62x54mmR ammunition, and it was mounted on PM M1910 wheeled tripods. Each barrel...
  
  
• List of Russian Weaponry
• Maxim-Tokarev
  Maxim-Tokarev
  The Maxim-Tokarev was a Russian light machine gun based on the Maxim M1910. Following World War I, the Soviet army started developing a machine gun, and the 7.62mm Maxim Tokarev and Maxim Koleshnikov are examples of their initial efforts.- Structure :...
  
  
• Maxim gun
  Maxim gun
  The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by the American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884. It has been called "the weapon most associated with [British] imperial conquest".-Functionality:...