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Post by mikeblake on Feb 9, 2011 12:48:36 GMT 1
Would someone be good enough to correct these stats or point me to where I can do so myself, please?
Many thanks.
M1894 Maxim Machine gun
Calibre: 8mm Feed system: 250-round canvas belt
Overall length: 107.9cm Sights: Front: ? Rear: ?
Barrel length: 67.3cm
Weight: 27.2 kg Rate of Fire: 450-600 rounds/min
Tripod weight: ? Traverse 360 degrees?
Muzzle velocity 744m/sec
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Post by bmg17a1 on Apr 30, 2011 13:55:47 GMT 1
would be helpful to know whether this is a Norderfelt, DWM or Enfield gun and what tripod was supplied with it. Various mounts will weigh significantly different amounts. Maxims made during that era were quite heavy due to the thick brass castings for jacket, trunnion, bottom plate, feedblock, grips, etc. Same with the tripopds. the Ackland tripod seesm to have been used fairly widely, so perhaps that wouldbe the type to use as a basis for reference. I own several pre-1900 Maxims and can give you some details for DWM and Nordenfelt guns in 7.65 Argentine and 1905 Russian Maxim in 7.62X54R if it will serve your purposes.
Bob Naess
USA
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Post by mikeblake on Aug 7, 2012 16:01:03 GMT 1
Bob
Abject apologies - I missed making this one that would alert me to a response! Thank you for your offer of help and you are quite right to ask me what type of gun this was meant to be for.
Naval machineguns were M1894 Maxim smokeless powder, built by Ludwig Loewe & Co . The first guns were issued to the Kreigsmarine in 1894, hence M1894, but were 1889 models and interchangeable in every respect except for markings with the British-made gun.
On board ship the guns were on pedestal mounts; on land, on distinctive tubular metal Naval tripods and side-opening wooden ammunition boxes. The mountings had a simple traverse mechanism, with the rear mount bracket located further back than the Army model.
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