Russian M1910 Maxim

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7,62 станковый пулемет системы Максима образца 1910 года

Type	Machine gun
Place of origin	Russian Empire
Service history
In service	1910 to ?
Used by	USSR,
Wars	WWI - WWII
Production history
Designed	1910
Produced	1910 to 1939 1941 to 1945
Variants	M1910/30, Finnish M/09-21
Specifications
Weight	64,3 kg
Length	1067 mm
Barrel length	721 mm

Cartridge	7.62 x 54 mm R
Caliber	7.62 mm
Action	recoil
Rate of fire	600 round/min
Muzzle velocity	740 m/s
Feed system	250 round belt

The Pulemyot Maxima na stanke Sokolova (Пулемёт Максима на станке Соколова) /Maxim's machinegun on Sokolov's mount/ (also known as the Pulemyot Maxima PM1910 "Maxim machine gun 1910") was a heavy machine gun used by the Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during World War II. It was adopted in 1910 and was a variant of Hiram Maxim's Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62 x 54 mm R ammunition. The M1910 was mounted on a cumbersome wheeled mount with a gun shield and was replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43 Gorunov, starting in 1943. Besides of the main infantry version, there were aircraft mounted PV-1 and naval versions.

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Soviet infantry weapons of World War II
Side-arms
TT-33 \| Nagant M1895
Rifles & carbines
AVS36 \| SVT40 \| Mosin-Nagant
Submachine guns
PPD-40 \| PPSh-41 \| PPS-43
Grenades
F1 \| RGD-33 \| RG-41 \| RG-42 \| RPG-43
Machine guns & other larger weapons
M1910 Maxim \| DS-39 \| DP \| SG-43 Gorunov \| DShK \| PTRD \| PTRS ROKS-2/ROKS-3
Cartridges used by the USSR
7.62 x 25 mm TT \| 7.62 x 38 R \| 7.62 x 54 mm R \| 14.5 x 114 mm