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The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun Free FREE THE VICKERS-MAXIM MACHINE GUN PDF Martin Pegler,Peter Dennis | 80 pages | 21 May 2013 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781780963822 | English | Oxford, United Kingdom Vickers Medium Machine Guns for Sale – International Military Antiques Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the company's chairman; Maxim's company was absorbed by Vicke The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the company's chairman; Maxim's company was absorbed by Vickers, Sons and Company in Subsequent variants in British, German and Russian service - the. Water-cooled and capable of rounds per minute, it was often mounted on a tripod and belt-fed, unlike earlier models such as the Gardner and the Gatling, which were usually mounted on horse carriages and hopper-fed. First demonstrated inthe Maxim was adopted by the British Army in and saw service in the First Matabele War ; in one incident, 50 soldiers with four Maxims fought off 5, warriors. Although it was hampered by its weight and easily spotted before the advent of smokeless powder owing to the clouds of smoke it produced while firing, the Maxim was considered more reliable than its contemporaries; its very presence on the battlefield was believed to give its users a significant psychological advantage over their opponents. Even so, the armies of many nations remained skeptical about the reliability of machine guns in general, and at the outset of World War I only two were attached to each infantry battalion of the British Expeditionary Force. Get A Copy. Paperback80 pages. Published May 21st by Osprey Publishing first published January 1st More Details Osprey Weapons Other Editions 6. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Rating details. More filters. Sort The Vickers- Maxim Machine Gun. Oct 15, Dimitri rated it liked it Shelves: ospreyworld-war-oneworld-war-twomilitary-history. You don't expect a booklet about an MG to be sexy, but damn if Pegler doesn't come close. Nobody does it better because he knows the weapon intimately, having fired thousands of rounds from several models - he can convey the sound, the smell, the feel, the powerful sensation. The close-up illustrations to his erudite storytelling, together with their captions, The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun superb. The obligatory origins of the machine-gun start with the bigoted inventor whose desire to shred Turkish infidels with square You don't expect a booklet about an MG to be sexy, but damn if Pegler doesn't come close. The obligatory origins of the machine-gun start with the bigoted inventor whose desire to shred Turkish infidels with square bullets was squared by the technical limitations of the s. These lead us smoothly past the Gatling to the trial-and-error by H. These familiar stories are told with an eye for technical detail that will appeal to both engineers and mechanical ignorami such as yours truly. The meat of its operational history, once the Boers had The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun the Tommies the importance of concealment from both ends of the barrel, The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun naturally in the trenches of the Western Front, where under a different name it was laborously carried forward on its heavy sled to face Kitchener's armies. A false note in the symphony sounds a The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun later, when the stuttering from inside concrete pillboxes is likely to be answered by the portable firepower of the Lewis gun, more suited to mobile warfare in its renaissance. This explains why WWII is rather glossed over; the "Old Hand" remained in static service, or vehicle-mounted, but did not learn any new tricks. Vickers well deserves to have his name joined to Maxim's; the industrial capital and production capacity of his steelworks were the key to the meteoric rise of this iconic weapon. His firm's output also ensured the enduring presence of large numbers of Maxims in a world crisscrossed with decolonisation conflicts and cold wars by proxy. View 1 comment. 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About Martin Pegler. Martin Pegler. He now lives in the Somme, France, where he and his wife run a small The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun and breakfast, which is situated on top of the old German front line! Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun. Martin enjoys shooting historic firearms, and has participated in many shooting competitions. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums. In his spare time Martin runs motorcycle tours of the battlefield. He is the author of a The Vickers- Maxim Machine Gun of books including The Military Sniper since Osprey,Firearms in the American West The Crowood Press,and The Vickers- Maxim Machine Gun highly acclaimed Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper Osprey,and he has The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun contributed to a number of magazines. In the s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London Other books in the series. Osprey Weapons 1 - 10 of 72 books. Books by Martin Pegler. Escape the Present with These 24 Historical Romances. You know the saying: There's The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun time like the present In that case, we can't Read more Trivia About The Vickers-Maxim No trivia or quizzes yet. Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun to your The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun account. Vickers machine gun - Wikipedia It is The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun to have to say that throughout the long history of machine guns in the British service there has The Vickers- Maxim Machine Gun been one of British design actually adopted. The advent of the development of the Maxim gun and the formation of the Maxim Gun Company in with Albert Vickers as Chairman, introduced the first true machine gun to the British service. The Maxim MG The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun first purchased in and one instructional gun was issued, per Battalion, from ; however, the training courses for the obsolete Gardner and Nordenfelt Machine Guns continued until Hobart identifies that, inthe scale of issue was increased to two guns per Battalion. The Regular Battalions were provided with Mk. This used a corrugated jacket instead of the smooth jacket for water cooling. This meant that the strength required could be obtained but was lighter. It also redesigned some of the smaller components of the gun that reduced weight significantly. It was recorded on 27th August as follows:. On The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, submitted for consideration drawing, photographs and complete description of a new and improved light pattern Maxim automatic gun and tripod. The gun is in The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun of the same construction as the The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun gun, with all the latest improvements embodied. High-class steel and aluminium are used in the construction of certain parts, instead of gunmetal, whereby a reduction of 33 per cent. The gun is fitted with a new pattern muzzle attachment by means of which the accumulation of fouling is practically eliminated, which enables the gun to be fired continuously without losing time in clearing out the muzzle The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun as is necessary in the old pattern gun.
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