The Story of Maxim gun

[0synesthete0]

Onward Chartered Soldiers, on to heathen lands,

Prayer books in your pockets, rifles in your hands.

Take the florious tidings where trade can be done,

Spread the peaceful gospel --- with a Maxim gun.

- Cecil Rhodes' Chartered Company Volunteers, 1893

[messisuarez]

nice job

[QBJ88]

5 people forgot to put some water in the barrel jacket.

[rod3067]

thecommon rattrap we all have used? GREAT!

[creamofcardstv]

fantastic video! Thumbs up!

[r2ro43]

Gen. Funston mentioned on his book that the Filipinos were using Maxim Machinegun also during the Philippine -American War of 1899.

[TheWhitehall]

Sir Hiram Maxim is buried in West Norwood Cemetery, South London.

[Killermuffin1]

Poor tree! D:

[JonShootingFan]

wth

modern German flag for Imperial German Empire?

[LordWellington15]

haha "tired of doing all the reloading himself". This man sounds lazy. haha

[arrow091]

@LordWellington15 if you think about it, a lot of tech advances are based on laziness, fear, or both.

[jackie6gigi]

stupid nazis burning jews

[nairda55555]

um its world war 1, there were no nazis at the time. germany was just retaliating after its ally was attacked.

[quevlsdi]

Fucking soldier, shoot to your mom! xD

[yellowniggabart123]

if u guys want to know who made the semi atumoatic wepon it was a mexican with the last name mondragon thats mine to

[Redbaron011]

That's bullshit. A german invited the first semi auto. Mexico fucking sucks.

[Rex1987]

"...uppers the fire rate,sensing victory!"

over a tree? yeah is very dangerous :-D

[USMCM249gunner]

Truly a triumph of war machinery over politicians.

Sir Maxim, you have given us an awesome piece of machinery that we're still in awe of.

-Marine machine gunner.

[a0e0roberts]

Whatever happens

We have got

The Maxim gun

And they have not.

[jakndaxter45]

what show was this called again

[00Andreas00]

died*

[asmodeon]

To be fair there is much more woundable mass on n Adult male than there is on a balloon.

[NorOnt18]

then 1914 europe france england and even america was draged into the the great war. god im sure glad canada is never in any of these wars. fuck i hate the disrepect to my country

[AtomInTheUniverse]

Actually, canada did participate in that war, and world war 2 as well.

[NorOnt18]

wow

[Sharkbait132]

Canada fought in both World War 1 and World War 2...they were even a part of the D-Day invasions.

[PyramidHeadX]

They might have been including Canada when they said England. But they should have said Canada, you're right.

[uyrhrmt]

Maxim was german right cause wikipedia says that he is part british part american

[Pseudologic]

5:45 In the words of Baldrick from Blackadder Goes Forth: "These sacks will be easy to outwit in a combat situation"

[rayd408]

its was still used in the korean war in the 50's

[LordLebu]

Germans are the best . Their innovative ideas changed the world .

[Pseudologic]

Though not necessarily for the best.

[bettertobealive]

Partly, some of them have been truly horrible

*nods at Marx and Engels*

[MokomaSusi]

This was american invention.

[TeamCrusade]

Rural England? Machine Guns are illigal in non military hands. Even handguns are illigal.

[Fuel56]

The geramns wehere the first who build a flying plaine ^^

[mrrmancunian]

Of course, what ever you say; they were also the first to fuck the whole world up, oh, and the second.

[vlad9vt]

all people on Earth need say thx for Maxim..greatest and first mashine gun.

[fp470]

It wasnt the first machine gun. Technically the Gatling, Nordenfelt and Mitrailleuse predated this. Also they were quiet effective.

[uyrhrmt]

the gattling isnt considered a machine gun because of the craining and the first first first idea of a machine gun was from leonardo Davinci

[fp470]

The gattling isnt considered a true machine gun, but none the less it still is classed as one. The ability to fire multiple projectiles from a repeatable action is what makes ssomething a macine gun. Also Leonardo Da Vinci's idea was also hand powered?

Further Da Vinci's idea was just an extension of the Organ gun.

[bettertobealive]

What about the Puckle gun?

[bettertobealive]

Puckle demonstrated two versions of the basic design: one, intended for use against Christian enemies (excluding Protestants), fired conventional round bullets, while the second variant, designed to be used against the Muslim Turks, fired square bullets, which were considered to be more damaging and would, according to its patent, convince the Turks of the "benefits of Christian civilization."

[bettertobealive]

Quote - Wikipedia

[378dnd7s8]

Too bad - German flag wasn black-red-gold these days, but black-white-red... Despite of that - very interesting video!

[Mortalstrikeyou]

the german flag was always black,red and gold...

[SwingingRingaDing]

What is now Germany was then part of the German Empire, and their flag was indeed black, silver and red like 378dnd7s8 said.

[bashibasouk]

Great! Poor Maxim didn't profit in his own country. In the Spanish-American War, we realised our mistake. Americans were blown away by the Spanish's Maxims.

Mention it was called "The Devil's Paintbrush" because the early ones fired at 666 rounds per minute! He also invented the silencer.

His Son was an inventor, too. He started the first Amateur radio organization, the ARRL.

[karlos707]

silly crap... a six inch target..some of them 7 foot from the ground ....oh please come on...

[wheaties10000]

machine gunner looks like Randy Couture

[mp5hero]

There are the chinese subtitles so I can understand, thank you~~

[stormywindmill]

I was wondering about the number of bullets that flew through the air with no back stop , Any one know where this demo took place , Stamford Battle area Norfolk ,UK perhaps?

[uyrhrmt]

for the future im going to name my future son Hiram I like that name

[urfriend88]

where's part 2?

[nostyle]

poor tree

[foomboom1]

The airplane that could have made him famous if it had flown?

Is that kind of like the time machine I made that would have gotten me famous, had it actually sent anything back in time?

[belito311]

one of the greatest battlefield changes since calvary

[lcastillon]

Those poor sods who put the balloons up running for it! that cant be right, is there no health and safety on a battlefield or what.

[DrCruel]

If it were completely impossible for troops to make an impression on entrenched machine-gunners, the war might have ended sooner. Instead, a dedicated attack would frequently take successive lines of entrenchments, only to be repulsed by counterattacking infantry.

There was movement, but it was indecisive. There was always the hope of a breakthrough, although to compensate the enemy made many fallback positions and kept reserves on hand. And so it went.

[gingerjames86]

How old is this? If you got caught with one of those things in the UK you would be going away for a long, long time.

[skygazer8989]

This Is Awsome!!!!

[Rickinsf]

Good illustration of the concept of "enfilading fire."

[anon2999]

the enemy would have bodies and not just heads...

[0nemest0]

and the enemy would be advancing (making them easier to shoot) with barbed wire and difficult ground and artillery destroying the terrain in front of your direct body.

[skygazer8989]

That would mean there would be more chances of hitting the target

[MangaFreakXxX]

Even if they were advancing slowly, it's still accurate how ineffective the machine gun was at an advancing enemy line from the front.

Sharpshooters could drop into the prone position and easily take out the machine gunners.

The gunners would be too focused on the advancing lines to notice a few sharpshooters drop to the ground.

[ZeppelinRules]

Still though, psychologically, the sheer terror of facing such a weapon would probably prevent people from having the presence of mind to do something like that.

[jameabeto]

i that the same MAXIM that founded the porn magazine??

[lozzyloveyou]

The battle of the somme was actualy won by a battalion of helium baloons. They floated mercilessly towards the german trenches, sighting them in great numbers the german forces felt nothing but fear and hopelessness, and retreated. Hence why the Helium Baloon is now considered my country's greatest military weapon.

[Nefus2]

10:00

Clever germans, never thought about it before.

[hurensohnsBruda]

poor tree :(

u assholes!!!

[devilzfan812]

fail

[kuribo1]

I love Germans ;)

[dudley2112]

ok but soldiers are much frigging bigger than baloons that experiment was equvalent to him firing at their heads and the don't blow back and forth in the wind like baloons

[DeadEyeCarbiner]

The airplane that could have made him famous if it had flown?

Is that kind of like the time machine I made that would have gotten me famous, had it actually sent anything back in time?

[Master1906]

10:29 - Why couldn't the enemy just go round?

[MangaFreakXxX]

Flanking no man's land wasn't a choice

Enemy trenches ran for miles.

There'd be another machine gun team waiting for you in the next section of the trenches.

[skrillavilla]

LOL poor fucking tree.

[batfsucks]

use bolistic gelitan or melons on a moving track, that will be a more accurate judge of the maxim

[hustlerlankan]

as if there would ever be 1 machine gunner against 250 people. more like 5-6 machine gunners vs the 250 ...

[Fridomfry]

The ratio changed along the war. In 1914, there could be 1 machine gunner against 250 people. In the French, infantry, the rule was: A section of 2 MGs for each battalion of some 1,000 men. 3 years later, you'd find indeed 5-6 machine gunners for the same number of men, facing twice as many Germans. You must also take into account that half the MGs would either be destroyed by artillery, break down or have to be maintained in the course of a battle.

[hustlerlankan]

you win this round fridomfry *shakes fist*

[Fridomfry]

Well, in my family we have some knowledge of MGs, as men seemed to keep charging facing German or Viet-Minh machine-guns...

[Kalydosos]

Maxim assisted very much in building Britains empire in East Africa.

[lamnaa]

Why did they not use the Imperial german flag?

[ImperatorZor]

Anone with delusions of Honor in warfare or of "cheap shots" and such rubbish needs to see this. This is what war is, cold, callous elliminations of threats to meet an objective. Those who cling to nonsensical ideas of Honor and valour don't win, they end up as shrapnal and bullet riddled corpes lining mass graves.

[Kalydosos]

I agree the maxim assisted very well in building European empires.

[ugcsred2011]

I would have to say its not a very accurate test because human bodys are olat bigger than those ballons.

[LongShlong125]

poor tree , what a waste , good gun though could use one

[CordlessBungeeJumper]

The idea of attritional warfare *did* make a certain amount of (ghastly) sense.

IIRC, the Allies had approx. a quarter-million more men than the Central Powers did: the Allied generals (somehow) envisioned "trading" casualties on a one-for-one basis.

And if that were true, then they really *would* win. It was merely a matter of mathematics.

But what really made it all possible was: they simply didn't care *what* happened to the men. They were there to be "used" however the generals saw fit.

[Zwerchhau]

Enfilade

[unitakira]

guns don't kill, politicians do

[MrDipper]

LMAO

[todlich]

Exactly!!!!

I hate when People say stuff like "Russians are bad or Americans or any other"

People it self are not bad and solders.

you have to blame Politicians and bad government!!!

[LongShlong125]

Sad thing it's just 90% true.

[Metallicakicksbutt]

yes,and stupid people vote for these politicians,so people themselves are not innocent

of course the poor naive people have no idea what the people they voted for are up to

[gloopy09]

THAT is the truth!

[geezzerboy]

@unitakira Not really. Some human being has to aim it the weapon and pull the trigger. What kind of human being can kill hundreds of their fellow human beings within minutes? Psychopaths? They would have to be.

[colindhowell]

@geezzerboy No, they don't have to be psychopaths, that's the trick. All they need to be is well-trained soldiers; much of that training is devoted to conditioning ordinary people to pull the trigger when ordered to or when the situation calls for it. And remember that the guy on the trigger has hundreds of his buddies in the trench whose lives depend on him wiping out the attackers before they reach it. Together, those go a long way to repress the usual human reluctance to kill other humans.

[walls0stone]

@geezzerboy the thing is that in battle, one sees very little. Also, the other human is trying to kill you, so the point of view is not that of civilian life.

[Bennanteno]

The balloon test was sort of inaccurate. Not only would real troops get closer and easier to shoot, but also real troops had legs and bodies on the ground. Machine gunners could often scythe infantry by aiming at the waist and pulling back and forth in one loooooong burst.

[CaScA]

Wrong.

Speaking as a C6 Gunner in the Canadian Army I can tell you now the so called "Scythe" is an ineffective tactic for the following reasons...

1. Waste of Ammunition. You do not obtain the ideal amount of casualties per burst as you would with using the proper "Beaton Zone".

2. It places the gunner and his/her #2 in a perilous position. Upon the first burst the enemy would drop to the prone and be able to return fire and possibly suppress the machine gun.

[CaScA]

Long bursts are also bad for accuracy. They heat the barrel and force early barrel changes which cut the firepower of it's allied force by 50%.

If the real troops did get closer they would not be easier to shoot as well. The "Beaton Zone" is at it's widest and most effective at farther ranges. Close Quarters a machinegun looses it's effectiveness greatly. That's why most gunners these days work in pairs and posses a sidearm to protect themselves when the enemy gets too close.

[cchj768]

So, you think it was a good idea the machine gun was invented usaf071? Men, husbands friends were killed because of these sick inventions and you think it is good? Well, I don't think so.

Maybe you get a friend, family member or anyone else you love and have them killed by a machine gun or something else, and you tell me how you feel.

Please do so, or don't make comments like, "machine guns are a great invention because they killed lots of people."

[DonBrinkIII]

How affected, listen; if it wasn't machine guns it would be clubs. Don't blame technology for "men, husbands, friends" being obsessed with killing each other.

[battleaxe12]

hiram maxim invented the machine gun to end war, he considered it the ultimate weapon, and thought that no one would dare fight against it, the same thing happened with the A-bomb, dynamite, and many other wartime inventions. people are suicidal morons, and we will probably never fully eradicate war, people thought nukes were the answer at one time also.

[WatugaConfederation]

Maxim and Nobel were both out to make a profit for their weapons, actual. The sentiments you describe are most accurately attributed to Dr. Richard Gatling, and even he realized that his gun would probably be used with devastating results. Of course, Gatling's goal wasn't so much an end to war as it was an attempt to limit the number of men required to fight it. Less warm bodies in the camps means reducing the biggest danger in 19th-century warfare: disease.

[marshallferron]

Actually I did read that about Gatling but I had forgotten exactly who I had read it about when I wrote that comment.

[walkinman86]

wow. We have an AMATEUR tactician here. Grow up and go TRY it.

[WatugaConfederation]

Grow up and try... what? Death by dysentery? I'd really rather not.

[usaf071]

The reason why so many soldiers died was because the generals were stupid and decided that attritional warfare was best. Yea great idea when the machine gun was used.

[CordlessBungeeJumper]

The idea of attritional warfare *did* make a certain amount of (ghastly) sense.

IIRC, the Allies had approx. a quarter-million more men than the Central Powers did: the Allied generals (somehow) envisioned "trading" casualties on a one-for-one basis.

And if that were true, then they really *would* win. It was merely a matter of mathematics.

But what really made it all possible was: they simply didn't care *what* happened to the men. They were there to be "used" however the generals saw fit.

[nstolpa]

in under a minute. yeah thats alot of bullets

[Congo4life]

lol "Success they just fired 470 bullets" thats a hell lot of bullets....

[MrYumYum16]

that's why you shoot in bursts. and the British version had a colling can. just load the water and you could shoot in rapid fire for a time. the water cooled it all down.

[ESX90]

impressive weapon.

[hironastaaa]

funny that the tommys shoot down a scotch tree...

[Hiram041]

Hiram Maxin has a beutifull name, like mine! lol

[asdfzxcvfu]

Maxim's first machine gun was a modified Winchester Model 1866.

[asdfzxcvfu]

Imagine what a single artillery round would do to those balloons. Most of the casualties in WWI were caused by artillery.

[slothafur]

That balloon demonstration was really informative.

[speedabit]

I watch this show on NGC asia. I think the information about maxim is a bit innacurrate. The mechanism show in 01:17 is more like browning's short-recoil system than the Maxim's Leg-like recoil system.

[tunedin2]

nice clip as always 7dc.

T2

[vipondiu]

someone knows which is that tv serie's name?

[pagboy529]

im not try to put down the maxim/vickers, but in only a few decades weve gone from 450 rpm, to over 3000 rpm (GE minigun)

[Gooner018]

Vickers were crazily reliable, you could fire for weeks on end without taking your finger off with enough ammo.

[pagboy529]

true, but the only reason i said that was to show how much we have advanced in such a short time... thanks for that info, though.

[McLarenMercedes]

Actually Maxim's invention was first met with scepticism in the 1890's.The american army wasn't too impressed neither were the french.The brits bought them and demonstrated their power in Afghanistan and African colonies of theirs.

[ChopsticksKilla]

poor tree :(

[triple5soulrulez]

looks like an early .50 cal

[EbuDeyyus]

what a stupid comment you have made