Shooting the Russian Maxim 1910

[HackFree4]

Dear Santa...

[yummyumms96]

they dont make em like they used to

[WhyYouJelly]

Instrument of death. The invention of it was a disgrace to humanity.

[lookatthewholepictur]

@WhyYouJelly There will always be weapons for man to kill each other, But to make a great weapon for your country to defend itself with will always be an honorable accomplishment.

[caveabilly]

@WhyYouJelly obvious troll is obvious

[199leg]

During the 1 and World War II,Russian soldiers often boiled water for tea by Maxim machine gun.

[Savta1234]

The soviet soldiers would have one problem with it - it was HEAVY, and most of the times they would have to carry it on their backs. Another thing was that it came with a big defensive shield, that many experienced gunners prefered to get off, but did not have a permission to throw away (army property).

[rapperjoecool]

The barrel is similar to the Lewis gun, and the small wheels on it remind me of a Civil War cannon.

[F4Wildcat]

@rapperjoecool Thats the sokolov mount. For WW1 this mount was actually very good. And russian MG crews where well equipped and organised.

For WW2......well...

It was actually still rather usefull...

[freakfurt]

The Maxim is a German weapon i thought?

[cpreston5]

@freakfurt It was invented by an American orignally, Hiram Maxim, and most countries made their own versions, the British Vickers, this Russian 1910, and the Germans had their MG 08, etc.

[steelhelex]

It sounds like burial a march for enemies

[TNAn0rBeZ]

I love Russian guns!

[Silberdachs]

Great vids. Keep up the good work.

[Rangerfull3]

i love your videos.

[teodormafia]

I have a problem disassembling it... What way do you need to turn the handle to release side-spring tension. So when I look at it from the shooter's view, clockwise or anticlockwise?

[C2builder]

@teodormafia Bet way to remember is the phases "loosen up" & "tighten down".

You can remove the spring and cover by hand, just pull it slightly toward the front of the gun and lift off. It shouldn't be that tight.

[teodormafia]

@C2builder Heh, thanks. That was the actual problem, the cover got stuck for some reason and it pretty much did not want to move. So I did like you said, thank you very much, and the spring was almost hanging down, the handle was moving freely, so I tried pushing, hitting, pulling, nothing worked to remove the cover. So I went to get some heavy metal :) I used empty weights bar and it took me 5-6 hits to get it off. Now i have problem removing the handles, nothing worked on it so far. Thanks :)

[B1gO]

This machine gun killed millions of soldiers during WW1. It's so awe inspiring to see it still around over a hundred years later.

[warspitejr]

@B1gO the colt 1911 is still in use today! i think that is the oldest handgun still in use other than the browning 50 cal. which i think is the oldest HMG still in use (could be very wrong, that's just what i know)

[911Investigate911]

This is the fastest way making hot tea

[JanHBuch]

A lot of American and British soldiers are feeling how an "antiquated round feels like", in Iraq. It is used in the SVD sniper rifle.

[FlamingFartFace]

is this water cooled?

[TheWill450]

@FlamingFartFace the thing around the barrel is a water jacket

[mcod99]

this year for my birtday i would like

[dylaninLG]

working history ftw!

[Rambonii]

The water cooled maxim was just perfect for shields meaning it really was a defensive weapon and a little extra weight really wont hurt. The .303 killed Gandi. The 7mm mouser i think might be older than .303.

[L4MD4]

why is it these older machine guns have such unreliable rates of fire?

[dblac74]

@L4MD4 Because theyre old...

[parrotcar]

Im pretty sure .303 enfields and Brens are still in use in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and other former British colonies. Maybe those nations do not list them as official arms so they dont look behind the times but you often see Indian police and soldiers with lee enfields on the Indian news stations.

[willowrhayne]

@parrotcar the .303 is a great cartridge im surprised its not still used as a sniper platform bullet. Obviously Nato killed off machine gun uses.

[Adonnus100]

Was this gun used in WW1 to a wide extent?

[Yora21]

@Adonnus100 By world war 1 the Maxim was rahter outdated. However, Vickers produced an improved version that was used a lot by allied armies.

[kop4321]

It sounds almost as scary as the M42.

[uncleman96]

finnish use this machinegun in world war 2 against russians

[whatsgoingonthen]

in one instance prior to the 2nd boer war in african....4 maxim machine guns and 50 men are said to have held off 5000..african natives...remarkable!

[omega4chimp]

your bad

[FINOlmi]

As this was the russian mg in WW1 do you happen to know what machinegun germans used in world war 1

[zeron2222]

@FINOlmi mg08/15 for example



[BlackSkies1944]

notice how slow that thing is at first..? then as he holds the trigger down longer, it sounds alot scarieras well as fires alot faster like to give you the idea that you can make it across open ground because you think it has a low RPM and then the jokes on you ?

[humpyhustler]

The machine gun is beautifu art.

[XboXPaulM6]

is this a copy of the vickers?

[muddafuckPhD]

@XboXPaulM6 nah vickers followed the maxim, although it looks like the vickers was pretty much a copy of the maxim lol

[Schlachthof5]

Nice!

[Demulon]

Wow, it's refreshing seeing armaments used by all sides of the conflict. Thanks!

[SpencerAK74M]

All I hear is an officer with a red star yelling "Not one step backward or we shoot!!"

Lol

[locoawise]

Russian industrialized stuff seem to have a personality of it's own, as of the design and rawness, and quantity effective. Somewhat like the german stuff, that you put your eyes at and you recognize it's german, but their stuff resembles more quality effectiveness and precision,as if they really think of everything. Both are not like other european and american manufactured goods and equipament, which are very generic shit(though effective as hell too).

[royalstarfish17]

this gun looks really old (as in the design)

[FireBadger66]

sounds more convincing than the Vickers does...

[MrUSA21]

Russian Tough

[DocRoe92]

Is there any reason russian machine guns feed from the right, or is it just cos they feed from the east and we feed from the west? :P

[DarkkPhoenixTV]

" No step backwards" That machine gun killed some soviet soldiers. :(

[olsku360]

finns has killed many russians whit this weapon

[kpop1988a]

you waste your money in a quick way.....

[h1tm4n84]

beeaaauuutiful!!!

[whitfan27]

Does the base/mount rolling around provide irritation as the firer, for things like keeping a bead on a target and such?

[MrTRex777]

Is it me or does the rate of fire change?

[WatchMan140]

This is possibly the fastest firing World War I machine gun. I am surprised the Germans beat the Russians on the Eastern Front.

[superq111111]

good gun!

[vlad9vt]

legendary Maxim - i like this sound

[sergeontheloose]

The gun is actually American, developed by Hiram Maxim. And it was sold to Imperial Russian Army under license.

But thanks to him, Russia took it to another level.

[lordxeras]

Aahh, nothin' beats the sound of a maxim firing up.

[oglikom]

sounds great

[GeneralCalculus]

I have to say this, but Finnish army retained its modernized Maxims to 1990ties. So we might be last so called first world country to phase them out. :)

[khk0510]

what is the green thing around the barrel of the gun? i was always curious what it was for.

[GeneralCalculus]

@khk0510 "what is the green thing around the barrel of the gun? i was always curious what it was for. " It is water filled cooling jacket.

[wild50gunner]

@GeneralCalculus yep that is indeed a water jacket so you dont have to change hot barrels the later russian maxims had a large cap on the top so you could cram hanfulls of snow into the jacket durring winter fun fact

[5hiThAppEnS2]

@khk0510 im pretty sure its the cooling system

[lordxeras]

@5hiThAppEnS2 yeah, It's the water cooling tank

[voron681]

@khk0510 to cool da barrel down and it makes it easier to replace it

[DaExecutA]

nice videos =)

[steamplayer716]

that gun would turn your fingers into pudding if your not careful.

[KrptoSodium]

is this the machinegun from the suicide charge in enemy at the gates? causes that machinegun almost looked like a auto cannon with the small shield it had

[C2builder]

@KrptoSodium Yes, same type gun.

[ferdin12]

@C2builder I wonder if any taliban fighters use this gun

[shammy63]

@ferdin12 yeh right... imagine carrying that around in the mountains... with that stand and wheelbarrow for it...

[1amar0ck]

@KrptoSodium haha i was thinking that but what else i was thinking WHY DIDNT THEY USE IT TO ATTACK THEM NOT KILL THIER OWN MEN !!!!

[Ialocin1985]

@KrptoSodium

its watercooled

[dmytrocool]

anoth resion why russia is awsome

[stroobos1]

that must be shooting some big bullets just hear that sound, love it :)

[SirRetku]

This is the gun they used in 1918 here in Finland, after the civil war, killing the communists by thousands by executing them. This happened very near where I live. One night I was walking my dog in the dark...I saw a glimpse of a man dressed in 1918 rags....I looked again...and he was gone.

[nikki4562]

love russian weapons:D

[mobbdeep4eva1]

this is a bad ass machine gun, i like this one n the pkm n mg42, old skool weapons kick ass

[GeneralCalculus]

Is there any catridge in military use that is older than 7.62X54?

[C2builder]

@GeneralCalculus Not to my knowledge, I'm pretty sure the 7.62x54r is the oldest still in use.

[ooogaboooga172]

@C2builder Not 100% certain but im sure the British .303 is older

[C2builder]

@ooogaboooga172 Maybe but the .303 is not in service anymore, the 7.62x54r is however.

[ooogaboooga172]

@C2builder .303 Lee Enfield is still in official service with the Canadian Rangers (reserve police) and there are probably a few still being used by the taliban after the soviet war when some SMLE's were aquired.

[PontoonTeek]

@C2builder .303 is still in service in limited quantities with the Canadian Rangers. Technically still part of the CF and still considered an issued weapon by them.

[Kagaimaru]

@C2builder well im just gonna put this in here though some might not be considered military cartridges besides some military handguns.

The .22 Short...late 1850's early 1860's

The .45 Colt...1872

The shotgun shell...late 1860's

The 45/70...late 1860's.

The 32/20 and the 44/40 were both mid-1870's.

The .38 Special and the 30/30 were both mid to late 1890's.

[mirassb]

@C2builder .303 is still made in Sellier and Bellot factory in Czech republic...

[Gunny761]

@C2builder I'm not sure whether this qualifies, but I believe the U.S. Navy still uses the old .45-70 Government cartridge in line-throwing guns.

[Goodspittin]

@C2builder That's just one of those things that is never going away

[Krywiggles]

@C2builder i think the german 8mm might be older

[NikoAlferov]

@GeneralCalculus .45 Long Colt, used in H&K sub guns and U.S. Marine issued handguns.

[leolion1993]

@GeneralCalculus the 30 nad the .45

[korn6499]

@GeneralCalculus guerilla forces in places like nepal and pakistan use the 303 british. defomately not major armies, but unless anybody else can think of an older cartridge I would say the 303 cal is oldest in use.

[Staatssicherheit]

@GeneralCalculus Sweeden uses 6.5x55 on their FN MAG's. But it is from the exactly same year! Thats the time when that size of carthridge was all over europe. From 1891-1906 They made all the mainly used calibers of today. Exept we got them shortned down for the selctive fire assault rifles..

And then we figured 5.56mm and 5.45mm light weight carthridges with higher velocity.

[Youmakemefart]

this looks like hella fun :)

[pcjudosambo]

so this gun was recently built or is it an original from 1910, I didn't understand your description.

[C2builder]

@pcjudosambo Here in the USA vendors can buy machine guns from around the world in a disassembled and parts kit form. Once the kits are here in the USA average citizens can buy they with no restrictions other than they can not reassemble them back into live machine guns. Licensed manufacturers can reassemble them back to original state and resell them to other Class 3 dealers. Unlicensed persons can build them into semi-autos only.

[guilford681]

@C2builder I live in Maine. Legally can I own a fully automatic weapon? Is it certain states that allow it only with a license?

Thanks

[callum154]

would you say this is better than the vickers gun?

[C2builder]

@callum154 I think the design is below the Vickers but the internal and external parts are definately more robust and can take battle conditions better than the Vickers.

[LewisYounger16]

how many maxims do you have?

[C2builder]

@LewisYounger16 This was my last one and I sold it last year, so I don't have any. I may build another someday.

[moonisveri]

i think it beat still now day machine guns

[CR055H41RZ]

talk about overheated

[KivVer08]

....30000shots later.....I got him?

[ToomuchBTUstoday]

Did they show this in the movie "Enemy at the gate" ?

[yezidi11]

ill take it

[Bamchucknorris]

amazing sound

[xazoulini1]

quality of sound and picture...very nice:))

[m21sup]

As the engineer said: Use more guns, like this heavy caliber mg mounted by me, builded by me, and you best hope, not pointing at you...

[ReaganSmashObama]

Picture a WWI battle field in front

[MacProDanFan]

Holy Crap that was awesome! I have always envyed you guys that have the opportunities to have these at your disposal. Thanks for sharing and keep on shooting!!!

[XDlosDominicans]

is it accurate ?

[thebestpioltever]

You are one lucky SOB to get to play around with those toys...

[benko1337]

holy shit had max volyme omfg :O

[PvtVVitt]

is this what the Russian soldiers used in enemy at the gates when they were gunning down their own men?

[spritz0]

@PvtVVitt yes, good observation- it was!

[xxXKAZHXxx]

that gun wiped the ass on the nazis in ww2

[ToucanX]

@xxXKAZHXxx not

[SuperFinnish]

@xxXKAZHXxx Yea, and also cut down rows of soviets. :P

[thesomeone48]

hmm ,i never knew old mgs fed through the left, is this how most were in the early 1900s?

[tuisaula]

cool

[coenijn]

built in a town called Nederland in Texas, usa? that's great it means the Netherlands in Dutch, and thats were I live so ironic.

[KangOhDayumn]

i love the sound

[strilight]

One slip and knuckles are gone.

[juippi44]

That´s my kind of machine gun :DD

[guns1312]

Germans will b running like girls if they heard that being fired

[12paintballerz]

a nice gun, old but nice

[panzerschiff1995]

why it dont has that typical shield ? O.o

[C2builder]

I didn't drag it out because it weights alot and would have covered up the shooting.

[ppatrikfromEST]

this gun helped us win our War of Independence against russians in 19181920!

[cluck2win]

Maxim is american gun originally, but being sold to alot of european countries WW1 for example the british and germans were killing each other with their own variants of the gun.

[vige007]

Do you guys mean that just THAT maxim is russian or what? Because Maxim is british so far as i know....

[C2builder]

Not really. Hiram Maxim was American, moved to England, built and sold the Maxim Gun to several countries. The Vickers is different, but is a off-shoot of the Maxim Gun. Other than caliber most Maxims are all the same, more or less.

[schizoidboy]

Seeing the comments here I'm reminded of a quote that is mention on an exhibit at West Point Museum where Maxium was told to "Hang your electrical and chemistry, if you want to make a pile of money invent something that will allow these crazy Europeans slit each other's throat with greater facility." The most dangerous statement of all time.

[C2builder]

Very true. If you read up on Maxim's history you will see that he had more electrical patents than Thomas Edison, and if he had not been hired by Edison's finacial backers to go to Europe Maxim would have stayed in the electrical field and never invented the MG. What would WWI have been like? Makes you wonder.

[JamieEmmett]

The Maxim looks so much better on a Tachanka

[TheAeroflotbitch]

yeah ...it´s water cooled...

[jnncbuhyc]

your vids are the best..hands down..we dont have to watch some tool kit try and work it then fire single shot on a full auto..

[TheFNFALRules]

2860 FPS right there!

[Deftones031]

maxim was such a whore, selling the designs to his weapon to all sides... lol :D

[C2builder]

@Deftones031, yeah but he was one of the richest whores in the world! LOL!

[Redbaron011]

You would too. All arms dealers are. The Luger was very close to being the side arm of the US military and not the Colt 1911.

[Redbaron011]

The US stayed out of World War II for so long because we were making enormous profits selling petrol to both the sides! The Japanese attacked us because we stopped selling them petrol and because we had colonies that they thought should be theirs(They believed they had a manifest destiny in the east).

[leapoffaith20]

@Deftones031

Yeh, Kind of like the Americans before they finally chose a side in WWII.

[AlexDeLarge90]

@Deftones031

he actually thought that if all sides had his gun in significant numbers nobody would be stupid enough to go to war

[HufflepuffTheGreat]

@Deftones031 haha like he said, "If you want to make a lot of money very very quickly, invent something which will allow Europeans to kill each other in huge numbers indiscriminately."

[hlander93]

@Deftones031

couldn't agree more.

[Maloross]

What is the production year?(looks like a 1920-41 period model)

Water tank jacket is an early design without the "easy" loading lid added around 1942 to allow Soviet soldiers to simply put snow inside it when liquid water could be difficult to find.

Also, some of the other posters I think are misled by the year, this Machinegun had the highest production between 1925 and 1945, early Tsarist period Maxims looked different more like early British water cooled Vickers Machineguns.

[C2builder]

@Maloross, yes this Maxim was made within the years you said. Unless you have a all matching gun with the top cover dated you simply don't know the exact year made, the Russians were lousy clerks and book keepers when it came to serializing their guns during war-time.

[DinoPal]

Russia made a lots of changes in that gun,to make more relible.

[julianramos1]

where did u get that?

[Rico8458]

this is excellent for home defense. when economic collaspes come to america, my farm can use this gun to keep the city folks away. lol.

[Gurkmomma]

hehehe.. yea for home defence :D

[Lockbar]

LOL! Them city folks are useless! Mow'm down.

[rhinogek]

badass

[AlbertsFlasher]

very cool gun! gotta love the wheels and mount!

[AntiGravDisclosure]

whats the original hose and can then for the maxim? i have a deac one in a ww2 display, and im not sure what is the correect period water can and hose - where can i buy these? thanks

[C2builder]

The Russians used just about anything and didn't really have a issue standard for condensation cans fore the Maxims. The Finns however did and it looks alot like the German WWI Maxim can. There are plenty of period photos online that show these cans in use. Check out International Military Antiques (IMA) for these cans, they carry several types.

[AntiGravDisclosure]

hi - do you need a codenser can for the steam? its just that in pictures of ww2, the vickers always seem to have a steam tube into a can, but the russian maxims never seem to need one?

[C2builder]

Yes, I have the can and hose but didn't really need it for this quick video.

[zlo333]

@AntiGravDisclosure water is pured into the barrel, by the way guys if u want vintage maxim try to scout for em in russia, my uncle saw nagans (pistols) from 1900s in warehouses there still in oil. they r out there for all i know

[ThermalAdvancement]

Do you prefer the Maxim based designs to the Browning designs such as the 1917?

[C2builder]

For simplicity you can't beat the Brownings. The Maxims are more complicated. The Maxim and 1917 being both water cooled I would want the Browning with me in the field or trench. I am currently working on a deal to buy a 1917.

[disturbedone5009]

I would kill to own a 1919 or 1917. That would just be awesome. The only way that would probably happen for me is to buy one of the semi auto versions that are out there.

[C2builder]

There are a lot of guys out there doing just that, the semi-auto versions of WW2 machine guns are gaining in popularity and value. Get one while you can.

[Tsagia]

@C2builder Wouldn't it be just awesome if they made some "replica" or toy version of it(in almost the same size)but in low prices?Sorry that's kind of a dream but...it could be awesome don't you think man?Hehe!:P

[diablowrathltd]

wat round does this shoot?

[C2builder]

7.62x54r

[agentolshki]

thats a pretty good rate of fire. does it slow down a bit as it warms up or is cyclic quicker than full auto?

[Redbaron011]

This sounds like music to me.

[PraetorianMan]

I don't know a lot about modern firearms, but I do know more than most average people about pre-1945 models. Someone answer this for me: How is this HMG here, other than simply being older, any less effective than modern MGs?

[pokertom42191]

i'm no expert but most likely modern MG have improved in terms of reliability,range,rate of fire. Just a guess though.

[GeneralCalculus]

@PraetorianMan "other than simply being older, any less effective than modern MGs?" It is heavy. Source wikipedia, Maxim (no model specified): 27.2 kg

PKM (modern russian MMG) on tripod: PKM: 7.5 kg (16.53 lb) (gun + integral bipod) + 4.5 kg (9.92 lb) (tripod).

Allthought modern machine guns have greater firepower compared to pre-1945 they cannot sustain it due to lighter barrels, allthough they are equippped with quick chage barrels to give them longer time of firing,

[19thepyrochilibean]

I wonder if it'd be useful to have this gun in a today conflict. It fires bullet fast, it's mounted, powerful, and fires allot of bullets.

[sturmgewehr70]

Ass kicker from the early part of the 20th century!