PM M1910
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The Pulyemyot Maksima PM1910 (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, romanized: Pulemyot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda, lit. 'Maxim's machine gun Model 1910'), or PM M1910, is a heavy machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and World War II. Later the gun saw service in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Pulyemyot Maksima PM1910 | |
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Type | Heavy machine gun |
Place of origin | Russian Empire[1] |
Service history | |
In service | 1910–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | World War I[2] Russian Revolution Russian Civil War[1] Turkish War of Independence Polish–Soviet War Finnish Civil War Estonian War of Independence Warlord Era[3] Spanish Civil War Winter War Chinese Civil War World War II[4] Second Sino-Japanese War Korean War Vietnam War Syrian Civil War[citation needed] War in Donbas[5] 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[6] |
Production history | |
Designed | 1909–1910[2] |
Produced | 1910–1939 1941–1945 |
No. built | at least 176,000[citation needed] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 62.66 kg (138.1 lb)[1] |
Length | 1,067 mm (42 in) |
Barrel length | 721 mm (28.4 in) |
Cartridge | 7.62×54mmR[4][1] |
Action | Short recoil, toggle locked |
Rate of fire | 600 round/min[1] |
Muzzle velocity | 740 m/s (2,427 ft/s) |
Feed system | 250-round belt[1] |
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