Editing Maxim gun (section)

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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Maxim gun
| image              = Maxim gun, Georgian national museum.JPG
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = 
| is_ranged          = yes <!-- Template control parameter -->
| type               = [[Heavy machine gun]]
| origin             = United Kingdom
| service            = 1886–present
| used_by            = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| wars               = <!-- In chronological order -->{{Tree list}}
* [[Mahdist War]]
* [[Emin Pasha Relief Expedition]]
* [[Yoni Expedition]]
* [[Samoan Civil War]]<ref name="German Colonial">{{cite web | url=http://germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/hist%20machine%20guns.htm| title=Machine Guns of the Schutztruppe and Overseas Forces| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420014810/http://germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/hist%20machine%20guns.htm| archive-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
* [[Abushiri Revolt]]
*[[Ijebu Kingdom|Jebu War]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Soldier's Burden |url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/204201.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.kaiserscross.com}}</ref>
* [[Early history of Uganda#Long-distance trade and foreign contact (1800s)|Buganda civil wars]]
* [[First Matabele War]]
* [[First Sino-Japanese War]]
* [[Chitral Expedition]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/krrcchitral.htm| title=The King's Royal Rifle Corps Maxim Gun Section| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002040642/https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/krrcchitral.htm| archive-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)]]
* [[Anglo-Ashanti Wars#Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, 1895–1896|Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War]]<ref>Raugh, Harold E., ''The Victorians at War, 1815–1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History'' (2004)</ref> 
* [[Jameson Raid]]<ref name="Davis-21">{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Richard Harding|title=Dr. Jameson's raiders vs. the Johannesburg reformers|publisher=R. H. Russell|location=New York| year=1897 |url=https://archive.org/stream/drjamesonsraider00davirich#page/21/mode/1up/search/maxim}}</ref>
* [[Second Matabele War]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.today/20230224071950/https://www.historynet.com/second-matabele-war/| title=Second Matabele War}}</ref>
* [[Dervish State|Dervish Resistance]]
* [[Philippine Revolution]]
* [[Benin Expedition]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://beninexpedition120yearson.weebly.com/beninpunitiveexpedition/monday-15-february-1897| title=Extract from A DIARY OF A SURGEON WITH THE BENIN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION' By FELIX N. ROTH, M.R.C.S., and L.R.C.P.}}</ref>
* [[Spanish–American War]]
* [[Adamawa Wars]]
* [[Philippine–American War]]
* [[Second Boer War]]
* [[Boxer Rebellion]]
* [[War of the Golden Stool]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Montagu|first=Hall Wynyard|url=https://archive.org/details/greatdramaofkuma030748mbp|title=The Great Drama Of Kumasi|date=1939|publisher=Putnam Limited Press|others=Osmania University, Digital Library of India}}</ref>
* [[Bafut Wars]]
* [[Anglo–Aro War]]
* [[British expedition to Tibet]]<ref>Allen, Charles (2015), ''Duel in the Snows''. John Murray Press.</ref>
* [[Russo-Japanese War]]
* [[Herero War]]
* [[Maji Maji Rebellion]]
* [[Persian Constitutional Revolution]]
* [[History of Honduras#The rise of US influence in Honduras (1899–1919)|1907 Honduran Conflict]]
* [[Sokehs Rebellion]]<ref name="German Colonial" /> 
* [[Mexican Revolution]]
* [[Balkan Wars]]
* [[Contestado War]]
* [[World War I]]
* [[Russian Civil War]]
* [[Finnish Civil War]]
* [[Estonian War of Independence]]
* [[Polish–Soviet War]]
* [[Paraguayan Civil War (1922)]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.histarmar.com.ar/ArmadasExtranjeras/Paraguay/EjercitoParaguayo-breveHistoria.htm| title=AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201162503/https://www.histarmar.com.ar/ArmadasExtranjeras/Paraguay/EjercitoParaguayo-breveHistoria.htm | archive-date=1 December 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Constitutionalist Revolution]]<ref>Cotta, Francis Albert "as trincheiras da mantiqueira: os embates da Brigada Sul na Revolução Constitucionalista"</ref>
* [[Chaco War]]
* [[Chinese Civil War]]
* [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]
* [[World War II]]
* [[Indochina War]]
* [[Korean War]]
* [[Vietnam War]]
* [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
** [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]]<ref name="Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat - The Drive">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32098/ukrainian-troops-are-still-using-this-pre-world-war-i-era-maxim-machine-gun-in-combat|title=Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre–World War I–Era Maxim Machine Gun in Combat |date=5 February 2020 |publisher=The Drive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205153400/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32098/ukrainian-troops-are-still-using-this-pre-world-war-i-era-maxim-machine-gun-in-combat |archive-date=5 December 2022 }}</ref> 
** [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]<ref name="DNR/LPR troops using a technical with a maxim gun">{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/11/why-ukraines-army-still-uses-a-100-year-old-machinegun|title=Why Ukraine's army still uses a 100-year-old machinegun |newspaper=The Economist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205120845/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/11/why-ukraines-army-still-uses-a-100-year-old-machinegun |archive-date=5 December 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64955537|title=Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve|work=BBC News}}</ref>
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<!-- Production History -->| designer           = [[Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim]]
| design_date        = 
| manufacturer       = Maxim Gun Company, [[Vickers]]
| number             = 
| variants           = [[Vickers machine gun]], [[MG08]], [[PM M1910]], M32-33, M/09-21, [[Maxim M1895]]
<!-- General specifications -->| weight             = 27.2 kg (60 lb)
| length             = 107.9 cm (42.5 in)
| part_length        = 67.3 cm (26.5 in)
| width              = 
| height             = 
| crew               = 4
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| cartridge          = {{Plainlist|
* [[7×57mm Mauser]]
* [[.303 British]]
* [[.30-06 Springfield]]
* [[7.92×57mm Mauser]]
* [[.577/450 Martini–Henry]]
* [[7.62×54mmR]]
* [[6.5×58mm Vergueiro]]
}}
| caliber            = 
| action             = [[Recoil-operated]]
| rate               = 550–600 rounds/min
| velocity           = 744&nbsp;m/s
| range              = 
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 250-round canvas belt
| sights             = [[Iron sight]]s
}}

The '''Maxim gun''' is a [[Recoil operation|recoil-operated]] [[machine gun]] invented in 1884 by [[Hiram Maxim|Hiram Stevens Maxim]]. It was the first [[automatic firearm|fully automatic]] machine gun in the world.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/370419/Sir-Hiram-Stevens-Maxim ''Encyclopædia Britannica'': "Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim"]</ref>

The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian [[Martin Gilbert]],<ref>{{Citation |last=Gilbert |first=Martin |title=A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume One: 1900–1933 |publisher=William Morrow and Company |place=New York |page=11 |year=1997 |edition=1st US |isbn=978-0-688-10064-3}}</ref> and was heavily used by [[Colonialism|colonial powers]] during the "[[Scramble for Africa]]". Afterwards, Maxim guns also saw extensive usage by different armies during the [[Russo-Japanese War]], the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World Wars]], as well as in contemporary conflicts.

The Maxim gun was greatly influential in the development of machine guns, and it has multiple variants and derivatives.