The Maxim was the world's first true machine gun that was manufactured across the world in many different variations during the late 19th/early 20th century.
The Maxim variants can be seen in the following:
Maxim 1895
Maxim 1895 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Television
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Maxim MG08
Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser
German-adopted version of the Maxim gun, adopted in 1908 and classified MG'08 accordingly. Usually seen on its unique four-legged 'sledge' mounting which could be folded up to drag the gun across the ground.
Specifications
- Weight, Gun Only: 58lb 5oz (26.44kg)
- Weight, On 'Sledge' Mounting: 136lb 11oz (62kg)
- O/A Length: 46.25in (1175mm)
- Barrel length: 28.3 in (719 mm)
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
Film
Television
Video Games
Anime
Title
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Characters
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Notation
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Date
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Girl Und Panzer |
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Mounted on German A7V tank |
2012
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Maxim MG08/15
Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Maxim LMG 08/15 "Spandau" - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A variant of the MG08, it was an attempt at a more 'man-portable' version of the gun.
Specifications
- Weight: 31lb 0oz (14.06kg)
- O/A Length: 57.0in (1448mm)
- Barrel length: 28.3 in (719 mm)
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Magazine: 100- or 250-round cloth belt carried in an ammo chest or 100-round cloth belt loaded in a metal patronenkaster belt carrier drum. It feeds from the right and ejects the spent brass from the left.
Film
Television
Show Title / Episode
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Actor
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Character
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Note
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Air Date
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Anzacs |
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German and Australian troops |
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1985
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Anime
Maxim M1910
Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR
Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount & shield - 7.62x54mmR
Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR
Russian-adopted version of the Maxim, adopted originally in 1905 with a bronze water-jacket but modified and standardized to a corrugated-type jacket in 1910. A simplified version with smooth water jacket was adopted in October 1914 and manufactured until late 1920s. Usually seen on the 'Sokolov' mounting which was wheeled with a small turntable.
Specifications
- Weight, Gun Only: 52lb 8oz (23.8kg)
- Weight, On 'Sokolov' Mounting: 99lb 11oz (45.22kg) (Including Shield)
- O/A Length: 43.6in (1107mm)
- Barrel length: 28.4 in (721 mm)
- Cartridge: 7.62x54mm-R, early prototypes chambered for Berdan 10.14 mm
Film
Title
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Actor
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Character
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Notation
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Date
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The First Platoon (Pervyy vzvod) |
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Russian officers and soldiers |
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1933
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Chapaev |
Boris Babochkin |
Chapaev |
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1934
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Leonid Kmit |
Petka |
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Varvara Myasnikova |
Anka |
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Red Army men and White Army soldiers |
Mounted on BA-27 armored car
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The Thirteen (Trinadtsat) |
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Red Army men |
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1936
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The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) |
Nikolai Ivakin |
Petty officer Matveev |
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1938
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The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) |
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Soviet border guards |
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1938
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The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post) |
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Japanese marines |
Disguised as German MG08 |
1938
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Aleksandr Parkhomenko |
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Red Army soldiers, Anarchists |
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1942
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Invincible (Nepobedimye) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1943
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Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) |
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German soldiers |
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1944
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Soldiers (Soldaty) |
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Russian soldiers |
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1956
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Ballad of a Soldier |
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Russian soldier |
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1959
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Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1960
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Viva Maria! |
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Mexican soldiers |
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1965
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Viva Maria! |
Carlos López Moctezuma |
Ródriguez |
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1965
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Doctor Zhivago |
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Russian soldiers |
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1965
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Song About Manshuk (Pesn o Manshuk) |
Natalya Arinbasarova |
Sgt. Manshuk Mametova |
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1969
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The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) |
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Soviet Marines |
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1970
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Officers (Ofitsery) |
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Red Army men |
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1971
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Bumbarash |
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Red Army soldiers |
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1971
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Sokolovo |
Jan Kanyza |
Sgt. Rataj |
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1975
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Stefan Kvietik |
Ignác Spiegel |
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Days of the Turbins (Dni Turbinykh) |
Andrey Myagkov |
Col. Aleksei Turbin |
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1976
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Tachanka from the South (Tachanka s yuga) |
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Red Army soldiers, bandits |
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1977
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The Battle of Port Arthur (203 kochi) |
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Russian soldiers |
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1980
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Bread, Gold and the Nagant Revolver (Khleb, zoloto, nagan) |
Yuriy Grigorev |
Sasha Andronov |
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1980
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Bread, Gold and the Nagant Revolver (Khleb, zoloto, nagan) |
Oleg Korchikov |
Stepan Zaytsev |
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1980
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Bread, Gold and the Nagant Revolver (Khleb, zoloto, nagan) |
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White Army soldiers, bandits |
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1980
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The Sixth (Shestoy) |
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1981
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Snipers (Snaypery) |
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Soviet troops |
w/o shield |
1985
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The Winter War |
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Finnish Soldiers |
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1989
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Ambush (Rukajärven tie) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1999
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Dnieper Line: Love and War |
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Soviet soldiers |
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2009
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Stalingrad |
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Russian sailors |
mounted on a boat |
2013
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Television
Anime
Maxim M1910/30
Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR
Russian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR
Film
Title
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Actor
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Character
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Notation
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Date
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Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) |
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Red Army soldiers |
M-4 AA quad mounting |
1942
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Antosha Rybkin |
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Red Army soldiers |
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1942
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Invincible (Nepobedimye) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1943
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The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) |
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Soviet infantry soldiers and marines |
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1944
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Miles of Fire (Ognennye versty) |
Ivan Savkin |
Grigory Zavragin |
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1957
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Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) |
Andrei Khlebnikov |
Sgt. Aleksei Gogolko |
M-4 Quad Mounting |
1960
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Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) |
Mikhail Pugovkin |
Sgt. Ivan Vozhzhov |
M-4 Quad Mounting |
1960
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Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1960
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Spring (Kwiecien) |
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Polish soldiers |
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1961
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At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) |
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Moscow militiamen |
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1964
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The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) |
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Russian soldiers |
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1964
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The Elusive Avengers (Neulovimye mstiteli) |
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Bandits, Red Army soldiers |
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1966
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And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza) |
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Polish soldiers |
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1966
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Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke) |
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Red Army soldiers and brigands |
Mounted on tachanka cart |
1967
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The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (Novye prikluchenya Neulovimykh) |
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White Army soldier |
Mounted on a patrol boat |
1968
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Liberation: The Fire Bulge |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1969
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Liberation: Breakthrough |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1969
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Shine, Shine, My Star (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) |
Leonid Kuravlyov |
Serdyuk |
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1969
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Shine, Shine, My Star (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) |
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Red Army soldiers, White Army soldies, bandits |
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1969
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The Flight (Beg) |
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Red Army and White Army soldiers |
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1970
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The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) |
Boris Tokarev |
Andrey Krotkikh |
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1970
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The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) |
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Soviet Marines |
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1970
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The Property of Republic (Dostoyanie respubliki) |
Oleg Tabakov |
Makar |
Mounted on tachanka cart |
1971
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The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1972
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Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (V boy idut odni "stariki") |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1973
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They Fought for Their Country |
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Russian soldiers |
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1975
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Dozhit do rassveta |
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Russian soldiers |
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1975
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Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) |
Aleksandr Denisov |
Petty Officer Vakulenchuk |
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1975
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Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1975
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Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1977
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The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) |
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Soviet partisans |
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1977
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Special Forces Detachment (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1978
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The End of the Emperor of the Taiga (Konets imperatora taygi) |
German Kachin |
Pavel Nikitin |
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1978
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The End of the Emperor of the Taiga (Konets imperatora taygi) |
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Solovyov's men |
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1978
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Order: Don't Open Fire (Prikaz: ogon ne otkryvat) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1981
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Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1981
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Wolmi Island |
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North Korean soldiers |
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1982
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The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon) |
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Soldiers of several armies |
On Sokolov mount and on tripod mount |
1983
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Battle for Moscow |
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Soviet soldiers |
on weel mound and M-4 AA quad mount |
1985
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Come and See (Idi i smotri) |
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Soviet partisans |
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1985
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Snipers (Snaypery) |
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Soviet troops |
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1985
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The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1985
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Deja Vu |
Vladimir Golovin |
Mikita Nechyporuk |
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1988
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It's We, O God! (Eto mi, Gospodi!..) |
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Soviet soldiers |
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1990
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Hollow Point |
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Russian mobsters |
Mounted on pickup |
1996
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Brother 2 |
Viktor Sukhorukov |
Viktor |
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2000
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Enemy at the Gates |
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Russian NKVD Troops |
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2001
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Tae Guk Gi |
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North Korean Soldiers |
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2004
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Attack on Leningrad |
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Soviet soldiers |
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2007
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Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!) |
Evelina Blendans |
Gestapo 'Frau' Oddo |
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2008
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Back in Time (My iz budushchego) |
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Red Army soldiers |
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2008
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Dnieper Line: Love and War |
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Soviet soldiers |
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2009
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Dnieper Line: Love and War |
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Soviet officer |
M-4 AA quad mounting |
2009
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The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) |
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Russian soldiers |
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2010
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The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) |
Andrey Merzlikin |
Andrey Kizhevatov |
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2010
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Paradox Soldiers (My iz budushchego 2) |
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Soviet troops |
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2010
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Weekend |
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Soldiers |
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2010
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Burnt by the Sun 2 (Utomlennye solntsem 2) |
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Soviet troops |
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2011
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Battle of Warsaw 1920 |
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Russian and polish troops |
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2011
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Battle of Warsaw 1920 |
Natasza Urbanska |
Ola Raniewska |
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2011
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My Way |
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Red Army blocking detachment |
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2011
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War of the Dead |
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German soldier |
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2011
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Stalingrad |
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Russian sailors |
mounted on a boat |
2013
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Television
Video games
Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun
Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser
The Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun is the Chinese variant of the Maxim, and can be identified by the muzzle disk mounted on the barrel just ahead of the water jacket. Originally adopted in 1935 chambered for the 7.92x57mm Mauser, after the Chinese Civil War a variant chambered for the 7.62x54mmR Russian cartridge was developed.
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