Maxim

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

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Northwest Frontier		Indian soldier	.	1959
Northwest Frontier	Herbert Lom	Van Layden	.	1959
Northwest Frontier	Kenneth More	Capt. Scott	.	1959
Breaker Morant	Edward Woodward	Morant	.	1980
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows	.	British Army soldier	.	2011

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Rough Riders		Spanish troops	Argentine Maxim	1997
Weaponology /Rapid Fire				2007-2008
Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey /Episode 1: Machine Gun Educations	R. Lee Ermey	Himself		2009

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 it's 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

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
All Quiet on the Western Front		German soldiers		1930
The Fighting 69th		German soldiers		1940
Sergeant York		German soldiers		1941
Sahara		German soldiers	Mounted on a halftrack	1943
The Longest Day		German soldiers		1962
Duck, You Sucker!				1971
The Wind and the Lion				1975
Gallipoli		Turkish soldiers		1981
The Living Daylights				1987
The Lighthorsemen		Turkish soldiers		1987
Legends of the Fall		German soldiers		1994
The Lost Battalion		German soldiers		2001
Deathwatch		German soldiers		2002
Passchendaele		German soldiers		2009
Beneath Hill 60		German soldiers		2010

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Anzacs		German and Turkish troops		1985
Anzacs	Mark Hembrow	Dick Baker		1985
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	.	German Soldiers	.	1992-1993
Weaponology /Rapid Fire				2007-2008

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Darkest of Days				2009
7554	MG 08			2011

Maxim MG08/15

Maxim MG08/15 - 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

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Hell's Angels			MG08/15 aircraft version	1930
Hell's Angels	Ben Lyon	Monte Rutledge	MG08/15 aircraft version	1930
The Fighting 69th		German soldiers		1940
A Walk In The Sun		German soldiers	MG08/15 modified with water jacket removed	1945
Zeppelin				1971
Biggles: Adventures in Time			MG08/15 air cooled	1986
The Lighthorsemen		German troops	MG08/15 aircraft version	1987

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Anzacs		German and Australian troops		1985
Weaponology /Rapid Fire				2007-2008

Maxim M1910

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR

Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount & shield - 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. 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	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Chapaev		Red Army men and White Army soldiers		1934
Chapaev	Boris Babochkin	Chapayev		1934
Chapaev	Leonid Kmit	Petka		1934
Chapaev	Varvara Myasnikova	Anka		1934
Chapaev			Mounted on BA-27 armored car	1934
The Thirteen (Trinadtsat)		Red Army men		1936
Soldiers (Soldaty)		Russian soldiers		1956
Ballad of a Soldier		Russian soldier		1959
Doctor Zhivago		Russian soldiers		1965
Officers (Ofitsery)		Red Army men		1971
The Sixth (Shestoy)				1981
Brother 2	Viktor Sukhorukov	Viktor		2000
Enemy at the Gates		Russian troops		2001

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The State Border: Film 1		Red Army soldiers		1980
		German soldiers	modified to resemble German Maxim MG08
The State Border: Film 2		Russian Border guards		1980
The State Border: Film 3		Russian Border guards		1982
The State Border: Film 4		Russian Border guards and Turkestan Communist fighters		1984
The State Border: Film 5		Russian Border guards	on wheel mount and M-4 AA quad mount	1986
Weaponology /Rapid Fire				2007-2008

Anime

Character	Film Title	Note	Date
Ishvalan resistance fighter	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood		2009 - 2010

Maxim M1910/30

Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda)		Red Army soldiers	M-4 AA quad mounting	1942
The Property of Republic (Dostoyanie respubliki)	Oleg Tabakov	Makar	Mounted on tachanka cart	1971
They Fought for Their Country		Russian soldiers		1975
Dozhit do rassveta		Russian soldiers		1975
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)		Soldiers of several armies	On Sokolov mount and on tripod mount	1983
Deja Vu	Vladimir Golovin	Mikita Nechyporuk		1988
Hollow Point		Russian mobsters	Mounted on pickup	1996
Enemy at the Gates		Russian NKVD Troops		2001
Tae Guk Gi		North Korean Soldiers		2004
Attack on Leningrad		Soviet soldiers		2007
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost)		Russian soldiers		2010
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost)	Andrey Merzlikin	Andrey Kizhevatov		2010

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Ultimate Force /Something to Do with Justice		Serbian paramilitaries		2002

Video games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Commandos: Strike Force			It has unlimited ammo	2006