PM M1910

M1910 7.62 Maxim heavy machine gun
Type	Heavy machine gun
Place of origin	Russian Empire  Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1910- 1960s
Used by	See users
Wars	World War I, Russian Revolution of 1917, Russian Civil War, Polish-Soviet War, Finnish Civil War, Spanish Civil War, Winter War, World War II, Second Sino-Japanese War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Chinese Civil War
Production history
Designed	1910
Produced	1910 to 1939 1941 to 1945
Variants	M1910/30, Finnish M/09-21
Specifications
Weight	64.3 kg (139.6 lbs)
Length	1067 mm
Barrel length	721 mm
Cartridge	7.62x54mmR
Action	short recoil,Toggle locked
Rate of fire	600 round/min
Muzzle velocity	740 m/s (2,427.2 ft/s)
Feed system	250 round belt

The PM M1910 (Пулемёт Максима на станке Соколова, Pulemyot Maxima na stanke Sokolova or "Maxim's machine gun model 1910 on Sokolov's mount") was a heavy machine gun used by the Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during World War II. It was adopted in 1910 and was derived from Hiram Maxim's Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62x54mmR rifle cartridge. The M1910 was mounted on a cumbersome wheeled mount with a gun shield and was replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43 Goryunov, starting in 1943. In addition to the main infantry version, there were aircraft mounted (PV-1) and naval variants.

Soviet Red Army machinegunners with a M1910 in the Battle of Kursk.

Users

A Bolshevik tachanka on display. Notice that it is mounted with a PM M1910.

•  North Vietnam
•  People's Republic of China
•  Russian Empire / White Movement
•  Mongolia
•  North Korea
•  Soviet Union / Soviet Russia
•  Turkey 1910-1934
•  Austria-Hungary^[1]
•  Estonia
•  Finland
• Hungary^[1]
•  Poland

External links

• Soviet Manual Covering Operation and Repair of the 1910 Maxim Gun
• Russian Maxim MG, Model 1910 , Sokolov Mtg – Walk around photos
• Soviet anti-aircraft QUAD mount for Maxim machine gun - M4 – Walk around photos
• Quad mounted Maxim guns.
• The Finnish Maxims M09/21 & M32/33

See also

• Maxim M/32-33
• Slostin machine gun
• List of Russian Weaponry
• Maxim-Tokarev
• Maxim gun

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lugosi, József (2008). "Gyalogsági fegyverek 1868–2008". In Lugosi, József; Markó, György. Hazánk dicsőségére: 160 éves a Magyar Honvédség. Budapest: Zrínyi Kiadó. p. 382-383. ISBN 978-963-327-461-3.