The Swiss MG11 Maxim Machine Gun
Hiram Maxim was born in the United States in 1840. His genius lay in his ability to grasp the complexities of chemistry, electricity and mechanical... Read more.
French St. Etienne Model 1907
The Mitrailleuse Saint Etienne Mle 1907 is one of those rare classic machine guns that was a complex mechanical nightmare prone to overheating and parts... Read more.
Air Gunners Memorial at the Yorkshire Air Museum // York, U.K.
In the beautiful countryside of northern England just a few miles from York, is the Yorkshire Air Museum. Based on the former World War II Bomber Command... Read more.
Defense & Security 2009
The Tri-Service Asian Defense and Internal Security Event for Land, Sea and Air and Security Exhibition was held at the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Bangkok,... Read more.
The Austrian Schwarzlose Model 07/12 Water-Cooled Machine Gun
Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose of Charlottenburg, Germany was a well known and respected inventor and arms designer working out of the gun making center of Suhl,... Read more.
Russian Underwater Guns
Many of us remember the finale in the 1965 movie Thunderball when James Bond and his allies battle Emilio Largo, the evil Number Two of SPECTRE (SPecial... Read more.
The French Hotchkiss Model 1914 Heavy Machine Gun
The Hotchkiss Model 1914 was the standard French Army heavy machine gun during World War I. It was also the primary heavy machine gun of the United States... Read more.
Spirit of the Bayonet: Bayonet Charge in Basra
While the insignia of US Infantry is crossed rifles, its spirit is the spirit of the bayonet. Every American infantryman, indeed every American soldier,... Read more.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: The Royal Regiment of Scotland
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are an infantry regiment of the British Army with a rich history. It is one of Scotland’s oldest fighting forces. ... Read more.
The Museum of the Polish Army // Warsaw, Poland
Located in the heart of Warsaw, Poland, the Museum of the Polish Army holds some 300,000 historical treasures dating from 966 through World War II. The... Read more.
The Browning Model 1917 Water-Cooled Machine Gun
Not long after John Browning invented the world’s first gas operated fully automatic machine gun, the Model 1895 Automatic Gun, he realized that there must... Read more.
Greek War Museum // Athens, Greece
Located in the center of Athens just several hundred yards from the Athens Hilton hotel is the Greek Ministry of Defense War Museum. Opened in 1975, the... Read more.
U.S. Maxim Model 1904
History 2004 marked the one hundredth anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Maxim Machine Gun, Caliber .30, Model of 1904. This was the first rifle... Read more.
The White Eagle Military Museum // Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland
Skarżysko-Kamienna is a relatively young city receiving its city charter in 1923, yet a settlement has existed in the Kamienna river valley since prehistoric... Read more.
Argentina’s Maxim Model 1895
Argentina was an early user of the Maxim and began by ordering 50 Maxims from the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company Limited in England in 1895. ... Read more.
