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Maxim gun

An early, water-cooled, automatic machine gun having a single barrel.

[After Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim.]

Maxim gun [ˈmæksɪm]

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel and utilizing the recoil force of each shot to maintain automatic fire

[named after Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916), its US-born British inventor]

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Maxim gun - an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel

machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)

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Maxim gun (redirected from Maxim maskingevær)

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