A German soldier operating a Maxim gun during WWI. It was the first recoil-operated machine gun, invented by Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883. From Meyers Lexicon, published 1927.
A German soldier operating a Maxim gun during WWI. It was the first recoil-operated machine gun, invented by Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883. From Meyers Lexicon, published 1927.