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Machine gun of the Maxim system, model 1889. on a carriage-type machine in the museum hall. St. Petersburg #243702543
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Machine gun caliber 4.2 lines / 10.68 mm and rate of fire 250 - 300 rounds per minute. The machine gun was tested in Russia in 1889 - 1890. It was adopted by the Russian Imperial Army in 1895 with a caliber of 3 lines / 7.62 mm. It was used in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 - 1905. This sample is presented in the Military History Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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