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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Pulyemyot Maksima M1910
| image              = Maxim Maschinengewehr 1910.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = PM M1910/30
| type               = [[Heavy machine gun]]
| origin             = [[Russian Empire]]<ref name=autogenerated3 />
<!-- Type selection -->
| is_ranged          = yes
<!-- Service history -->
| service            = 1910 – Present
| used_by            = ''See'' ''{{section link|PM M1910|Users|nopage=yes}}''
| wars               = {{Collapsible list
  | bullets = yes
  | title = List of conflicts
  | [[World War I]]<ref name=autogenerated1 />
  | [[Russian Revolution]]
  | [[Russian Civil War]]<ref name=autogenerated3 />
  | [[Turkish War of Independence|Turkish War<br/>of Independence]]
  | [[Polish–Soviet War]]
  | [[Finnish Civil War]]
  | [[Estonian War of Independence|Estonian War<br/>of Independence]]
  | [[Warlord Era]]<ref name="China"/>
  | [[Spanish Civil War]]
  | [[Winter War]]
  | [[Chinese Civil War]]
  | [[World War II]]<ref name=autogenerated2 />
  | [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Second<br/>Sino-Japanese War]]
  | [[Korean War]]
  | [[Vietnam War]]
  | [[Syrian Civil War]]<br/>{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
  | [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]]<ref name="Ukrainian">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32098/ukrainian-troops-are-still-using-this-pre-world-war-i-era-maxim-machine-gun-in-combat |title=Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat |first=Joseph |last=Trevithick |date=5 February 2020 |website=The Drive }}</ref>
  | [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion<br/>of Ukraine]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/age-old-weapons-shaping-russia-ukraine-war-here-is-the-list-1934704-2022-04-07 | title=Age old weapons are shaping Russia-Ukraine war, here is the list }}</ref>
  }}
<!-- Production history -->
| design_date        = 1909–1910<ref name=autogenerated1/>
| developed_from     = [[Maxim gun|Maxim Gun]]
| production_date    = 1910–1939<br>1941–1945
| number             = At least 176,000<ref>{{cite book|last=Forty|first=Simon|year=2024|title=The Soviet Infantryman on the Eastern Front|publisher=Casemate|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|isbn=978-1-6362-4364-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgHkEAAAQBAJ|page=81}}</ref>
| variants           = ''See'' ''{{section link|PM M1910|Variants|nopage=yes}}''
<!-- General specifications -->
| weight             = {{ubli
  | '''Gun body''':<br/>{{convert|23.8|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}
  | '''On wheeled mount''':<br/>{{convert|62.66|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}<ref name=autogenerated3 />
  }}
| length             = {{convert|1,067|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length        = {{convert|721|mm|in|abbr=on}}
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> 
| cartridge          = [[7.62×54mmR]]<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name=autogenerated3 />
| caliber            = 7.62 mm
| action             = Short recoil, toggle locked
| rate               = 600 round/min<ref name=autogenerated3 />
| velocity           = {{convert|740|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}
| feed               = 250-round [[Belt (firearm)|belt]]<ref name=autogenerated3 />
}}
The '''Pulyemyot Maksima M1910''' ({{langx|ru|Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года|translit=Pulemyot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda|lit=Maxim machine gun model 1910}}), or '''PM M1910''', is a [[heavy machine gun]] based on the [[Maxim gun]], that was used by the Imperial Russian [[Imperial Russian Army|Army]], [[Imperial Russian Navy|Navy]] and [[Imperial Russian Air Service|Air Service]] during [[World War I]], then by the [[Red Army|Red]], [[White Army|White]] and [[Green armies|Green]] armies during the [[Russian Civil War]], and later by the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] during [[World War II]]. Later the gun saw service in the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]] and the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].

==History==
It was adopted in August 1910 and was derived from [[Hiram Maxim]]'s Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian [[7.62×54mmR]] rifle cartridge. The M1910 was mounted on a wheeled mount with a [[gun shield]].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

In 1918–1920, 21,000 new Maxim M1910 machine guns were manufactured in Revolutionary Russia for the Red Army.<ref name=autogenerated3>Пулемёты // Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. С. С. Хромов. — 2-е изд. — М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1987. стр.490-491</ref>
In 1930, a modernized version M1910/30 was adopted by the Red Army.<ref name=autogenerated2>"''На вооружении Советской Армии состояли станковые пулемёты Максима образца 1910, модернизированные в 1930 и 1941''"<br/>Пулемёты // Великая Отечественная война 1941 - 1945. Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. М. М. Козлов. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1985. стр.594-595</ref> M1910/30 can be equipped with [[optical sight]].<ref>Описание пулемётного оптического прицела обр. 1930. Москва, Ленинград; Отдел Издательства Народного Комиссариата Обороны Союза ССР. 1951 г.</ref>
In 1941, the gun was modernized once again.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
In May 1942, an order was given to begin the development of a new machine gun to replace the Maxim M1910/30. On May 15, 1943, the [[SG-43 Goryunov|SG-43 machine gun]] was adopted and since summer 1943 Maxim guns were replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43, which retained the wheeled and shielded carriage. However, production of the Maxim did not end until 1945.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

In addition to the main infantry version, there were aircraft-mounted and naval variants. Some were fitted with a tractor radiator cap fitted on top of the water jacket to allow handfuls of snow to be packed in to melt while firing.

After World War II, the Maxim was phased out of service, but was still sent in some quantities to the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]]. In 2014 during the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]], some Maxims in stock were captured by the [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|Pro-Russian separatists]] while others were taken from storage to be used by the [[Ukrainian Armed Forces]].<ref name="Ukrainian" /> A number were used by the Ukrainian military during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] due to their reputation for accuracy and reliability.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why Ukraine's army still uses a 100-year-old machinegun |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/11/why-ukraines-army-still-uses-a-100-year-old-machinegun |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-05-11 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

==Variants==
; Russian Empire
* '''Maxim M1910 {{abbr|MG|Machine gun}} on the Sokolov M1910 wheeled mount''' ({{langx|ru|Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года на колёсном станке А. А. Соколова образца 1910 года|translit=Pulemyot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda na kolosnom stanke A. A. Sokolova obraztsa 1910 goda|lit=Maxim machine gun model 1910 on the A. A. Sokolov wheeled mount model 1910|links=no}})<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite magazine|last=Fedoseyev|first=Semyon|date=November 2010|editor-last=Samokhin|editor-first=Igor|script-title=ru:Столетие легендарного «Максима»|trans-title=The Birth Centenary of the Legendary ''Maxim''|url=https://master-gun.com/pdfs/164.pdf|magazine=Master Ruzhyo|script-magazine=ru:Мастер Ружьё|language=ru|number=11 #164|pages={{nowrap|40–46}}|issn=<!-- 0002-9200 -->|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216153100/https://master-gun.com/pdfs/164.pdf|archive-date=December 16, 2024|access-date=February 28, 2025}}</ref>
* '''Maxim M1910 MG on the Kolesnikov M1915 wheeled mount''' ({{langx|ru|Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года на колёсном станке И. Н. Колесникова образца 1915 года|translit=Pulemot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda na kolosnom stanke I. N. Kolesnikova obraztsa 1915 goda|lit=Maxim machine gun model 1910 on the I. N. Kolesnikov wheeled mount model 1915|links=no}})<ref name=autogenerated1 />

; Soviet Union
* '''Maxim M1910 MG on the Kondakov M1928 anti-aircraft tripod''' ({{langx|ru|Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года на зенитной треноге М. Н. Кондакова образца 1928 года|translit=Pulemyot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda na zenitnoy trenoge M. N. Kondakova obraztsa 1928 goda|lit=Maxim machine gun model 1910 on the M. N. Kondakov anti-aircraft tripod model 1928|links=no}})<ref name=autogenerated1 />
* '''Maxim M1910/30 machine gun on the Vladimirov M1931 wheeled mount''' ({{langx|ru|Пулемёт Максима образца 1910/30 года на колёсном станке С. В. Владимирова образца 1931 года|links=no}})<ref name=autogenerated1 />
* '''M-4 quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun mount''' ({{langx|ru|Счетверённая зенитная пулемётная установка М-4 образца 1931 года|links=no}})<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://museum-tula.ru/muzei/muzej-oborony-tuly/3d/zenitnaya-ustanovka/|script-title=ru:7,62-мм счетверённая зенитная установка образца 1931 года («Максим М4»)|trans-title=7.62&nbsp;mm Model 1931 Quadruple Anti-Aircraft Mount (''Maxim M4'')|script-website=ru:Музей обороны Тулы|trans-website=Tula Defense Museum|language=ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716065921/https://museum-tula.ru/muzei/muzej-oborony-tuly/3d/zenitnaya-ustanovka/|archive-date=July 16, 2024|access-date=February 27, 2025}}</ref>
* Other derivatives:
** '''[[Maxim–Tokarev]]''' – Air-cooled [[light machine gun]] derivative of the M1910.
** '''[[PV-1 machine gun|PV-1]]''' – [[Soviet]] air-cooled version of the M1910 for mounting on [[aircraft]].

; Finland
* '''[[Maxim M/09-21]]'''<ref name="Finland">{{cite web|url=http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/finnish_maxims-photos.asp |title=The Finnish Maxims: M09/21 & M32/33|access-date=12 June 2019|website=mosinnagant.net}}</ref>
* '''[[Maxim M/32-33]]'''<ref name="Finland"/>

; Second Polish Republic
* '''Maxim wz. 1910''' – Polish ''Maxim M1910''.<ref name="Poland" />
* '''Maxim wz. 1910/28''' – Polish ''Maxim wz. 1910'' converted to [[7.92×57mm Mauser|7.92 mm Mauser]].<ref name="Poland" />

==Users==
*{{flag|Austria-Hungary}} – Seized during World War I.<ref name="lugosi2008">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}}.</ref>
*{{flagicon|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]<ref name="Gaz">{{cite magazine|title=La mitrailleuse russe Maxim modèle 1910 |first=Roger|last= Out |url=http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-365-mai-2005/page-46-47-texte-integral|page=47|magazine=Gazette des armes|language=fr|issue=365|date=May 2005}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[China]]<ref name="Korea" />
* {{flagicon|First Czechoslovak Republic}} [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovakia]] – In January 1942, the first twelve Soviet Maxim 1910/30 machine guns were given from USSR to 1st Czechoslovak Independent Infantry Battalion, later additional quantity was given to other units of the [[1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps]].<ref>Ермаков В. Ф. Из истории советско-чехословацкого боевого содружества // «Военно-исторический журнал», 1988, № 3. стр.11-16</ref>
* {{flag|Finland}}<ref name="Finland"/>
*{{flag|German Empire}} – A quantity of machine guns was seized during World War I.
*{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] – After June 22, 1941, a quantity of machine guns was seized by Hungarian troops during [[Operation Barbarossa|Axis invasion in USSR]]. Since 1945, Soviet Maxim 1910/30 machine guns were given from the Soviet Union to the [[People's Republic of Hungary]].<ref name="lugosi2008"/>
*{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Mongolian People's Republic|Mongolia]]
* {{flag|Nazi Germany}} – In September 1939, a quantity of Polish ''wz. 1910'' and ''wz. 1910/28'' was seized by the [[Wehrmacht]]. After June 22, 1941, a quantity of Soviet machine guns was seized by German troops during [[Operation Barbarossa|Axis invasion in USSR]], they were used as schweres Maschinengewehr 216(r).<ref>Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain. Enzyklopädie deutscher Waffen 1939–1945. Handwaffen, Artillerie, Beutewaffen, Sonderwaffen. Motorbuch Verlag, 2008.</ref>
*{{flag|North Korea}}<ref name="Korea">{{cite book|last=Kinard|first=Jeff|url=https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A1645C|title=The Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=978-1-85109-849-1|editor-last1=Tucker|editor-first1=Spencer C.|edition=2nd|volume=1. A-L|page=535|chapter=Machine guns|date=9 April 2010|editor-last2=Pierpaoli|editor-first2=Paul G. Jr. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZNxDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA535}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] – Maxim wz. 1910 and Maxim wz. 1910/28<ref name="Poland">Andrzej Konstankiewicz. Broń strzelecka i sprzęt artyleryjski formacji polskich i Wojska Polskiego w latach 1914-1939. Warszawa, 2003. str.113</ref>
*{{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] – At least several machine guns were captured during the [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]] and disarmament of retreating armed anti-Soviet groups crossing the Romanian border in 1917 - 1920s. After June 22, 1941, an additional quantity was seized by Romanian troops during [[Operation Barbarossa|Axis invasion in USSR]]. In 1944, several Soviet Maxim 1910/30 machine guns were given from USSR to [[Tudor Vladimirescu Division|Romanian 1st Volunteer Infantry Division]].<ref>Сведения штаба Московского военного округа о материальном обеспечении 1-й румынской пехотной дивизии, 1 апреля 1944 г. // Освободительная миссия Советских Вооружённых Сил в Европе во второй мировой войне: документы и материалы. М., Воениздат, 1985. стр.87-88</ref> After the [[King Michael's Coup|23 August 1944 coup d'état]], additional Maxim 1910/30 machine guns were transferred from the Soviet Union to the Romanian Army.
* {{flag|Russian Empire}}<ref name="autogenerated3" />
*{{flagicon image|War flag of Novorussia.svg}} [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas]]<ref name="Ukrainian" />
*{{flag|Soviet Union}}<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated2 />
* {{flagicon|Republic of China}} [[Taiwan]]<ref name="China">{{cite book|title=China's Wars: Rousing the Dragon 1894-1949|series=General Military|first= Philip|last= Jowett|date=20 Nov 2013 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|isbn=9781782004073 |pages=129, 147}}</ref>
*{{flag|Ukraine}} – In August 2011, 35,000 ex-Soviet Maxim machine guns were stored in the warehouses of the [[Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)|Ministry of Defense of Ukraine]]<ref>"''7,62 мм кулемет Максим - 35,000 штук''"<br />[http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/22%D0%B0-2011-%D1%80/ розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України № 1022-р від 15 серпня 2011 р. "Перелік військового майна Збройних Сил, яке може бути відчужено"]</ref> although at least four of them were written off and scrapped later.<ref>[http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/108-2012-%D1%80 Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України № 108-р від 29 лютого 2012 р. "Про утилізацію стрілецької зброї"]</ref><ref>"''7,62 мм кулемет Максим - 2''"<br />[https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/687-2013-%D1%80 Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України № 687-р від 14 серпня 2013 р. "Про затвердження додаткового переліку військового майна Збройних Сил, яке може бути відчужено"].</ref> They were used during the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]] by Ukrainian troops. In December 2016 they were officially adopted by the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]].<ref>[https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/3845791 Минобороны Украины вернуло на вооружение пулемет "Максим"]</ref> The Maxim has been used in combat following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |date=2023-06-21 |title=Zelenskiy admits counteroffensive may be going 'slower than desired' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/21/volodymyr-zelenskiy-admits-ukrainian-counter-offensive-going-slower-than-desired |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gault |first=Matthew |date=2023-03-21 |title=Ukraine Is Successfully Using a 140-Year-Old Machine Gun Against Russia |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ukraine-is-successfully-using-a-140-year-old-machine-gun-against-russia/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref> proving useful for defending Ukrainian positions against Russian infantry assaults by permitting continuous fire without overheating. Ukrainian forces have been seen using a Maxim gun equipped with modern accessories like optics and a [[suppressor]].<ref name=":0" />

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Ottoman soldiers with captured Russian machine gun2.jpg|Ottoman soldiers with a captured Russian Maxim machine gun during [[WWI]]
Red army soldiers, end of 1920s-beginning of 1930s.jpg|Soviet Red Army military personnel with a Maxim M1910 machine gun, late 1920s and early 1930s
Tachanka in Huliaipole Museum.jpg|A [[Makhnovist]] [[tachanka]] on display in the Huliaipole museum; notice that it is mounted with the PM M1910/30
RIAN archive 668428 Brigade commissar Veselov trains soldiers.jpg|Soviet troops receiving instruction on the PM M1910/30
Kursk Soviet machineguns.JPG|Soviet Red Army machinegunners with the PM M1910/30 in the [[Battle of Kursk]]
Зенитчицы.jpg|Soviet female military personnel with the Maxim M1910/30 machine gun on the Kondakov M1928 anti-aircraft tripod, 1941
Bundesarchiv Bild 121-1204, Russland, Vierlings-MG auf LKW.jpg|M-4 quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun mount (rear view)
Quad Maxim AAMG 2.JPG|M-4 quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun mount (front view)
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of Russian weaponry]]
*[[Maxim gun]]
*[[MG08|MG-08]]
*[[Vickers machine gun]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Maxim M1910}}
* [https://www.scribd.com/doc/45990738/1910-Russian-Maxim-Manual-1947 Soviet Manual Covering Operation and Repair of the 1910 Maxim Gun]
* Robert G. Segel (24 February 2012) "[http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=1111 The Origin of the Russian “Tractor-Cap” M1910 Maxim]", ''Small Arms Defense Journal'', Vol. 4, No. 1

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