Re: ?That Looks Strange?: Footage Shows World War I Machine Gun Being Used In Ukraine

[Liberals demand gun ban!]

On 21 Nov 2021, Bob Duncan <bob7d...@gmail.com> posted some
news:sneg3o$ebb$1...@news.dns-netz.com:

> Scientific (she/her) wrote
>
>> They should test those weapons on queers and make sure they still
>> work.

For the last several days, news outlets have commented about Ukraine
losing Western tanks on the battlefield.

And yet, they might be missing an even more noteworthy fact: how both
sides are using weapons from World War II and, in some instances, even
World War I technology.

And the craziest part: Social media can prove it all.

How can such an old gun be used in Ukraine?
A video of a Ukrainian soldier using a machine gun nearly a century old
went viral on social media.

In the 21-second clip, the trooper was seen firing a heavily modified
M1910/30 Maxim water-cooled machine gun fitted with modern optics, stock,
and suppressor.

It is unclear exactly where or when the footage was recorded — in fact,
the soldier may not have been engaged in combat.

Regardless, it is notable that such an old platform remains viable.

As previously reported, Ukrainian forces were taking a number of seemingly
antiquated platforms from storage even before Russia mounted its invasion
last year.

Along with World War II-era DP-27 light machine guns and American-made
M101 howitzers, old weapons such as the M1910 machine gun are still
finding a place on the modern battlefield.

History of the Pulemyot Maxima
Officially known as Pulemyot Maxima obraztsa 1910 goda (Maxim’s machine
gun Model 1910), or M1910, the weapon seen in the video clip was Russia’s
version of Hiram Maxim’s original machine gun design. Developed in the
1890s, the Maxim was adopted variously by European powers. It was greatly
refined as the British Vicker’s machine gun and the German Maschinengewehr
08 (MG08).

The Russian version was originally chambered for the 7.62x54mmR round,
same as the Mosin Nagant M1890 rifle. It was placed on a wheeled Sokolov
mount (sometimes with a gun shield), which made the medium machine gun
easier to move.

The original versions of the Imperial Russian M1910s were fitted with
smooth brass water jackets, but by the outbreak of the First World War,
smooth-stamped steel jackets were produced. The weapons provided
considerable firepower, but Russian industry struggled to produce enough
of them during the war.


A CIVIL WAR STAPLE TO UKRAINE WAR
The M1910 is best remembered for its use against the Central Powers during
the First World War and against the Germans in World War II. But it has
seen plenty of use by Russians against other Russians, and no doubt has
also been used by and against Ukrainians.

The February Revolution of 1917 saw Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II removed from
power, while the October Revolution threw the country into a full-blown
civil war. The Tsarist Whites and the Bolshevik Red Army employed the
M1910, and it was also used by the Green Armies of Ukraine and Russia.

Production of the machine gun ramped up following the outbreak of the
Russian Civil War.

From 1918 to 1920, some 21,000 were produced — more than Imperial Russian
arsenals had churned out.

Production continued after the Civil War and only ceased in 1939.

It was restarted in 1940, and in total at least 175,000 were produced by
the end of the Second World War.

The M1910 was largely used as a secondary or defensive weapon during the
conflict, and it went on to see service in the Chinese Civil War, the
Korean War, and Vietnam.

Some M1910s have reportedly seen use in Syria during its ongoing civil
war, and now it is on the battlefield in Ukraine.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/06/new-video-shows-world-war-i-machine-
gun-being-used-in-ukraine/?msn