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This allows the extractor on the T-slot to grip the first round in the belt. The gunner then manually pushes the crank handle forward and holds it there while pulling on the protruding end of the belt, then releases the crank handle to return to the rear under spring tension. The gunner inserts the tab of a loaded cartridge belt into the feed block from the right, pulling it to the left, until it is secured by the belt holding feed pawls. The Maxim operating system used in the Model 1895 is the basic operating principle employed on all Maxim guns. Note the early style of straight crank handle, wood roller for feed assist on the feed block and the simple traverse and elevation mechanism of the Acland mount. The gun is mounted on an Ackland tripod that was manufactured by VSM (Vickers, Sons & Maxim) in England.ĭetail view of right side of the Maxim Model 1895. The gun also has provisions for attaching a commercially made 2×12 optical sight made by Carl Zeiss of Jena, Germany that also fit the Swiss Maxim MG11, and a shoulder brace made of steel and wood. This model had the early straight style of crank handle, an 1889 style lock and wooden roller belt assist located within the brass feed block. Even though most South American countries adopted the French Hotchkiss machine gun, by 1902, Argentina had 200 of these early Maxims in their inventory.īeautifully made with its water jacket, feed block, fusee spring cover, receiver floor plate and rear grip plate made of brass, the Model 1895 was a stunning, and lethal, piece of the firearm maker’s craft. All of these guns had brass water jackets except for the last twenty DWM guns, numbers 181-200, which were fitted with steel water jackets. These guns were serially numbered 51-200. In 1898, a second order of the Model 1895 was placed with Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), a licensed Maxim manufacturer in Germany, for another 150 guns still chambered for the Belgium Mauser 7.65×53 caliber.
1891 ARGENTINE MAUSER FIRING PIN SERIAL NUMBERS
These first 50 guns were given Argentine Army serial numbers 1-50 and chambered in the 7.65×53 Belgium Mauser caliber. Left and right-side views of Argentine Model 1895 on Ackland mount.Īrgentina was an early user of the Maxim and began by ordering 50 Maxims from the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company Limited in England in 1895.