This was on The BBC website. its looks like a WW2 vintage Russian Maxim.
(https://i.imgur.com/tMNN7EK.jpg)
Quote from: Orcs on 16 March 2023, 09:16:20 AMThis was on The BBC website. its looks like a WW2 vintage Russian Maxim.
(https://i.imgur.com/tMNN7EK.jpg)
Yep, as featured in the Airfix ww2 infantry box
Mark Felton has a Youutbe vid on it etc
Quote from: flamingpig0 on 16 March 2023, 09:59:49 AMMark Felton has a Youutbe vid on it etc
Beat me to it!
QuoteBeat me to it!
Not as good as this one
If it shoots and you have ammo... especially from static strongpoint... use it.
Not all that long ago, Brit snipers were using late model Lee Enfields.
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 16 March 2023, 01:25:41 PMIf it shoots and you have ammo... especially from static strongpoint... use it.
Not all that long ago, Brit snipers were using late model Lee Enfields.
40 yrs, withdrawn after the Falklands. Accuracy on those maxims must be a tad suspect given the age. Lands will have had a load of wear.
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 16 March 2023, 01:38:28 PM40 yrs, withdrawn after the Falklands. Accuracy on those maxims must be a tad suspect given the age. Lands will have had a load of wear.
Apparently some of them have had red dot sights added.