CODE – 04-132-904

NAME – Maxim Machine Gun Model 1904

COMMON NAMES – Model 1904 Maxim

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1904

CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06) *

OVERALL LENGTH – 111.8 cm (44 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 72.4 cm (28.5 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)

LOAD – M1906 Ball, Jacketed Spitzer

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.72 g (150 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 850 m/s (2790 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3516 j (2593 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 26.08 kg (57 lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 39.06 kg (86 lb 2 oz) with 9.5 pints water, 250 round belt in ammunition case

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 75.35 kg (166 lb 2 oz) on tripod, with 9.5 pints water, 250 round belt in ammunition case

TYPE OF MOUNT – Tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 36.29 kg (80 lb)

WEIGHT OF WATER – 4.5 L (9.5 Pts) – 3.54 kg (7 lb 13 oz)

SIGHTS – Graduated to 2377 m (2,600 yards)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 914 m (1000 yards)

OPERATION – Recoil, with muzzle gas booster

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 600 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 250 round canvas belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 250 round belt – 0.39 kg (13.8 oz)

Wooden Ammunition Case (Empty) – 2.36 kg (5 lb 3 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 250-round belt – 7.08 kg (15 lb 10 oz) Loaded with M1906 Ball

Wooden Ammunition Case with one 250-round belt – 9.44 kg (20 lb 13 oz)

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Six 250-round loaded belts in ammunition cases (1,500 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 56.64 kg (124 lb 14 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – US Army

*The weapon was originally chambered for the 7.62×65 mm (30-03) round. With the adoption of the modified 7.62x63mm (30-06) round in 1906, all earlier manufactured Maxim Model 1904 weapon were rechambered for the new round. Subsequent weapons were produced in the new caliber.