Maxim gun (English, name)
expansion: Maxim gun
Senses:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A machine gun which derives after some manner from the patented gun mechanism of Sir Hiram Maxim
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A machine gun
tags: informal
obsolete
Forms:
form: Maxim
tags: alternative
form: maxim
tags: alternative
form: maxim gun
tags: alternative