Maxim MG08
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Educational range event for The Citadel history of WW1 class. MG08 Russian conversion to 7.62x54R. Over the space of 2 months, we went from not feeding at all, to 600+ rounds by the cadets in attendance. Nickname of "The Devil's Paintbrush" was rightly earned, as the carnage of WW1 shows. Cannot perform at this level? Do NOT attempt.
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The ryhthmic staccato is so comforting
When machine guns were first introduced in the War the Generals thought that they could just mass rush them because 'They'll never be able to fire enough ammo to stop them'. Well...it was documented that several guns on the German side fired over a million rounds each in a 3 day battle with very little breakage. It took thousands and thousands of men's lives trying to overwhelm them before the Generals finally gave up on that tactic...likely because they didn't have anything else to try until the tanks were introduced. Maxim guns are still awesome and deadly weapons.
Watercooled guns, while for most uses, unneeded today, do have on big advantage that, while niche, is indispensable in that niche as is being seen in Ukranian trench fighting, The ability to fire near indefinitely without the need for frequent barrel changes, which for area denial is a huge asset.
No. That was an account of a British Vickers platoon. Now discounted. Wehraboos just can't help them self with the lies can they? 😂
@@zoiders What I said was straight out of 'after action' reports in military papers. If that's not true...then they weren't right and it's for sure not 'lies'. How do YOU know that didn't happen? What are YOUR sources for calling it a lie?
Arty was the real killer, accounted for 3/4 of combat casualties.
Can't imagine carrying that beast around on the battlefield.
You don't
The fire rate slowing just a tad at the end of the belt there was interesting too, cool stuff!!!
Mass carnage celebrated over with your cup of beverage.. from our cooling sleeve...
A great sales statement
The gun was merely a means of supplying boiling water for a nice cup of tea.
That charging handle gives me flashbacks to using a ratchet on a stuck bolt in a tight space.
Yeah...I can see that. And bonus points if its raining out, you're lying on a gravel driveway in Mistake-on-the-Lake, Ohio, and the winter rust corrosion keeps falling off into your face.
@@itatane Cleveland rust is the best, Just Sayin........
@@itatane Dear god, I'm getting flashbacks of my childhood.
@@marknovak8255 Indeed! But there's a certain... "Je ne sais quoi" about good old Pymatuning region rust. What it lacks in sheer stuck on, corrosive, knuckle breaking bitchiness, it makes up for with road kill and cow crap residue.
P.S. Merry Christmas to you!
@@itatane My pickup gets lighter and more fuel-efficient every year thanks to the Maine rust.
Sadly my bluing tank isn't large enough to boil out the rust per Mr. Novak's suggestions. Maybe I can parkerize it in the neighbor's swimming pool.
I think this is an example of thermosiphon cooling. It was also used on Scott motorcycles in the 1920s. Nice.
Not really. It's almost the same thing but not quite.
I recently had to work on several of these. I thought they were so cool how uniquely they operated. I now hate them very very much.
Man - Christmas came early for you! Here's a Merry Christmas from Canada and hopes that you and yours have a healthy and happy New Year.
Theres very few transferable MGs that interest me enough to want to go through the process and cost, but i will say, one day with all other needs taken care of, i want a Maxim
Lewis, might be a better choice. Just sayin
@@marknovak8255 Mechanically without a doubt,
Logic however, has little to do here, more a matter of if the fixation can be reasoned with by the time the finances have arrived or if hubris wins
That made my day❤❤
As the Brit's would say, after half a belt, it's time for tea.
Awesome Mark! Thanks. Richard.
"Sounds like a boilup for a cuppa!" Limeys, probably
Expensive way to boil water for tea time. At least the noise scares away the enemy for a time.
Freaking awesome sir thanks for sharing this six stars
Beautiful! Thanks.
Beautiful
Thanks again
Awesome Mark!
Yikes, I'd hate to get smacked by that handle.
Very nice!!!
Well damn, never had tinnitus from a video before lol. Keep up the good work
That's fun squared. Thanks Mark!
Sounds good. Real good.
Its a bit clunky for a cartridge powered water boiler.
How sweet it is
AAAh man that was tooooo short.
hell yeah!
I need 900 boxes of those to buy
You have way to much fun. GET SOME!
Maxim Hard Boiled Eggs? Please?
How they heated soup in WW1
With added oil and asbestos.
@@VikOlliver Asbestos? you mean the flavor shards?
my grandfather said you could hear the gunners cooking.@@VikOlliver
@@USAACbrat one thing with the Maxim is that when you hear stories about people's grandfathers, they could have been pointing it in any direction...
@@therideneverends1697 adds texture too.
Thanks Mark!!
That is how they were making tea!
Thanks Mark
How to listen, a lesson from the machine gun whisperer.
That thing is bad ass!
Oh yeah! The brits could fire and boil water for tea simultaneously.
dstickler i might just drill out holes for common screw sizes
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Too much for a pheasant shoot me thinks !
hi
Have you done a smith & wesson model 36 chief special restore? I have two a 1981 & 1982.
After watching so many basement gunsmiths in spanish countrys, im dyin to see mr novak design and make a pistol from a napkin drawing
Das ist die best lol
To damn cool mark
Wow mark it's great to see it working, what was fixed?
Keeps on ticking.....
Hey mark, unrelated comment but I had a question about barrel shortening. I have a 24” stainless bull barrel that’s fluted. I’d like to knock it down to 18” and rethread the barrel. I’d have no issues if it wasn’t fluted but how would you go about doing that? Chuck it on a lathe and knock the flutes off?
How deep are the flutes, would they cause inconsistencies in the thread diameter? If not, I don't immediately see why you'd need to do anything different.
@@Tunkkis flutes are probably a 1/16th or so inch deep. Haven’t really measured yet but they are deep.
Love this channel Mark. God bless you.
So how much did we just spend? Yikes!
what is this?!?! minute of mae?!?!
dude!
Maxim was one helluva salesman.
Hi mark how are you The first to watch the video
Because he made and/or uploaded the video, plus he was there?
:)
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