Maxim Gun Variants and Derivatives
- 5 barrel variant
- Vickers machine gun: earlier Maxims had been chambered for earlier British service cartridges, but the Vickers was produced for export available in most of the different calibres and cartridges used by countries around the world, and including a large caliber (.50 inch) as used on Royal Navy warships. The machine gun was twenty pounds lighter and had been tested by the Army in 1909.
- Maschinengewehr 01, made by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM)
- Maschinengewehr 08
- Derivatives (e.g., MG08/15)
- Maschinengewehr Modell 1911, made by Waffenfabrik Bern
- Pulemyot Maxima PM1910
- Maxim Tokarev
- Chinese Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun (Copies of the Commercial 1909)
- Finnish Maxim M/09-21
- The Maxim gun also popularized tripods and belt-feed. Earlier machine guns were usually mounted on horse carriages like small artillery pieces and fed from a hopper.
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