Excerpt: The Maxim Gun. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Weight of the ·303-in. gun, 60 lbs. Weight of the tripod, 48 lbs. Weight of ammunition box containing one filled belt, Mark VI 21 lbs., Mark VII 19¿ lbs. The gun may be considered as divided into two portions?the non-recoiling and the recoiling. It is worked automatically by two forces?the explosion of the charge which forces the recoiling portion backwards, and a strong spring (called the fusee spring) which carries it forward.
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