PM M1910

Pulyemyot Maksima M1910
Pulyemyot Maksima M1910
	PM M1910/30
Type	Heavy machine gun
Place of origin	Russian Empire
Service history
In service	1910 – Present
Used by	See § Users
Wars	List of conflicts World War I ; Russian Revolution ; Russian Civil War ; Turkish War; of Independence ; Polish–Soviet War ; Finnish Civil War ; Estonian War; of Independence ; Warlord Era ; Spanish Civil War ; Winter War ; Chinese Civil War ; World War II ; Second; Sino-Japanese War ; Korean War ; Vietnam War ; Syrian Civil War; ; War in Donbas ; 2022 Russian invasion; of Ukraine ;
Production history
Designed	1909–1910
Developed from	Maxim Gun
Produced	1910–1939; 1941–1945
No. built	At least 176,000
Variants	See § Variants
Specifications
Mass	Gun body:; 23.8 kg (52.47 lb); On wheeled mount:; 62.66 kg (138.14 lb);
Length	1,067 mm (42.0 in)
Barrel length	721 mm (28.4 in)
Cartridge	7.62×54mmR
Caliber	7.62 mm
Action	Short recoil, toggle locked
Rate of fire	600 round/min
Muzzle velocity	740 m/s (2,400 ft/s)
Feed system	250-round belt

The Pulyemyot Maksima M1910 (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, romanized: Pulemyot Maksima obraztsa 1910 goda, lit. 'Maxim machine gun model 1910'), or PM M1910, is a heavy machine gun based on the Maxim gun, that was used by the Imperial Russian Army, Navy and Air Service during World War I, then by the Red, White and Green armies during the Russian Civil War, and later by the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II. Later the gun saw service in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.