Sujet
Maxim machine gun, c1895. Artist: Anon.
Légende
Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments. They refused him and he then offered it to the British and it was adopted by the War Office. By 1891 it was standard issue for the British Army. From Der Stein der Weisen. (Leipzig c1895). (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection
Date
1895
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19D08_163
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (5,0Mo) / 37,5cm x 33,4cm / 4427 x 3948 (300dpi)