CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1866, Hiram Maxim, an American engineer, tried out a rifle for the first time and found himself wondering how he could make it better. The ...
Yellowstone County Museum director Benjamin Nordlund discusses the history of the World War I Maxim machine gun and how the Billings American Legion came to acquire a pair.
Key Point: During just one day in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme the British lost 21,000 men – many of them killed by Spandau machine guns, the German version of the ...