Maxim Gun PM 1910

Intended for 3d print.

Model pack containing 10 different versions of the Imperial Russian/Soviet Union Maxim PM1910 machine gun, plus a carriage.
The Maxim PM1910 was designed by British-American inventor Hiram Maxim, and mainly produced by Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. It was introduced in 1910 and saw service in World War 1, The Finnish War of Independence, the Russian Revolution and finally World War 2. The PM1910 was still being refined and produced up until the end of WW2 in 1945, though at that point it was being replaced by the SG-43 Goryunov. Due to its large production numbers and - one would assume - durability, the PM1910 remained in service long after the war, often finding its way into the armies of other nations. It saw use in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and quite possibly in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The PM1910 was a heavy machine gun in every sense of the word. The water-cooled jacket, shield and large Sokolov carriage made the gun clock in and nearly 63 kilograms. This fact made the PM1910 very stable, but it also made many consider it too unwieldy for the rapid redeployments required in modern combat.

This model pack includes a number of different versions of the PM1910. A detailed list follows below.

Detailed List

• 1 Maxim Gun with ammo belt, on a small platform (no carriage).
• 1 Maxim Gun and shield (no carriage)
• 1 Maxim Gun on carriage, with ammo belt and shield.
• 1 Maxim Gun on carriage, with ammo belt, shield and jacket cap (note on the jacket cap: According to what I've read, this is a late design improvement to the PM1910, made sometime around the height of WW2. The purpose of the large cap was to enable soldiers to put snow or entire pieces of ice into the jacket, instead of having to slowly pour water through the traditional small hole. I have not put particular effort into verifying this though, so take it with a grain of salt).
• 1 Maxim Gun on tripod.
• 1 Maxim Gun on a small platform (no ammo belt or carriage).
• 1 Maxim Gun on a tall platform (no carriage).
• 1 Maxim Gun handheld, without any kind of mount. Rambo!
• 1 Maxim Gun without carriage, but with adjusting screw and shield.
• 1 Maxim Gun without carriage, with shield and jacket cap.
• 1 Sokolov carriage, no gun mounted on it. Printed Maxim gun models can be attached to it using glue.

Recommended print scale is 28mm or above. All model parts are prescaled to roughly 28mm scale. Suggested use is obviously tabletop games.
UPDATE 20220929: The model pack now includes both a set of unsupported models, and a set of pre-supported models. Also included are ammo belt models separated from the maxim gun itself, and a single cartridge model.

Intended for print in 28mm scale or upwards.
Models are all prescaled to approximately 28mm scale.
Relatively high printer settings are recommended (0,08 mm layer height, 20 percent infill).
Printing time depends entirely on hardware, selected size, selected model(s) selected settings et cetera. A rough estimate is 20 minutes printing time for a single model at default scale.

All models are pre-scaled to roughly 28mm scale. Printing at sub-28mm scale is possible, but not recommended due to loss of details and general frailty.

UPDATE 20220929: The model pack now includes both a set of unsupported models, and a set of pre-supported models. Also included are ammo belt models separated from the maxim gun itself, and a single cartridge model.
Note that you may have to increase the scale of the ammo belts somewhat for them to print properly - at their default scale (set to fit the default scale of the maxim guns) they are very small and delicate.

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