PM M1910
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The Pulyemyot Maksima PM1910, or PM M1910, is a heavy machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and World War II. Later the gun saw service in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
PM M1910
Soviet troops receiving instruction on the M1910/30.
Soviet Red Army machinegunners with a M1910/30 in the Battle of Kursk.
A Red Army tachanka on display. Notice that it is mounted with a PM M1910/30.
Heavy machine gun
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A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable and require mounting onto a weapons platform to be operably stable or tactically mobile, have more formidable firepower, and generally require a team of personnel for operation and maintenance.
The M2 Browning machine gun with a tripod weighs 58 kg (128 lb).
A Ukrainian Ground Forces soldier firing the DShKM in heavy role.
Wheel mounted DShK.
MG 08 system (7.92 mm) and crew circa 1931.