Various Maxim Gun British Maxim MG 08

The Various Maxim Gun British Maxim MG 08 is a WW1 first produced in 1904. It carries a scarcity score of 96/100 based on tracked survey data, with 7 active listings currently on the secondary market and a global benchmark price of $52,241.

This Maxim-pattern machine gun reflects the remarkably broad international adoption of Hiram Maxim's pioneering recoil-operated automatic weapon design, which was manufactured and adapted under license by numerous nations including Britain and Germany, the latter developing the derivative MG 08 that would define German machine gun doctrine through WWI. Maxim's basic operating principle influenced automatic weapons development worldwide for decades.

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