Original Item: Russian Wheeled Sokolov mount for use with M-1910 Maxim machine gun. Very heavy, an amazing addition to any Russian Maxim Display.
To have a Piano shaped lock box included you must choose the special hand select option and request “lock box”. These were made for decades by a number of factories, so there is significant variation in construction style and method. Some may be missing features pictured, while others may have features not shown. The “towing hook” on the handle of many has broken off, or was removed at arsenal.
The PM M1910 (Russian: Пулемёт Максима образца 1910 года, Pulemyot Maxima obraztsa 1910 goda or “Maxim’s machine gun model 1910”) was a heavy machine gun used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during Russian Civil War and World War II.
It was adopted in 1910 and was derived from Hiram Maxim’s Maxim gun, chambered for the standard Russian 7.62×54mmR rifle cartridge. The M1910 was mounted on a wheeled mount with a gun shield and was replaced in Soviet service by the SG-43 Goryunov which retained the wheeled and shielded carriage, starting in 1943. In addition to the main infantry version, there were aircraft mounted and naval variants.