The Gun

M-16s used by, 264, 267–68, 271, 306–7, 310–29, 332–33, 335, 356, 409, 442n

morale in, 323

Stoner 63 and, 292

training of, 409–10

in Vietnam, 6, 9, 263–68, 271, 296, 306–7, 310–25, 327–29, 332–33, 335–36, 356

Maristo, Erkki, 248–49

Marshall, Ralph, 314

Mars-la-Tour, battle of, 44–45

Marx, Karl, 201, 264, 361, 383

Maschinengewehr 08 (MG08), 90, 119

Maschinenkarabiner 42, 163–64

Maschinenpistole 5 (MP-5), 384n

Maschinenpistole 18 (MP-18), 139–40, 163–64, 228

Maschinenpistole 43 (MP-43), 164

Maschinen Pistole Kalashnikov (MPiK), 16, 247

Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 10

Matabele War, 86–88

Mauser, Peter Paul, 138

Mauser guns, 94, 162–63, 355

Maxim, Hiram Percy, 70–73

Maxim, Hiram Stevens, 67–78, 125, 135–37, 369, 390

and AK-47 design and development, 145

arrogance of, 69–70, 89, 149–50

automatic rifle sketches of, 75, 137, 423n

brawling of, 69–70

business skills lacked by, 89

childhood of, 69, 71

Civil War and, 70–71, 73–74

deafness of, 89

death of, 135, 137

education of, 70

employees mistreated by, 72–73

fame of, 69, 82, 103–6, 135

finances of, 76, 82, 106, 111, 160

Maxim gun designed and developed by, 75–78, 82–83, 86, 105–6, 111, 135, 137, 149–50, 160

in Maxim gun marketing and sales, 83–84, 87, 111, 160, 203

and morality of Maxim gun, 105

Nobel’s quarrels with, 74

Nordenfelt’s partnership with, 86

racism of, 105–6, 425n

sense of humor of, 71–73, 135, 150

World War I and, 135

Maxim, Leander, 74

Maxim gun, 145

ammunition of, 68–69, 75–77, 82–84, 87, 105, 113–14, 122

casualties inflicted by, 85–86, 98–102, 104–6, 109, 111, 114–15, 120, 127–28, 130, 133–34, 139

competition of, 83–84, 86–88, 108

design and development of, 74–78, 82–84, 86, 105–6, 111, 135, 137, 149–50, 153–54, 160

durability of, 83

effectiveness and efficiency of, 73, 84, 135

financing for, 76, 89

knock-offs and derivatives of, 90, 109, 117, 119, 125, 127, 140, 165

in Matabele War, 86–87

miniaturization of, 88–89

at Omdurman, 97–102, 107–8, 124, 165, 252

physical appearance of, 68, 75–76, 114

in poems, 104

production and distribution of, 74–76, 83–87, 89–90, 97–102, 105–6, 108–9, 111–12, 114–17, 119–21, 124– 25, 127–28, 130–31, 133–34, 160, 167, 202, 420–21n, 426n

prototypes of, 68, 77–78

reliability of, 83, 88

in Russo-Japanese War, 113–17, 119, 167, 252

as symbol, 104

tactical uses of, 107–8, 115, 118

tests and demonstrations of, 68, 76, 83–86, 88, 90, 112

ubiquity of, 135–36

water-cooled, 112

weight and size of, 83, 88–89, 122, 135, 138

in World War I, 84, 90, 119–22, 124, 128, 130–31, 133–34, 165, 426n

Yonnie insurgency and, 85–86

Maxim Gun Company:

finances of, 76

marketing and sales of, 83

Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company Limited, 86, 88–89

Maxse, Ivor, 123

ME-42, 355

Medvedev, Dmitri A., 403–4

Meinertzhagen, Richard, 119–21, 426n

Merz gun works, 163–64

MG08 (Maschinengewehr 08), 90, 119

Michault, Jacques, 274

Mikoyan, Anastas, 224

Miller, Mikhail, 242, 435n

Mills, J. D., 36, 420n

Minie balls, 33–34

Minin, Leonid, 369–71, 411

Misr, 16, 349

mitrailleur, 43–46, 51, 421n

ammunition of, 43

design of, 43–44

Fosbery on, 44–45, 55–56

in Franco-Prussian War, 45–46

production of, 43

secrecy of, 43–44

tactical uses of, 45–46

Model 1873, 60

Model 1895, 108, 111, 145