Maxim Gun
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Maxim Gun

Weapon 🔪 Heavy Machinegun ⚡ Foreign Design 📦

The Maxim Gun was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world, invented by Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1884. It used the recoil energy of the fired bullet to reload and fire the next one, making it a self-powered weapon that could fire up to 500 rounds per minute. The Maxim Gun was adopted by the British Army in 1887 and was used in various colonial wars and conflicts, such as the Mahdist War, the First and Second Boer Wars, and the Boxer Rebellion. It was produced in nearly every contemporary rifle calibre according to national needs, though very first ones manufactured were chambered in .577/450 Martini-Henry, the same cartridge as the contemporary Martini-Henry Rifle. The Maxim Gun was an enormously powerful and influential weapon that changed the nature of warfare and is considered the predecessor of all modern machineguns.

Abilities

Common Attributes - National

Instrument of Imperialism - European Small Arms (VIC)

Europe in the Victorian Era was defined by the Concert of Europe: despite the occasional war for traditions' sake, the carnage of the Napoleonic Wars was unknown for a whole century. All that ire and technological progress was instead directed towards the rest of the world, carved up between Europe's great powers like a grand cake. And such a cake could never run out, could it?

EFFECT:
This weapon's damage is maximised when employed against an enemy which possesses no other weapon types than Bow 🏹 and Melee 🪓, including unarmed enemies.

Unique Attributes

The Devil's Paintbrush - Maxim Gun UA

Hiram Maxim's invention is regarded by military theorists as a revolutionary breakthrough. By the young boys who had to go over the trench and into its line of fire, it was better known for its old moniker, one it gained by crushing the armies of countless, more primitive civilisations across the globe: the Devil's Paintbrush, a perfect instrument of death.

EFFECT:
This weapon automatically induces Dread when fired at a target with 0 ARM.


Whatever happens, we have got
the Maxim gun, and they have not.

Attributes

Unorganized
TYPE
Heavy Machinegun
TECH
Victorian
WGHT
27kg
AMMO
Belt-Fed
CAL
.577/450 Martini–Henry
RNG
Long
DMG
6d6 | Auto
PEN
1
SPC
Instrument of Imperialism, The Devil's Paintbrush