Cool old MG

[Wildey]

Came across this, thought it was pretty damn cool and I thought I'd throw it out here.


https://www.morphyauctions.com/jamesdjulia/item/1013-369/

 

[lerch641]

Wow, not often you see a Chinese Maxim. That design was used by damn near everyone!

 

[Walther_PPK]

I take it the swastikas on this Maxim are Chinese good luck charms?

 

[Wildey]

I was also a little puzzled by the swastikas...?...as the description says, it does appear to be well made and quite impressive.

 

[machman]

The Swastikas turn left. Not Nazi.

 

[XRCD011]

Early Norinco ?......................I would love to see the operators manual for that MG if it is anything like the CQA

 

[Rebel Rouser]

No dirty bird... Weird.

 

[Wildey]

The Swastikas turn left. Not Nazi.

good call.

 

[Crisco 1]

Swastikas have been in use long before the Nazis.

 

[mbogo3]

The Chinese usually got them wrong.

 

[mbogo3]

Swastikas have been in use long before the Nazis.

The palace gates in Nepal.

 

[Ken T2]

The Asian swastika is a Buddhist symbol.Used to see a lot of them flying in choppers in VietNam.

 

[donor]

The Chinese usually got them wrong.

Considering state of technical education in China at the time I thing they did better than good.Add to that chronic lack of heavy industrial machinery and proper steel and they deserve praise.

 

[smellie]

Type 24 came out in 1935. 24 was the year on the Nationalist calendar which started with the revolution in 1911.

Ones I have seen are well-made guns. They are in many ways a tribute to the EXCELLENT original engineering of the Maxim system.

BTW, they are closer to a Russian SPM than they are to a German '08; the Lock attaches to the Toggle with a lugged extension rather than the interrupted-screw attachment of the German gun. Apart from that, they are pure Maxim. There is a Type 24 in the Canadian War Museum. They didn't know what it was until I identified it, which was following on future MP Inky Mark translating the factory inscription.

Imperial War Museum has a brass-jacket Maxim with the entire water-jacket fully engraved. Not sure what it might be; looked Persian to me. It's not on general display but they do have it in their Reserve Collection. Beautiful piece!

 

[diopter]

Brother got back from Mongolia last month.
Ancient swastika was very common there and in China.

 

[uglydukwling]

Brother got back from Mongolia last month.
Ancient swastika was very common there and in China.

and in Canada. For example, around the town of Swastika, Ontario (where Ontario Gun and Tackle was located)

 

[Nyles]

Looks a hell of a lot nicer than my Chiang Kai Shek Mauser!