RoscoeTurner Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment in a trench bay at Gallipoli in 1915. Photo provided by our new member Caroline from Australia. http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv121/roscoeturner/Maxim/A02355_zpsf0fd43a6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunhistorian Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Really neat! Is it my eyes or are the bullets round-nosed? I thought that by 1915 the British (or Commonwealth countries) were using "spitzer" or pointed projectiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanDavid Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 The rounds look like MkVI with the round nose, bit hard to tell. The gun itself would be sighted for this mark of ammunition even though the 'spitzer' Mk VII was adopted in 1910/11. Regards AlanDSydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 At Gallipoli I am quite certain the troops were not being all that picky about what ammunition was supplied as long as it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG1918 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Brass jacket, handles, and brass large beautiful feedblock - looks like a .455 maxim to me. Might explain the large rounds.Pre-303 conversionMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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