Škoda M1909 machine gun

M1909 machine gun
Type	Medium machine gun
Place of origin	Austria-Hungary
Service history
In service	1909–1918?
Used by	Austria-Hungary
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designed	Unknown
Manufacturer	Škoda Works
Produced	1909–1917
Specifications
Weight	41.4 kg (gun & tripod)
Length	945 mm
Barrel length	530 mm
Cartridge	8×50mmR Mannlicher
Action	delayed blowback
Rate of fire	425 rpm
Feed system	250 round belt

The Škoda M1909 is a Machine gun of Austro-Hungarian origin and was manufactured by the Škoda Works in Plzeň (now in the Czech Republic). Although it was unable to compete with the more reliable Schwarzlose m/07, it was used in the same period, albeit mostly by reserve and home guard battalions within the Austro-Hungarian armed forces.

Overview

The M1909 is a delayed-blowback water cooled belt fed medium machine gun, chambered in the 8×50mmR round. As with all delayed blowback operated mechanisms chambered for powerful cartridges it suffers from relatively poor performance compared to recoil operated guns such as the Maxim.

References

• http://www.hungariae.com/Skoda.htm
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