Guns

	Water cooled British Vickers machine gun. Approx 500 rounds per minute. The gun could be broken down into two pieces for transport.
	British motorized machine gun battery near the Somme.
	Water cooled German Maxim machine gun. Same rpm as Vickers. This weapon accounted for 90% of the British casualties on the opening day of the Somme Offensive, 1-Jul-1916.
	German Machineengewehr 08 (Maxim). Designed by American Hiram Maxim and manufactured in Spandau, Germany. The Germans had 12,500 of these killers in 1914 as compared to the several hundred Vickers of the British army. The Germans would produce over 100,000 Maxims during the war.

**Heavy Machine Guns**
Type	Caliber	Feed	Weight (lbs)	Cooling	Rounds/min
German Maxim MG 08	7.9mm	belt	41/sledmount 83	water	600
German Maxim MG 08/15	7.92mm	belt	33/bipod 3	water	600
British Vickers Mk I	.303in	belt	35/tripod 52	water	500
French 1914 Hotchkiss	8mm	strip	52/tripod 65	air	600
Austrian Schwarzlose	8mm	belt	44/tripod 44	water	400
Russian 1910 Maxim Sokolov	7.62mm	belt	41/mount w/armour 121	water	500-600
American Colt	.30in	belt	36/tripod 56	air	400-500
American 1917 Browning	.30in	belt	33/tripod 53	water	450-600

First weight is gun weight followed by accessory type and weight. Thanks to Robert Segel for these numbers.

**Light Machine Guns**
Type	Caliber	Weight (lbs)	Feed	Rounds/min
Madsen	8mm	20	magazine	450
German 1915 Muskete	7.92mm	21.75	magazine	450
German Bergmann	7.92mm	30	belt	600
German MG 08/18	7.92mm	32	belt	600
Lewis	.303in	25	drum	500-600
French Chauchat (CSRG)	8mm	20	magazine	250
American Chauchat	.30in	20	magazine	250
American BAR M1918	.30in	19.5	magazine	500