Original Soviet 1910 Maxim Machine Gun Steel Sokolov Wheeled Mount with Armor Shield Original Display Machine Guns )at the officers' training school

)at the officers' training school held an honorary position with the paper and is the author of the linked Editor & Publisher article

Measures 62 inches long

Lock is marked WESTLEY RICHARDS & Co 1880

The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that reads ZE 57

the rim material was then changed to the same Hadfield-Manganese steel as the rest of he shell

Original Soviet 1910 Maxim Machine Gun Steel Sokolov Wheeled Mount with Armor Shield Original Display Machine Guns )at the officers' training schoolOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Soviet Russian Wheeled Sokolov mount for use with M 1910 Maxim machine gun. Many of these came out of Finland in the past, however we did not see any Finnish markings on this example, though it is always possible that it was not marked by the Finnish Army, or that it actually is one of the few we have seen that came from another source. As an additional rarity, it looks to have an original armor