World's longest-serving machine gun still used on Ukraine frontline

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The world's longest-serving machine gun, which was used in the First World War, is being used effectively on the frontline in Ukraine.

Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper at the Royal Armouries Museum explains why the Pulemyot Maxima PM1910 heavy machine gun remains a formidable weapon in the modern era.

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Picture from Vickers Centenary Shoot courtesy of Adam Blackmore-Heal.

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