The world's longest-serving machine gun, which was used in the First World War, is being used effectively on the frontline in Ukraine.
The Russian PM (Pulemyot Maxima) M1910 heavy machine gun entered service in 1910, seeing action in the Russian civil war, the Second World War and now today, defending Ukrainian troops against invading Russian forces.
The belt-fed PM M1910 is Russia's version of the Maxim machine gun and fires 7.62×54mm rimmed rounds.
Of British design, the weapon was developed from an earlier model by Vickers, Sons & Maxim and to this day "works just as well as it did on the Western Front", says Jonathan Ferguson, keeper at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
"This thing was truly revolutionary - the original Maxim gun in the 1880s," Mr Ferguson said.
"A feature of colonial warfare for the Brits, [it] really came into its own in the First World War by which time a number of nations, including Russia and the UK, were using their own versions of the Maxim machine gun."
After being used in the Second World War, the PM M1910 was declared obsolete by the Soviets as more advanced weapon designs emerged.
Come the mid-1950s, in all but reserve units the PM M1910s were out of service and packed up in warehouses, Mr Ferguson said.
So why is a gun declared obsolete more than 70 years ago being used in a modern-day conflict?
While Mr Ferguson said the PM M1910 is the "ultimate sustained fire machine gun", he added: "The best thing about this thing is that there are thousands of them in store in basically pristine condition".
The PM M1910 is water-cooled, which is unusual for modern-day guns due to the weight, but this does provide advantages when it comes to sustaining fire.
"This can literally fire all day if you keep it supplied," Mr Ferguson explained.
Reports from Ukraine have shown Ukrainian troops using the Maxim.
One Ukrainian soldier manning the weapon defending Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast told BBC News in March: "It only works when there is a massive attack going on…then it really works.
"So we use it every week."
Mr Ferguson said the weapon, which is wheel-mounted, is ideal for defending positions.
"It's absolutely brilliant for defending a fixed position, works just as well as it did on the Western Front.
"You're going to struggle as an opposition infantry section to assault a position that has one of these things.
"The strengths are that it exists, it gives you automatic firepower and sustained automatic firepower.
"If these guys are able to bone up on the training side and learn true sustained fire at distance, at thousands of metres - perhaps unlikely given the context - it has potential there as well to engage at ranges well beyond what the Russians might be expecting."
Despite the PM M1910's firepower, it does have weaknesses.
"The massive downsides are its weight and bulk. You cannot fire this thing from a shoulder - you physically cannot do that. People have attempted to fire them from the hip but you're not going to hit anything.
"Once you've set it up, it's kind of there.
"The wheeled mount enables you to quickly drag the gun forward and move it into position but you're going to be under fire... it's not ideal.
"This is a crew-served weapon, you need at least two guys operating it. It's big, it's bulky, it's heavy."
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