The Gun (87 page)

AR-15 and,
441
n

Chervenak’s letter and,
321
–24,
327
–28

M1s used by,
253

M-16s used by,
264
,
267
–68,
271
,
306
–7,
310
–29,
332
–33,
335
,
356
,
409
,
442
n

morale in,
323

Stoner
63
and,
292

training of,
409
–10

in Vietnam,
6
,
9
,
263
–68,
271
,
296
,
306
–7,
310
–25,
327
–29,
332
–33,
335
–36,
356

Maristo, Erkki,
248
–49

Marshall, Ralph,
314

Mars-la-Tour, battle of,
44
–45

Marx, Karl,
201
,
264
,
361
,
383

Maschinengewehr 08 (MG08),
90
,
119

Maschinenkarabiner
42
,
163
–64

Maschinenpistole
5
(MP-5),
384
n

Maschinenpistole
18
(MP-18),
139
–40,
163
–64,
228

Maschinenpistole
43
(MP-43),
164

Maschinen Pistole Kalashnikov (MPiK),
16
,
247

Massoud, Ahmad Shah,
10

Matabele War,
86
–88

Mauser, Peter Paul,
138

Mauser guns,
94
,
162
–63,
355

Maxim, Hiram Percy,
70
–73

Maxim, Hiram Stevens,
67
–78,
125
,
135
–37,
369
,
390

and AK-47 design and development,
145

arrogance of,
69
–70,
89
,
149
–50

automatic rifle sketches of,
75
,
137
,
423
n

brawling of,
69
–70

business skills lacked by,
89

childhood of,
69
,
71

Civil War and,
70
–71,
73
–74

deafness of,
89

death of,
135
,
137

education of,
70

employees mistreated by,
72
–73

fame of,
69
,
82
,
103
–6,
135

finances of,
76
,
82
,
106
,
111
,
160

Maxim gun designed and developed by,
75
–78,
82
–83,
86
,
105
–6,
111
,
135
,
137
,
149
–50,
160

in Maxim gun marketing and sales,
83
–84,
87
,
111
,
160
,
203

and morality of Maxim gun,
105

Nobel’s quarrels with,
74

Nordenfelt’s partnership with,
86

racism of,
105
–6,
425
n

sense of humor of,
71
–73,
135
,
150

World War I and,
135

Maxim, Leander,
74

Maxim gun,
145

ammunition of,
68
–69,
75
–77,
82
–84,
87
,
105
,
113
–14,
122

casualties inflicted by,
85
–86,
98
–102,
104
–6,
109
,
111
,
114
–15,
120
,
127
–28,
130
,
133
–34,
139

competition of,
83
–84,
86
–88,
108

design and development of,
74
–78,
82
–84,
86
,
105
–6,
111
,
135
,
137
,
149
–50,
153
–54,
160

durability of,
83

effectiveness and efficiency of,
73
,
84
,
135

financing for,
76
,
89

knock-offs and derivatives of,
90
,
109
,
117
,
119
,
125
,
127
,
140
,
165

in Matabele War,
86
–87

miniaturization of,
88
–89

at Omdurman,
97
–102,
107
–8,
124
,
165
,
252

physical appearance of,
68
,
75
–76,
114

in poems,
104

production and distribution of,
74
–76,
83
–87,
89
–90,
97
–102,
105
–6,
108
–9,
111
–12,
114
–17,
119
–21,
124
–25,
127
–28,
130
–31,
133
–34,
160
,
167
,
202
,
420–21
n
,
426
n

prototypes of,
68
,
77
–78

reliability of,
83
,
88

in Russo-Japanese War,
113
–17,
119
,
167
,
252

as symbol,
104

tactical uses of,
107
–8,
115
,
118

tests and demonstrations of,
68
,
76
,
83
–86,
88
,
90
,
112

ubiquity of,
135
–36

water-cooled,
112

weight and size of,
83
,
88
–89,
122
,
135
,
138

in World War I,
84
,
90
,
119
–22,
124
,
128
,
130
–31,
133
–34,
165
,
426
n

Yonnie insurgency and,
85
–86

Maxim Gun Company:

finances of,
76

marketing and sales of,
83

Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company Limited,
86
,
88
–89

Maxse, Ivor,
123

ME-42,
355

Medvedev, Dmitri A.,
403
–4

Meinertzhagen, Richard,
119
–21,
426
n

Merz gun works,
163
–64

MG08 (Maschinengewehr 08),
90
,
119

Michault, Jacques,
274

Mikoyan, Anastas,
224

Miller, Mikhail,
242
,
435
n

Mills, J. D.,
36
,
420
n

Minié balls,
33
–34

Minin, Leonid,
369
–71,
411

Misr,
16
,
349

mitrailleur,
43
–46,
51
,
421
n

ammunition of,
43

design of,
43
–44

Fosbery on,
44
–45,
55
–56

in Franco-Prussian War,
45
–46

production of,
43

secrecy of,
43
–44

tactical uses of,
45
–46

Model 1873,
60

Model 1895,
108
,
111
,
145

Modern Traveler, The
(Belloc),
103

Molot joint stock company,
400

Molotov, Vyacheslav,
212
n
,
219
n
,
221

Molotov cocktails,
219

Montigny, Joseph,
43
,
46
,
55

Moore, Harold G., Jr.,
294
–95

Morning Post,
97

mortars,
11
,
216
,
246
,
253
,
367

of LRA,
379

in Vietnam,
264
,
311
,
313
,
317

in World War I,
121
,
123
,
132
,
267

Morton, A. C.,
103

Morton, Oliver P.,
29
–30

Mosin-Nagant rifle:

ammunition of,
169

in Hungarian revolution,
219

production and distribution of,
155
,
169
,
216
–17,
219
,
357

Mozambique flag,
15
,
384

MP-5 (Maschinenpistole
5
),
384
n

MP-18 (Maschinenpistole
18
),
139
–40,
163
–64,
228

MP-43 (Maschinenpistole
43
),
164

MPiK (Maschinen Pistole Kalashnikov),
16
,
247

mujahideen,
10
,
13
,
361
–62

Mukhabarat,
349

Muller, Mark,
15

Mumbai, terrorist raid in,
340

Munich Olympics, terrorism at,
337
–40,
350
–52,
443
n

Museveni, Yoweri,
374
,
379

musket balls,
27
,
33

muzzle velocity,
167
,
198
,
252
–53,
284
,
291
,
293
,
383

My Life
(Maxim),
135

Nadezhda,
1
–2

Nagasaki,
1
,
144

Nagorno-Karabakh, war for,
408

Nagy, Imre,
237
–39

arrest and execution of,
239
,
437
n

Hungarian revolution and,
222
–24,
226
,
238

and Hungary’s attempt to withdraw from Warsaw Pact,
237

Napoleon III, Emperor of France,
43
–45

Nasser, Gamal Abdel,
216
,
349
,
358

Nasution, Abdul Haris,
258

National Firearms Act,
18
,
236

National Rifle Association (NRA),
298

National Security Council,
237