The Skoda M1909 is a Machine gun of Austro-Hungarian origin and was manufactured by the Skoda works in Pilsen. Although it was unable to compete with the more reliable Schwarzlose m/07, it was used in the same period, albeit mostly with reserve and home guard battalions within the Austro-Hungarian armed forces. The M1909 is a delayed-blowback water cooled belt fed medium machine gun, chambered in the 8x56mm round. It is a derivative of the Maxim gun but with the belt feeding upwards.
Ok, my WW2 infuences and WW1 ignorances are going to come striaght out here, but..... How does that work? ah, I was about to compare it to a ww2 one, but I wont, (note to lee: its ww1, its ww1, its ww1, its ww1)
