maxim gun alias

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Historyanon

The MG08 and Vickers are both types of Maxim guns. Aliasing them both would be like aliasing M16 and AK47 to assault rifle.

It would be more consistent with how danbooru treats weapons to have both tags imply Maxim Gun.

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Historyanon

BUR #45599 has been rejected.

remove alias pm1910 -> maxim_gun

It occurs to me that another option is reserving the maxim gun tag for the original 1880s design, instead of the tag serving as both that and an overall tag for guns that use the Maxim design. The PM1910 still needs to be unaliased regardless, but in this scenario the other Maxim-style machine guns wouldn't be implied to the base model.

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nonamethanks said:

Please post pictures that show the difference between these models, because to a non-gunfag like me they look identical. They were originally aliased in topic #24327.

- Original Maxim Model 1886: post #6097860. Water jacket is flush and often made of shiny brass.
- PM M1910: post #1809477. Water jacket has ridges, and a large cap on top for filling from the top. Usually depicted mounted on a two-wheel cart with shield.
- Vickers MG: post #6581478. Water jacket has ridges, and a sizable device over the muzzle. Usually depicted on a tripod or mounted on a vehicle.
- MG08: post #5299229. Water jacket is flush, and has a distinctive flared muzzle/flash hider. Usually depicted mounted, or with a rifle stock and bipod.

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