Itemu elithi "Maxim gun" lisho uhlobo lwesibhamu esinamandla esasungulwa ngu-Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19. Isibhamu sikaMaxim kwaba isibhamu sokuqala esizilawulayo futhi sasebenzisa amandla okubuyisela emuva ekudubuleni ngakunye ukukhipha i-cartridge esetshenzisiwe bese silayisha entsha. Yayisetshenziswa kakhulu amabutho ezempi ahlukahlukene emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi phakathi neMpi Yezwe I, futhi yayiyintuthuko enkulu yezobuchwepheshe kubuchwepheshe bezibhamu. Igama elithi "Maxim gun" liqanjwe ngomsunguli waso, u-Hiram Maxim.