Salvator-Dormus M1893

It was patented by Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and Count George von Dormus and was manufactured by Škoda Works Plzeň.

The Salvator-Dormus was chambered in the 8x50mmR round fed from an overhead magazine and was water-cooled with an oil lubrication device.

There was also a pendulum adjustment in the trigger mechanism that allowed the operator to select the cyclic rate of fire, anywhere from 180 to 250 rounds per minute.

Although referred to as a "Maxim" gun, the 1893 could have easily been mistaken for such due to its brass water jacket.

"The World Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns", JG Press United States.

This photograph shows the Salvator Dormus 1893 Machine gun in its optimum configuration before changes made in 1902 with the new model. This gun on a landing carriage and shield like this was most likely the configuration used by the Austro-Hungarian bluejackets (sailors) from the Cruiser Zenta during the defense of siege of the Peking Legations in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Note the chargers lying on the ground for the top mounted fixed magazine and ammunition boxes on the carriage which was typical of naval machine gun landing carriages of the pre-WWI era.